Candidate of the week: Freelance Graphic Designer

Employment History:



Freelance Graphic Design - Self employed

Designing logos and stationary, advertisements, brochures, invitations and gift cards.

Sending files via Quickcut for magazines and newspapers.



Nucolorvue Productions 2004 - 2006 (April)

Graphic Designer

Design a wide range of products for print (postcards, brochures, posters and books)
and supplying artwork for all types of souviners (keyrings, magnets, novelty promotional items).

Also garments and headwear. Including headwear, embroidery and screenprint.

Prepare final art for print, screenprint and garment embroidery.

Supply files to overseas suppliers.

Create packaging and headercards for new products for hangsell purposes.

Working in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat and QuarkXpress.

Designing with digital and film photography. Sometimes in need of improvements.


MQ Publications 2002-2003, London

Graphic Designer

Designed book jackets, plc’s and inside spreads.

Preparing artwork CTP, with specialist inks and printing.
(metallics, spot lam, foiling & embossing)

Created a number of dummy covers and mock up books for bookfairs worldwide.

High use of digital photography from websites such as Hulton Getty and Corbis.


Cyan Press (1997-2002)

Graphic Designer/Desktop Publisher

Composing 56 page, A5 books (design, layout and imposing).

Prepared all artwork for print.

Typesetting, page layout and scanning.

Output separations for print.

Required to work with both Macintosh and PC computers.


Education:



Associate Diploma of Computer Aided Art and Design
1994-1996

VCE - Completed at Fairhills High School in 1993


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