Martin Bowyer-Lowe Email & Phone Number

Haywards Heath, England, United Kingdom

Lead graphic designer for one the UK's leading car insurance providers

Basingstoke

FTC covering Head of Studio.Creating print ads, digital campaigns, and other marketing material for major tech brands such as Sony, Samsung, Microsoft, Dell, MSI, ASUS.

While still keeping a hand in the design business I took a couple of years out to create videos for viewing on YouTube.Three years later and I have surpassed all goals I had set myself. I have over 150,000 subscribers which places me in the top 5000 channels (out of tens of millions) and through this work I have gained opportunities I had never dreamed of.I have spoken and chaired panels at gaming conventions including, PAX East, Boston; Insomnia, Coventry; Minecon in Orlando Florida -… Show more While still keeping a hand in the design business I took a couple of years out to create videos for viewing on YouTube.Three years later and I have surpassed all goals I had set myself. I have over 150,000 subscribers which places me in the top 5000 channels (out of tens of millions) and through this work I have gained opportunities I had never dreamed of.I have spoken and chaired panels at gaming conventions including, PAX East, Boston; Insomnia, Coventry; Minecon in Orlando Florida - where we were awarded 'Best Panel' by the Minecraft subreddit at reddit.com; and I will be speaking at Minecon in London this July where we hope to repeat those accolades.If all of the above looked like words but made no sense then the following may be of help:* Made videos - Started from scratch. Succeeded in an oversaturated and demanding environment.* Through that I got to stand in front of thousands of fans and talk about my work/hobby. Voted as the best by a very large group of hard-to-please people.* I got to travel to exciting, exotic places such as Orlando and Coventry, sometimes paid for by others. Show less

Freelance designer working on many projects. Currently working mainly on private work through my website, creatopia.co.ukPast work includes:Mamas & Papas: Technical graphics. Drawing furniture assembly and child safety seat diagrams in Illustrator. Creating and writing instructional booklets in InDesign.Leeds Trinity & All Saints: Print. Designing college artwork including advertising and magazines.Leeds Thomas Danby College: Print. Design of various documents… Show more Freelance designer working on many projects. Currently working mainly on private work through my website, creatopia.co.ukPast work includes:Mamas & Papas: Technical graphics. Drawing furniture assembly and child safety seat diagrams in Illustrator. Creating and writing instructional booklets in InDesign.Leeds Trinity & All Saints: Print. Designing college artwork including advertising and magazines.Leeds Thomas Danby College: Print. Design of various documents including 08-09 Prospectus.Gratterpalm: POS, Advertising, Leaflets. Artwork for Asda. Everything from 96 sheet advertising posters to National and Local newspaper adverts.Student Support Centre, Beckenham: Web. Conversion of printed childrens magazines to interactive Flash.Lysis Financial, London: Web. Updating and maintenance of website.Various short contracts: Artworking, print design, web design and Flash. Show less

Oversaw project to edit product inserts to enable European subsidiaries to gain certification needed to supply medical products in their country.Aided update, redrawing and re-filing of thousands of product illustrations and exhibition artwork.Oversaw ~100pp 4-colour product catalogues in various languages, from initial request through to print including proofing and signing off.

One of a team of contract designers working on a diverse range of print projects including trade advertisements, store POS, guides & banners for Legoland Windsor.

Split role job takng over from two people.Project Management producing advertising on the reverse of Sainsburys till rolls UK-wide.Followed the jobs from the office to the printers, through off-site finishing to the stores.Designing ads for the till rolls. McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Subway, Wolves & Dudley Breweries sticking to tight corporate guidelines.Designing brochures for commercial property letting agents.

Illustration of product. Detailed construction diagrams for hardware engineers, technical manuals & Bill of Materials and assembly instructions for user guides and other manuals.Oversaw the design and production of the manuals. With the products we were selling costing in excess of one million dollars it was essential the manuals reflected this with a quality to match.Set up and designed original website and stationary. Drew technical diagrams used by the developers and… Show more Illustration of product. Detailed construction diagrams for hardware engineers, technical manuals & Bill of Materials and assembly instructions for user guides and other manuals.Oversaw the design and production of the manuals. With the products we were selling costing in excess of one million dollars it was essential the manuals reflected this with a quality to match.Set up and designed original website and stationary. Drew technical diagrams used by the developers and illustrations used by the MD and CEO in presentations. Organised design, purchase and installation of building signage. Maintenance & development of corporate identity.Arranging and direction of product photoshoots.Fire marshal; operated the fire alarm control panel and in turn taught the other fire marshals, arranging weekly alarm testing and, less frequently, fire drills. Show less

In-house in a team of 3 for this multinational manufacturer of single use medical breathing equipment with a record of well produced documentation and catalogues within the industry.Drawing of products, creating artwork for magazine advertisements & liaising with the printers, creation of instructional posters for use in hospitals and instructional booklets for inclusion within the product.Smaller instructional leaflets included with the product had to be produced in 12 languages to… Show more In-house in a team of 3 for this multinational manufacturer of single use medical breathing equipment with a record of well produced documentation and catalogues within the industry.Drawing of products, creating artwork for magazine advertisements & liaising with the printers, creation of instructional posters for use in hospitals and instructional booklets for inclusion within the product.Smaller instructional leaflets included with the product had to be produced in 12 languages to comply with CE marking regulations and some of the larger catalogues were also done in multiple languages. Spanish, French and Russian produced initially Italian and German versions followed amongst others.Developing product catalogues for overseas subsidiaries. Dealing directly and closely with the directors of these companies, often working side by side with them, ensuring their needs were covered and regional variations were taken into account.Accuracy was vital in this role due to the nature of the product. Show less

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