Curriculum Vitae Dear Viewer, Please feel free to browse my Curriculum Vitae, and if you believe I am someone your company could benefit from employing, or if you have an interesting freelance project, please contact me via the contact page of this website. As you will see from my Curriculum Vitae, I have a proven track record in design and have become very familiar with both the Macintosh and Windows operating systems and their programs for the 13 years I have been a user. I have experience in both leading or being part of the team. I also have experience working in multilingual environments, as I have worked in England, Germany, Switzerland and the British Virgin Islands (Caribbean), and have no problems adapting to new surroundings. I am an enthusiastic self-starter with initiative and drive., I enjoy a challenge and love working in the realms of design. Work Timeline 2006 - Present aLookingGlass. Multimedia Manager (Caribbean) In aLookingGlass I am responsible for all the billing, outsourcing, design and hosting of the company's multimedia clients. Also I am involved with the design and concept of the companies magazine titles:; BVI Property Guide and BVI Yacht Guide, both full colour monthly titles. The company is also in the conception stage for a third magazine, the Caribbean-wide Properties Guide. Clients include Eden Technology Partners, The Royal British Virgin Island Police Force, BVI Music Festival, BVI Spring Regatta, BVI Festival, BVI Government (HR Department) and the BVI Teachers Union. 2004 - 2006 Taska Design GmbH. Art Director (Switzerland) In Taska Design I was responsible for all aspects of design, for both print and multimedia, from client contact, concept planning, pricing and production through to print or upload. Projects included: Foundation Franz Weber, Feoleimages, Grand Hotel Giessbach, Global Recovery Alliance AG, Roadhouse-Luzern AG, I Cantanti, GrandV Foods and Stone Island Savage (Darwin). 2000 - 2003 SEC Kommunikation und Gestaltung. Internet Manager/designer (Switzerland) In SEC I was solely responsible for all web-based design, including: design, programming, updates, proposals and concept ideas, budgets, hosting and problem solving. I also designed interfaces for CD-ROMs with the use of Macromedia's Flash and Director. Projects included Siemens Expo project: Hotel Palafitte, Guide Share Europe: In partnership with IBM, Packeasy and AIKU Wearable’s. 1998 - 2000 Nexus Creative Company. Web designer (Switzerland) NCC was my start in web design. At first my responsibilities were the design & concept of navigation interfaces, later moving on to the actual programming of index pages and blank navigation pages, culminating in the designing, programming & uploading ( via FTP) of full completed websites, including HTML, CSS1, CGI, PERL, JavaScript programming and Flash. Projects included all the Open Air-Kinos in Switzerland, Wascosa Eisenbahntransportmittel, Emmen Openair, Concepcion lens AG and Brauerei Eichhof, and the Schindler AG European Quality Award 1999. 1997 - 1998 Paragon Publishing. Magazine designer (England) At Paragon I was responsible for one monthly magazine: NetGamer. NetGamer was the first magazine set up for Internet & multi player gamers, featuring reviews, demos and matches. I was responsible for all design and output to film. As well as NetGamer I had other time commitments & freelance work on various other magazines at Paragon, such as: PC Games, Play, Nintendo 64, PC Windows, Mac Made Easy, to name a few. This job was very deadline- intensive and dependent on close team work. 1996 -1997 Kre-8-tiv Design. Graphic designer (England) I was employed by Kre-8-tiv design, part of Marine Electronic Services Ltd, as an in-house designer to design point of sale items such as catalogues, brochures and price lists, as well as forms and magazine advertisements etc. Kre-8-tiv Design was set up for the purpose of attracting freelance work to gain extra revenue for MES Ltd. Being the sole designer I took all briefs from conception to print and was required to work to budgets and deadlines. During my time there I learnt self-reliance and was then able to work both autonomously and as part of a large team including printers and manufactures. 1989 - 1991 Various Jobs. Non-design (England) During this time I had a variety of contract jobs whilst I considered where I wanted to go in my life. I had always been keen on and good at visual art. During this time I became very graphically aware, seeing design applied in the real world, its effect on the public and the different types of materials used in the construction. These jobs have also helped my communication skills, by bringing me into contact with all types of people. I decided then to obtain the formal qualifications in the necessary disciplines to start my career as a designer. 1986 - 1989 Royal Navy. WEM(0) Weapons Engineering Mechanic(Worldwide deployment) Duties included the repair and support of on-board systems such as telephones, main broadcast, hydraulics and weapon systems; fire-fighting and breathing apparatus support. Also during my time in the Royal Navy I travelled to many different countries such as: Denmark, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Gibraltar and down the Ivory Coast of Africa. This was a most valuable experience, which gave me a great insight into some very different cultures. The Navy also taught me team work, resourcefulness, punctuality and how to work under all sorts of conditions and pressures. Education 2003 Job TV. Zürich (Switzerland) DV film course learning basic digital film, sound & lighting techniques, as well as editing in Final Cut Pro 4 and outputting to DV media using DVD Studio Pro 2. I also did some work using subtitles and basic video effects using Adobe After Effects. 1994 Creative Exchange. Würzburg (Germany) Exchange: Whilst at college I spent 3 months in Würzburg where I studied both the theory and practice of cell animation, learning to use various techniques, cameras and illustration styles. 1993 - 1995 Bournemouth & Poole College of Art & Design. Hampshire (England) BTEC HND (British Technical Education Certificate, Higher National Diploma) in Graphic Design. 1991 - 1993 Weston-Super-Mare College of Further Education. Weston-S-Mare, Somerset (England) BTEC OND (British Technical Education Certificate, Ordinary National Diploma) in Graphic Design. 1987 - 1988 HMS Collingwood. Fareham, Hampshire (England) CITY & GUILDS Engineering (Electrical) Craft Studies. 1981 - 1986 Wyvern School. Weston-S-Mare, Somerset (England) General Certificate of Education, Ordinary Level, Art, Grade A & English Literature. Plus 8 subjects at Certificate of Secondary Education Grades 2-4. Skills & Experience 17 years Design Experience 4 years at college and 13 years work experience including 8 years in Switzerland and 2 years in the Caribbean. During this time I have gained experience in the following areas: Internet design & programming, PHP and MYSQL, HTML, CSS1, PERL, CGI, JavaScript, multimedia design, magazine design, typography, DTP, corporate design, packaging and some basic photography. I also have experience with layouts in the following Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Russian. 14 years Mac experience With programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Director, Macromedia Freehand, Final Cut Pro, BBEdit, QuarkXpress, Aldus Pagemaker, and some use of Illustrator, Fontographer, Streamline, iMovie, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Bryce, GoLive. 3 years PC experience With programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Abobe Illustrator, Adobe Premier, Macromedia Freehand, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft Word 2007, QuarkXpress 6.0, FileZilla. Hobbies & Awards Hobbies & Awards: PADI Scuba Diver: Rescue Diver RYA Day Sailor: Intermediate Prince of Wales Award: Bronze Competitions Taken Part In: Sailing, Full Bore Target Shooting, Paint Balling, Cross Country Running and Swimming. Scuba Diving: I first got interested in diving since coming to the British Virgin Islands, after I had been on a snorkeling trip. My first scuba dive, a Resort Course, got me so excited I enrolled on the PADI open water certification the same day, in September 2006. Since then I have passed both my Advanced and Rescue Diver Certification and am now in the process of taking my PADI Dive Master course. Clubs: During my life I have been associated with a number of organization involving charities and youth training and development. I started with the Cub scouts, then progressed to the Sea Cadet corps, where I found my love of sailing, canoeing and full bore target shooting, the latter of which I won several competitions in. Another group I spent time supporting was the Lions I and took part in many charity events with them to raise money for local groups. During my time in Switzerland I got involved in the design side of the Franz Webber Foundation, an environmental origination supported by Brigitte Bardot to try and help the world environment. Of late I have been using my skills to help out with the VISAR (Virgin Island Search and Rescue team) website and events.