SKILLS & ABILITIES:

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GDD Design

UX Design

Flash (advanced) with SC AS3 & AS2 (Adobe Certified)

Character Designer

Games Designer

Animation

Cartoons

Caricatures

Fashion Illustrator

Storyboard Artist

Pen and Ink Artist

Adobe Premier

Illustrator

Photoshop

After Effects

Logic 8, Pro Tools

3D Studio Max

Eyeblaster

Double Click

Fireworks

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CLIENTS:

 

Honda

SKY

Vodafone

Audi

Sony

Universal Records

Nokia

KPMG

Johnson & Johnson

Chanel

Coutts

Gap

Natwest

Visa International

Labour Party

ITV

HSBC

Coutts & Co.

HMV

Chanel

Bloomberg

Smith Kline Glaxo

HSBC

Barclays

BBC

Times

Telegraph

Penthouse

Disney

Warner Bros

BP

Royal Navy

Mirror

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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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2022        

Senior Games Designer, Games Global

Designing slot games
 

2020      

Senior Designer, Royal Signals Regiment, Ministry of Defence

Creating an animated promotion for the centenary of The Royal Signals Regiment

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2014 - 2015   

Illustrator and Designer, Epigeum

Creating cartoon strips and animation for online teaching application for PhD students. Epigeum is the leading provider of online courses. It was founded as a spin-out company from Imperial College London and is now part of Oxford University Press. I was hired to illustrate some courses for ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) in comic format. The course has won six awards, including Exporting Excellence – Education Provision (Education Investor Awards 2016) and Best Online Distance Learning Programme – Bronze Award (Learning Technology Awards 2016).

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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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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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2021

Game and Package Designer, 5asideCHESS Ltd

Designing chess game and packaging for registered charity

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2020

Designer, Brithop Brewing Company Ltd

Designing ‘Brit Pop’ beer can for artisan brewery

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2020

Logo Designer, Smokin Rhino Company

Creating logo for independent record label

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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
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.