CV
Qualifications
September 1994 – June 1996
GNVQ Advanced Art and Design, West Herts College
September 1996 – June 1998
HND Graphic Design and Image Making, West Herts College
September 1998 – June 2000
BA(Hons) Graphic Design, University of Luton
April 2021 – Present
Currently studying an advanced Adobe Illustrator tutorial course
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Work experience
April 2001 – November 2001
Full-time employee
Junior Mac Operator
Irvine Ltd (company which sold radio-controlled models)
November 2001 – May 2005
Full-time employee
Junior Graphic Designer
Royal Air Force Museum London
June 2005 – September 2007
Self-employed
In June 2005, I first decided to attempt self-employment, from then, up to September 2007, I completed various small jobs for people; such as leaflets and logos.
July 2005 – June 2006
Self-employed
Westcounter Engineers Ltd
This was my first large self-employed project: an advertising poster campaign for a project management company within the construction trade. Unfortunately, the director decided not to complete it.
October 2005 – July 2006
Self-employed
Royal Air Force Museum London
Occasional work for the Royal Air Force Museum’s web designer, including two newsletters.
October 2007 – May 2008
Part-time employee
Label printer/designer
Fenwick Brent Cross
Position involved creating, printing – and occasionally cutting to size – price labels, mainly for products on sale or reduced price.
December 2007 – January 2008
Self-employed
Royal Air Force Museum London
Aircraft and vehicle line drawings were required by my former boss, the Head of Design. These were to help him with aircraft and vehicle relocation planning.
June 2008 – present
Self-employed
Simpson Garden Maintenance
I have produced, and continue to produce various material to advertise our business, such as leaflets and business cards.
December 2008 – February 2009
Self-employed
Royal Air Force Museum London
Line drawings were once again requested by the Head of Design, this time to decorate the walls of their former restaurant ‘Wings’, which used to be in the Battle of Britain Hall.
March 2009 – Present
Self-employed
Occasional work – mainly centred around book covers with an emphasis on illustration – was requested by a friend. One design was developed to promote a cryptocurrency called StartCOIN, which ended up on t-shirts supported by financial journalist and host of RT’s Keiser Report, Max Keiser. This work is ongoing.