Powerpoint Designer Resume

Contact information

Brian S. Gordon

18 Street

Columbus   

Ohio

Career objective 

Looking for a challenging position of the Powerpoint Designer Resume the reputed University with a view to use my wide experience for the benefit of the organization.

Current position: Freelance designer, art director, creative director and artworker for various agencies and publishing houses, as well as in-house, in both the UK and Middle East (Dubai) including Fifth Ring, Global Urbe, Habitat, Haymarket, ITP and The Media Factory 

 

 

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: 

 

January 2007 - December 2007 

Satellite Marketing Communications Ltd 

Senior designer and studio manager at the UK?s first ?green? advertising and communications agency producing ethical and sustainable solutions for clients including ASDA, British Gas, Green Awards and Echo 

 

April 2003 - December 2006 

Freelance designer, production editor, sub-editor and copywriter for various clients including Beetroot Publishing, Global Urbe, LS Magazine, MoneyWeek and Tailor Made for Business 

 

January 2002 - April 2003 

Law Business Research Ltd 

Senior designer responsible for the design and production of monthly, bi-monthly and annual legal publications (Getting the Deal Through, Latin Lawyer, Who?s Who Legal) as well as all related marketing material 

 

January 1999 - December 2001 

Informa Publishing Group Ltd (formerly IBC) 

Senior designer responsible for the design and production of various monthly, quarterly and annual newsletters, magazines (Banking Technology, IRM, Mobile Communications International) and other business publications including on-site overseas conference newspapers (GSM World Congress, Sibos) as well as all related marketing and advertising materials and awards ceremonies 

 

January 1996 - November 1998 

PIMS UK Ltd 

February 1998 - November 1998: Studio manager/senior designer in charge of day-to-day running of five-man studio, while also maintaining an active senior design role; 

January 1996 - January 1998: Designer/senior designer responsible for the design and production of presentations and artwork for a variety of clients including blue-chip companies, agencies and the PR industry 

 

May 1995 - December 1995 

Freelance designer with regular advertising agency work for high-profile and blue-chip clients including Ferrari UK,   & Gallet and Warner Home Video 

 

July 1993 - April 1995 

HP Publishing Ltd 

Designer responsible for the design and production (including advertising) of weekly antique & fine art magazine Antiques Bulletin and bi-annual Antiques Fairs Guide 

 

 

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS: 

 

September 1990 - July 1992 

Falmouth School of Art & Design 

Higher National Diploma in Graphic Design 

 

September 1989 - July 1990 

Stourbridge College of Technology & Art 

Foundation Diploma in General Art & Design 

 

September 1982 - July 1989 

King   VI Five Ways Grammar School 

7 GCE ?O? levels (Art, Biology, Engineering Drawing, English Language, French, Geography, Maths); 

3 ?A? levels (Art, French, General Studies) 

 

 

VOCATIONAL EXPERTISE: 

 

16 years? experience resulting in: expert knowledge of Quark XPress; expert knowledge of CS3 (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator); expert knowledge of Acrobat; very good knowledge of Freehand; very good knowledge of MS Office (Excel,PowerPoint, Word) and working cross-platform (Mac-PC); and very good knowledge of general trouble-shooting and basic hardware maintenance 

 

Thorough knowledge of print process and pre-press requirements including recent developments 

 

Extensive experience of communication including: client liaison, brief-taking, presentation and new business; printer liaison and briefing; and commissioning/briefing designers, illustrators and photographers 

 

Experience of studio management: able to schedule, manage, oversee and produce creative work while working to very tight (and frequently ?floating?) deadlines and budgets 

 

Excellent teamwork skills, but also capable of being very self-motivated when required to work on individual projects 

 

 

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS: 

 

Keen interest in art and design in general ? frequent visits to design and art exhibitions, cinema and theatre; 

Classic car enthusiast and MG owner 

 

Keen golfer (13 handicap), sometime football, rugby and cricket player (and full-time Wales and Aston Villa supporter!) 

 

Seasoned traveller (fluent in French) 

 

 

FURTHER INFORMATION: 

 

Full, clean driving licence 

 

British passport 

 

Details of referees available on request 

 

References

Brian S. Gordon

Manager

Wap Company.

Brian_Gordon@gmail.com