Design is something I have always been interested in and from a very early age it was something I could see myself doing once I "grew up"... well once I got over the obsession of being a Race Car Driver anyway! I always found an excuse to get the pencil crayons and felt tips out (much to my Mum's dismay) and my love for all things creative hasn’t wavered one bit. When I left school at the tender age of 16 my passion for art and design led me to enrol at one of the local colleges on a BTEC National Diploma in Design. I loved the course, made some very good friends and really felt that I had developed my design skills... as well as using an Apple Mac for the first time, which was a real eye opener!
I left college in 1998 and went to university at Blackpool and the Fylde College of Art and Design to do a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design. The course, tutors and the whole university experience were absolutely amazing and I loved every second of it. It gave me a real chance to develop not only as a person but also to really hone my design and creative skills ready to take on the "real world".
Upon my graduation I gained employment at North Lindsey College in Scunthorpe as one of their in-house Graphic Designers. It was an opportunity I was very grateful for and once again gave me some very good opportunities to develop. I learned a lot from the other members of the design team at the college and in 2005, I accepted a position as Head Graphic Designer at New Media Choice, a Design, PR and Marketing Agency based in Lincolnshire. A position that I am currently still in. If you would like to find out more about my qualifications and experience please send an email to: designerstrand@googlemail.com, to request a pdf of my CV.
I have also found time to fit in many Freelance projects over the years, ranging from logo design, character illustration, flyer/leaflet design, shop signage design and also website design.