Freelance Creative Artworker with strong retouching skills
I'm a freelance Creative Artworker with over 30 years experience in the print sector of design and advertising. I have a sharp eye for detail, strong retouching skills, excellent print knowledge and management skills.I started out before Apple Macs became the norm as a Studio Junior, where I honed and perfected the skills to become a fully fledged Finished Artist. For over three years I created artworks from scamp to final camera ready artwork. During this time Macs gradually took over the world and eventually I had to ditch the Rapidograph pens and CS10 boards for life as a Creative Artworker, becoming proficient in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
I like to work closely with creative teams, art directors and designers usually working from their scamps to create visuals and final artworks, right through from the concept and pitch stages to final artwork and print delivery. I have vast experience including creating corporate guidelines, point of sale, press ads, out of home, brochures, vehicle graphics, exhibition graphics, digital billboard, social media and email graphics.
I've enjoyed working at many large agencies over the years both on a freelance and full time basis, notably my last stint as a full time employee at VCCP. Three of those years as a Studio Manager looking after TfL (Transport for London) and Barratt London, the three years prior to that as a Senior Creative Artworker / Assistant Studio Manager having worked on many award winning campaigns including Compare the Meerkat and O2 Be More Dog.
Other companies I have worked for includes Adam&EveDDB, King Henry, Haygarth, Shoot the Moon, Iris, The Marketing Store, Fitch, Claydon Heeley International and The Marketing Triangle plus many other smaller design agencies such as TEA and Icon Integrated Communications.
I have experience in many brands, all from a wide range of sectors including: adidas, Aer Lingus, Audi, Bank of America, Barclays Capital, Barratt Homes, Barratt London, The Body Shop, British Airways, Cadbury’s, Coca-Cola, Comparethemeerkat (Comparethemarket.com), Disney, Dunlop, easyJet, Housing 21, ING F1, Jack Daniels, John Lewis, Lucozade, McDonalds, Michelin, NEOM, Network Rail, Nokia, Novartis, O2, Pepsi, Polar, Safeway, Sainsbury’s, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Southern Comfort, STA Travel, Texaco, T-Mobile, Transport for London (TfL), Vitality, Waitrose, Weetabix, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Zurich Insurance and many more.