I started work as a professional designer at the age of 15 designing the cover for a national puzzle magazine while still at school• Graduated in 1984 and started work at Sphere Books as a junior cover designer• Headhunted in 1985 by Slatter-Anderson as a designer/studio manager• Set up 2h design in 1986 designing book covers, entire books and all associated publicity and promotion design* Since 1995 2h has also broadened out its skills to include design for marketing including, corporate ID, brochures, leaflets and company reports* 2007 Founded the Big Ideas Collective - a virtual creative communications agency - pooling the very best talents in the creative industries .* April 16 2016 - ran a creativity workshop at TEDx AlmendraMedieval in Vitoria-GastiezSpecialties: Design for publishing - from entire bestselling and private press books to covers and promotional material. Working for UK based publishers but with co-editions all over the world. Cover design; book design; fully integrated book design; typography; information organisation; publishing project management; Design for marketing - working closely with the client to build a coherent market presence. Strategic positioning, art direction; project management; brand design; website planning and layout.Speaker and Workshop leader around design, creativity and connections
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