ABILITIES

Over 20 years industry experience.
Creative with strong typographical and layout skills.
Experience with a wide range of work including POS, brochures, Direct mail, magazines and packaging. 
Photoshop Visualisation.
High-end creative retouching with colour correcting experience.
Fully conversant with CC 2015 Packages (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat). 
Proficient in Microsoft Office programs Word and Excel. 
Excellent understanding of reprographic and printing processes.
Managing projects from start to finish.

CAREER HISTORY

TGS CREATIVE LTD - November 2015 - Present day - Freelance Senior Creative Artworker
Clients: The Partners, Virgin Media, WRG, FCB Inferno, Capture Marketing and Monster Energy.

CREO RETAIL MARKETING - London SE1 - August 2011 - November 2015 - Senior Creative Artworker
Clients: Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Sony, Paramount, Dreamworks, Lionsgate, Sega, Studio Canal, Eone Entertainment, Take 2 Games, Reckitt Benckiser, Henkel, Johnson and Johnson L'Oreal and Revlon.
Duties: Producing POS and large format material for various home entertainment and retail accounts. Interpreting the clients brief creating visuals and taking them through to high res artwork within strict timelines. Working to brand guidelines and understanding the requirements of each retailer. Working closely with clients, account managers, structural team and printers. Responsible for managing freelancers ensuring all artwork meets the highest quality standards. Working with complex cutter guides and large file sizes. Colour retouching and working off site at Kent based production facility.

FREEFORM LONDON - London EC1 - March 2010 - July 2011 - Senior Creative Artworker
Clients: Warner Bros, Paramount and Sony.
Duties: Producing artwork for home entertainment accounts. Adapting supplied generic files into print ready artwork for Benelux, Nordic and other territories. Responsible for maintaining consistency and working within the guidelines of each territory whilst making sure all pre-press standards are met. Working as a team and sharing skills and knowledge with other artworkers. Working with spot colours, cutter guides, special finishes and DCS files. Working on creative briefs for the Freeform design team.

FELIX ROSENSTIEL’S WIDOW & SON LTD - London SW3 - July 2009 - March 2010 - Senior Artworker/Retoucher
Duties: Working at an In-house studio producing brochures and promotional material. Retouching and colour correcting high-res images. Creative manipulation of images. Applying textures and filters to produce bespoke art prints. Managing image library and database. Liaising with clients, printers and paper suppliers. Responsible for maintaining studio Apple Macs.

THE NEST LTD - London WC1 - March 2006 - Freelance Creative Artworker
Duties: Retouching for campaigns such as Sainsbury’s, BAA. Producing artwork and high resolution pdfs.

FOAM DESIGN LTD - London EC1 - June 2005 - March 2006 -Senior Creative Artworker
Clients: Carlsberg, Unilever, London Development Agency, Roadchef, British Horse Racing Authority and The Children's Society.
Duties: Working closely with a team of creatives taking visuals through to final artwork. Producing a wide range of material including brochures, direct mail, adverts, POS and packaging. Creative retouching for various well known brands. Visualising and creating mock-ups. Liaising with clients and printers.

QUADRACOLOR LTD - London SE26 - December 1998 - July 2009 - Senior Artworker/Retoucher
Clients: Bravado International, Orange, Save the Children and Rosenstiel's Widow & Son Ltd.
Duties: Creating artwork for print from designer’s visuals. Working on a variety of projects including adverts, direct mail, packaging, brochures and general promotions. Producing posters and tour brochures for well known artists and productions. High-end creative retouching and manipulation of images. Colour correction of fine art prints. Creating Photoshop DCS files, cutter guides and high-resolution pdfs. Proof reading, press passing and signing off. Liaising with designers and clients.

AKROBAT CREATIVE MARKETING LTD - Croydon, Surrey - June 1998 - December 1998 - Freelance Artworker
Clients: Selfridges & Co, Allders and Furniture Village.
Duties: Artworking visuals for a team of designers at a design agency. Mainly working on national press ads for several well known retail stores.
Creating high-resolution pdfs and working to tight deadlines. Liaising with printers and customers.

ANN SUMMERS/GOLDSTAR PUBLICATIONS LTD - Whyteleafe, Surrey - May 1995 - May 1998  Artworker
Duties: Artworking magazines, brochures and catalogues. Producing multi language brochures for Ann Summers retail. Creating POS for retail outlets  and designing stationary and logos. Liaising with clients.

LASERTECH - Biggin Hill, Kent - June 1992 - May 1995 Screen Printer / Paste-up Artist
Duties: Screen printing fabrics and plastics using both carrousel and bench printers. Darkroom camera work. Transferring designs onto screens. Mixing/matching inks. Creating manual artwork using camera and film. Responsible for two other members of staff.

COLLEGE GRAPHICS - Bromley, Kent - November 1991 - May 1992 Artworker
Duties: Producing artwork for print digitally and manually. Darkroom camera work. Backing up files and general studio duties.