SKILLS & ABILITIES:

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GDD Design
UX Design
Flash (advanced)

with SC Action Script AS3 and AS2 (Adobe Certified)
Character Designer
Game Designer
Animator
Cartoonist/Caricaturist
Fashion Illustrator
Storyboard artist
Pen and ink artist
Adobe Premier
Illustrator
Photoshop
After Effects
Logic 8
Eyeblaster
Double Click
Fireworks

 

CV

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ANIMATION:

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2016 - present

Pilot X (Partner)

Game design and animation for iPhone apps.

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2015 

KPMG OLIVER Agency

Animation and presentations, app design, After Effects, Flash, Premiere Film editing and corporate web design.

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2015 

Instant Win Gaming

Games concept artwork and finished UX design for US gaming company. Creating a commercial Bingo app for mobile and devices.

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2015

MKODO

A freelance part-time placement, creating concepts for a major producer of casino games. Responsibilities included producing GDD Documents, finished artwork and designing UX for a forthcoming commercial casino slot-game app.

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April 2014 - June 2014 

Kensington Epigeum
I was tasked to create a cartoon strip for an online teaching application for Phd students and universities. I also created an animation for doctoral candidates. This is an ongoing project.

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2014

BeJig, Senior games Designer

UX Design, GDD lead designer

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2012 - 2014
Senior Games Designer at TopJack Games
Designing characters and concepts for online casino games. Responsibilities included:
Creating General Design Documents
Creating wireframes
Copywriting
UX design
Graphic design
Flash animation
Creating multi-language games platforms

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2010 - 2012
Senior Flash Designer at The Libertine (advertising agency)
Working on high-profile digital content for major clients including:
Designing and implementing animation for giant-format advertising screens at Victoria and Liverpool Street stations for Artemis
Designing animatics for Comet and Butlins advertising campaigns
Designing fashion drawings for New Look’s staff magazine
Editing a series of online videos for Shepherd Neame
Designing a series of television channel idents for Babyliss
Designing title animation for a series of online DIY videos for Wickes
Creating online banners for HMV, Henderson and Gartmore

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2010
Flash Designer, Johnson & Johnson
Designing and creating an interactive self-help public health animation

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2010
Banner Designer, M&C Saatchi LIDA
Designing concept boards and animating banners for Curry’s and Travelex

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2009
Flash Designer, Real 451
Creating Microsite, including two games, for Monsters vs Aliens

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2009
Flash Designer, Soup Agency
Designing and animating berries for Innocent Smoothies

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2009
Banner Designer, BMB
Designing and animating banners for Thompson Holidays advertising campaign

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2008
Game Designer, Nokia
Designing and creating a viral banner game. Liaising with RGA employees to explain possible uses of Flash to meet the requirements of their clients

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2008
Flash Designer, Decca Records
Designing and creating a pop video for The Revelations band

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2008
Flash Designer, Hurrel & Dawson
Creating an animated engine part for a television commercial for Aston Martin

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2008
Flash Designer, BBC
Designing and creating Flash animation for The Watering Hole, the BBC New Comedy website

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2007 - 2008
Scooby Doo Lead Illustrator, Warner Bros
Designing and implementing a multi-platform educational game for children using Flash. Working closely with Warner Bros professionals to ensure that the game was designed to schedule (within 12-month period). Ensuring that the style of the game reflected the style of the original Scooby Doo television series while remaining contemporary for a new audience. I was responsible for creating and designing all of the background elements and interface.

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2007
Flash Designer, Unit 9
Creating animated transition for Belvedere Vodka and AT and T

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2007
Flash Designer, Meme
Producing character animation for BP training module

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2006
Game Designer, Electracade
Designing interfaces for online games for Ladbrokes, Paddy Power and William Hill

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2006
Game Designer, Universal Records
Designing and creating a viral game to promote The Bloodhound Gang’s single release. This was a Russian-roulette game featuring the band’s members as cartoons. The game was created using Flash and incorporated data capture.

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2006
Flash Designer, Grand Union
Designing advertising banners for Abbey National

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2005
Game Designer, Sony
Designing and creating a multi-platform game to promote a video conferencing screen made by Sony in the style of SuperMario Brothers

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2005
Flash Designer, DefJam Records
Designing and creating a music video for Suncycle using Flash (the song stayed at number one in the Jamaican charts for six weeks)

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2004
Flash Designer, Break In The City
Designing games and interfaces, including coding, for online games

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2004
Game Designer, Play Lottery
Designing interfaces for online games

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2003
Flash Designer, BBC
Creating illustrations for an online game for CBeebies website

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2003
Flash Designer, Vodafone
Designing and creating a viral animated film for Vodafone Christmas campaign

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2003
Flash Designer, Sky TV
Designing banners for the internet

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1998 - 1999
Props Designer, BBC (Collingwood O’Hare)
Designing and drawing props for Dennis the Menace television series. This was a conceptual role which involved creating submarines and custard-pie launching machines in the style of the original Dennis the Menace comic.

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ADVERTISING (NON-ANIMATION):

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2010
Storyboard Artist, Audi and Skoda
Drawing storyboards and creating concepts for Audi and Skoda commercials

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2008
Storyboard Artist, LIDA
Drawing storyboards for television advertising campaign for Samsung

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2008
Storyboard Artist and Creative, Autotrader
Developing design ideas, creating storyboards and making banners for Autotrader’s advertising campaign

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1991 - 2007
Freelance Cartoonist
Clients: Ribena (berries), Adams Clothing, TK Maxx and the Woolwich

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EDITORIAL:

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1997 - 2003
Editorial Cartoonist, The Telegraph
Designing and drawing games and editorial illustrations for 5 years

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1994 - 2003
Games Illustrator, Daily Mirror
Developing ideas and concepts for children’s games for colour supplement

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1991 - 2003
Games Designer and Illustrator, Take a Break and Take a Puzzle
Developing ideas and concepts for children’s games such as mazes and spot-the-difference

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1991 - 2002
Freelance Cartoonist
Clients: Disney, Times, Sun, Penthouse, Golf Monthly and ABTA Golf Magazine

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ILLUSTRATION:

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1991 - present day
Package Designer, Funnyman Jokes
Designing and creating artwork for the largest joke manufacturer in the UK for over ten years

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1991 - 1997
Comic Book Artist, Zit Comic
Drawing comic artwork for strips such as Billy No Mates, Madass Hussein and Postman Prat

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1991 - 2002
Freelance Cartoonist and Illustrator
Clients: André Deutsche Publishing (Cops & Robbers Joke book), Hippo Scholastic and Penthouse magazine

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CARICATURES:

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1991 - present day
Freelance Caricaturist
Performing as a caricaturist at private functions and corporate events and on television (Newsnight) for clients such as Chanel, Visa International, the Labour Party, ITV, Honda, Disney, Natwest, HSBC and Coutts & Co.