Experience

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  NightsBridge

  • South Africa
  • IT Services and IT Consulting
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Brand Manager

    • Oct 2020 - Present

    Helping company leadership shape and communicate the NightsBridge mission and vision. Developing the capabilities of our brand communications and product design teams. Adding structure to internal design processes. Overseeing marketing activities. Occasional surfs.

  • Design Specialist

    • Dec 2018 - Oct 2020

    UX design, UI design, Brand and Marketing Communications design.

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  Self-employed

  • Global

  • Freelance Design Consultant

    • Jun 2003 - Oct 2020
    • Global

    Freelance design consultant working in-house or collaboratively with a range of clients. Recent clients include:• Trov.com • Navy Creative Agency• Navigator Blue Communications

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  RATHGAEL GYMNASTICS AND TUMBLING CLUB

  • Bangor, Northern Ireland

  • Interim Business Manager

    • Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
    • Bangor, Northern Ireland

    Business Manager: Working with Board to restructure a business under threat of closure. Managing redundancies, disciplinary procedures, implementation of new policies (handbooks), re-design of coaching and class curriculum, media and marketing, press and communications.

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  Hyper Island

  • United Kingdom

  • Guest Facilitator

    • May 2018 - May 2018
    • United Kingdom

    Guest Facilitator for MA Digital ManagementInnovation and Team Culture workshop with 22 Hyper students and Johnny Parks from Trov/Toward Ltd

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  Imerman Angels

  • Mentor Angel

    • Jan 2009 - 2017

    Mentor Angel providing support to Cancer fighters and survivors.

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  Cancer Buddies Cape Town

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Surf Coach/Mentor

    • Jan 2012 - Jun 2016
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    Mentor to Cancer Survivors and patients. Created South Africa's first young adult cancer patient surf and adventure retreat hosted in Noordhoek, Western Cape.

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  Red & Yellow School

  • Red & Yellow

  • Senior Lecturer

    • Mar 2014 - Dec 2015
    • Red & Yellow

    • Created and delivered project briefs across three years of Diploma in Graphic Design and Art Direction, in all disciplines and media, to classes of 25 per year group including copywriting students• Contributed to the development of curriculum and teaching methods• Prepared submissions for programmes to the Council for Higher Education for a new BA Degree in Visual Communications• Entered students for Branding, Integrated and Print Campaigns at the 2014 Loerie Awards: my students won three bronze awards and one silver in these categories• Produced marketing collateral for recruitment and promotional events

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  Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography

  • South Africa
  • Higher Education
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Management Board

    • Jan 2010 - Feb 2014

  • Academic Board

    • Jan 2010 - Feb 2014

  • Head of Design

    • Mar 2009 - Feb 2014

    • Created and delivered project briefs on a three-year BA programme for students studying Graphic Design, Illustration, Art Direction and Photography with an average of 30 students per class • Managed a department of five full-time and part-time lecturing staff • Served on both the Management Board and the Academic Board of the College • Contributed to curriculum review and development • Helped the Academy to be ranked first in the list of Higher Education Institutions in South Africa for creativity by the Loerie Awards • Produced exhibition stands and marketing collateral for recruitment and promotional events

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  Smarts Communicate

  • Belfast, United Kingdom

  • Senior Creative

    • Mar 2007 - Oct 2008
    • Belfast, United Kingdom

    Graphic Design, Branding, Marketing Communications, Events. • Produced concepts and design work for a variety of campaigns, promotions and events and printed communications for a number of national and international clients such as: Coca-Cola, Bushmills, Diageo and Yell.com • Produced brand identities and guidelines for a range of national and local clients • Produced creative pitch work for an award-winning integrated campaign for ‘Bushmills LIVE’ • Managed project work-flow, third party suppliers and junior team members

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  Uniform

  • Liverpool, United Kingdom

  • Senior Creative

    • Feb 2005 - Mar 2007
    • Liverpool, United Kingdom

    Graphic Design, Branding, Marketing, CGI, Marketing movies, Architectural Design, Interior Design, Exhibition, Installation. • Managed design and production for large scale integrated communications projects within a multi-disciplinary design agency • Developed design solutions incorporating print, identity and brand, interior and exhibition, photography, video, CGI and motion graphics • Formulated ideas for campaigns, sales collateral, promotional items, launch events and trade shows • Completed work for clients in the arts, residential and commercial property development and retail sectors • Managed project work-flow, third party suppliers and junior team membersClients: Liverpool City Council, Urban Splash, Grosvenor Group, Beetham.

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  East Skateboards

  • Founding Partner

    • Jan 2002 - Jan 2007

    Partner, Art Direction, Design, Admin, Accounts, Team Manager, Production Manager...etc, etc.

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  Union North

  • Liverpool, United Kingdom

  • Director

    • Jan 1998 - 2001
    • Liverpool, United Kingdom

    Architectural Design, Interior Design, Planning, Graphic Design, Branding. • Created logos, identities and print materials for a wide variety of clients in a range of sectors • Worked on identity and branding concepts for licensed retail venues including interior fit-outs, signage and installations • Devised concepts and designed exhibition displays and catalogues