Candidate of the Week - Mac Operator/Artworker, Sydney
I am a creative Mac Operator/Artworker and have been working in the Graphics Industry for the past 10 years. Throughout my time I have worked in numerous fields such as Digital Agencies, Offset Lithographic, Display Graphics, Brand Management and have recently completed a two year stint working in the London market.
I am passionate about my work and pride myself on getting the job done with a friendly yet professional approach. I am also enthusiastic, a great team player, and am always open to expanding my skill set.
Employment History Linklaters [linklaters.com]
Corporate Law Firm - London, UK
Role. Senior Artworker
February - August 2008
In my most recent position I was responsible for creating corporate invites both printed and digital for all the London and European head offices of Linklaters, I liaiseddirectly with clients and managed briefs from start to finish. I created Html invites in Dreamweaver and worke on various other internal jobs including corporate reports and social club promotions.
Employment History TribaTriri Tribal DDB - [tribalddb.co.uk]
Digital Media Agency - London, UK
Role. Asset Management /Artworker
October - January 2008
Whilst working at Tribal I was in charge of sourcing/creatin image assets for a particular workstream on the redesign of the UK Volkswagon website. I was also involved in the testing of a crop tool application which aided in the production of assets for the site.
Endpoint - [endpoint.co.uk]
Brand Management Company - London, UK
Role. Creative Artworker
June - September 2007
Employed as an Artworker my role involved working on the rebrand of a popular hotel chain in the UK. Working with a small design team we were in charge of creating site packs for client review and had to digitally adapt each visual to indicate signage positions and to give an overall feel of the new look. Some minor retouching was also involved.
Freelance Creative Artworker
Various Workplaces - London, UK
Role. Creative Artworking
May - June 2007
Throughout this time I freelanced with different agencies as a Creative Artworker, listed below are some of the organisations I worked for:
- Saatchi & Saatchi •Digitas •MBA
- JP Morgan •Landor •Straightedge
Sony - [sony.com.au]
Head Office, Sydney
Role. Mac Operator
February - April 2007
At Sony Australia I freelanced as a Mac Operator, my main duties included finished artworking of cd and dvd covers.
Employment HistoryEmploymenDurrant Wapshott - [durrantwapshott.com]
Display Company - London, UK
Role. Creative Artworker
August 2006- January 2007
At Durrant Wapshott I was employed as a Creative Artworker to work on all the retail window display graphics for HMV, Ralph Lauren, Waterstones & American Express campaigns. Working on the accounts entailed liaising directly with clients to produce finished artwork for individual stores throughout the UK.
Look Print - [look.com.au]
Large format display company - Sydney, Australia
Role. Creative Artworker/Account Management
September 2003 - May 2006
I was employed by Look as a Creative Artworker later on moving into direct account management for the Starbucks and Unilever accounts which involved liaising directly with the client for to produce POS collateral for each new campaign Australia wide.
ColourScript - [colourscript.com.au]
Offset Lithographic Print company - Sydney, Australia
Role. Apprentice Graphic Reproducer
Feb 1998 - September 2003
This is where I started my training and completed a four year apprenticeship in Graphic Reproduction combining workplace training with three years of tafe study. I was involved with everything from proofing to Mac Operating and worked on numerous publications throughout my time.
Application Knowledge
Adobe Creative Suite 3 [Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator]
Quark 7.0
Adobe Acrobat
Microsoft Office [basic knowledge]
Dreamweaver [basic knowledge]
Qualifications
Trade Certificate in Graphic Reproduction, Completed December 2000
Ultimo Tafe, Sydney
References Available on request.
email. shannonkemp77@hotmail.com