Curriculum Vitæ

I'm a designer, typographer, illustrator and front-end web developer based in Brighton, England.

Key Skills and Facts

UI design, readability and usability, a focus on user experience (UX)
Designing for mobile across platforms - iOS, Android, WebOS and WP7
Designing for social media and large communities
Designing for information-dense b2b web apps and intranets
Usual range of creative tools, Photoshop, Fireworks, etc.
Excellent, developer-friendly front end web development (HTML & CSS)
Qualified Scrum Master (Agile)
Designing for localisation, basic French and German
Working with clients large and small. Awareness of corporate issues.
Experience of games industry
Runs a successful typography blog: http://ministryoftype.co.uk

Work Experience

2009—present: Freelance Designer

Working with a wide range of clients and agencies. I work regularly with Clearleft, Future Platforms, Nixon McInnes and Cubeworks, and work with clients such as Tesco, BBC, RBI, Capita and Condé Nast.

2008—2009: Senior Designer, Cubeworks Ltd.

Designing and developing sites and marketing material NHS, Breakthrough Breast Cancer, the NSPCC and Kent Police Authority.

2004—2008: Web Development Manager, Design Manager, NCsoft Europe Ltd.

In charge of design and web development teams. Designed and developed sites in multiple languages for all NCsoft's European products. Updated and documented company brand identity for Europe and informed on brand development in US and Korea.

The work involved web, print and packaging, POS, events collateral (stands, give-aways, etc.) and merchandise.

1996—2004: Epic Group plc, now Epic Performance Development Ltd.

A broad range of roles and responsibilities, from Junior Designer to Senior Art Director and Consultant, providing illustrations, designs for client products, UI design, and started and maintained the company's web design and development strategy. Designed and maintained Epic brand identity, supported Sales and Marketing on pitches. Managed transition from desktop to web-delivered products and to modern web standards.

1995: University of Sussex, Accounts

The straight-out-of-uni temp job. Lots of accountancy-related stuff, dealing with creditors on the phone, lots and lots and lots of data entry. I owe much of my typing speed to this job.

Education

University of Sussex, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
Morecambe High School Sixth Form
Carnforth High School