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Richard Bridgwater is a seasoned management professional with 30+ years of experience in advertising, design, and recruitment. He has held various leadership roles, including Branch Manager at Orchard and Studio Manager at Camel Advertising. With expertise in management, consulting, and contract recruitment, he has successfully managed teams and delivered results-driven solutions.

Experience

  • Sole Trader
    • South Yorkshire
    • Sole Trader
      • Jul 2017 - Present
      • South Yorkshire
    • Senior Consultant
      • Dec 2014 - Jul 2017

    • Branch Manager
      • May 1997 - Dec 2014

      After initially joining the Manchester office as a recruitment consultant, I was given the chance of establishing the Leeds location in 1999. With my previous and extensive design, artworking and management experience I successfully ran a small team of consultants. Providing the design, advertising and digital sectors with Web Designers, Creatives and Artworkers.

  • Freelance
    • Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield
    • Freelance Creative Artworker
      • Jan 1996 - May 1997
      • Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield

      After having been made redundant from Kingfield Health I started freelancing, mainly through Orchard whilst looking for a full time position. This proved to be more successful than I had initially imagined, filling in all but two weeks in over a year. Working in design / ad agencies and in-house ...

    • Catalogue & Design Manager
      • Oct 1993 - Jan 1996
      • Sheffield, United Kingdom

      Head hunted by Kingfield to set up an 11 man in-house studio of Mac Designers / Artworkers and to project manage the catalogue production. This work grew to encapsulate the design and production of other catalogues, direct mail, exhibitions, our own brand packaging and managing the Kingfield bran...

  • Camel Advertising (now Uber)
    • Sheffield, United Kingdom
    • Studio Manager
      • Oct 1984 - Oct 1993
      • Sheffield, United Kingdom

      Camel were an advertising and marketing agency based in Sheffield. With the gradual expansion of the company from 7 to 60 staff over two locations, I worked my way up from Junior Finish Artist to Studio Manager. Responsible for a studio team of 8 Artworkers, liaising between the production manage...

Education

  • 1980 - 1984
    Granville College (Sheffield)
  • 1978 - 1980
    Tapton
  • 1974 - 1978
    Altrincham Grammer

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