Ricky Charalambides

Product/Service Specialist at Topps Tiles
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Borehamwood, England, United Kingdom, UK

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Retail
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Product/Service Specialist
      • Jun 2023 - Present

    • Freelance/Commission Artist
      • Jul 2020 - Present

      - Finishing backlogged animation and comic projects - Zine and group networking projects - Organising, photographing, editing and archiving old work - Rebuilt portfolio/website - Set up shop to sell my artwork, prints and t shirts - Commissioned drawings, tattoo designs, characters & logo - Finishing backlogged animation and comic projects - Zine and group networking projects - Organising, photographing, editing and archiving old work - Rebuilt portfolio/website - Set up shop to sell my artwork, prints and t shirts - Commissioned drawings, tattoo designs, characters & logo

    • United Kingdom
    • Animation and Post-production
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Junior Designer
      • Feb 2021 - Feb 2021

      - Designed characters and background imagery for a large ongoing animation project using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Joining anime/manga characters with Japanese typography to create Tokyo inspired billboards and signage. - Built upon the visual language and identity created by the studio to conjure up unique ideas using my style and personality. - Designed characters and background imagery for a large ongoing animation project using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Joining anime/manga characters with Japanese typography to create Tokyo inspired billboards and signage. - Built upon the visual language and identity created by the studio to conjure up unique ideas using my style and personality.

    • Food & Beverages
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Graphic Designer/Administrator
      • Sep 2012 - Sep 2017

      - Designed and fixed up to 70 Restaurant logos daily for the website using Adobe Photoshop. Supported the graphics departments with projects to improve the quality of logos. - Ensured the website runs as expected, designing the online menu so it is fixable, illegible and easy to navigate, building around 7 new menus and updating over 50 daily. - Added allergen and dietary information to 12,000 online menus for a huge safety project. - Took control of projects, inspected data on the system, reported to the tech teams with updates via meetings weekly for development and improvements. - Customer service, built and maintained relationships with restaurant owners via telephone, email and shop visits to gain trust. - Trained new employees on logo creation using Adobe Photoshop. Menu typing with design and formatting. Show less

  • Travelfx
    • Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
    • Administrator
      • May 2012 - Sep 2012

      - Dealing with sales and customers over phone and email. - Converting, counting, packaging and sending money to clients. - Logging money transfer data into spreadhseets. - Taking and recording deliveries from security vans. - Dealing with sales and customers over phone and email. - Converting, counting, packaging and sending money to clients. - Logging money transfer data into spreadhseets. - Taking and recording deliveries from security vans.

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Volunteer Assistant
      • Mar 2012 - Jun 2012

    • United Kingdom
    • Food and Beverage Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Kitchen Porter
      • Sep 2011 - Nov 2011

      - Cleaning the main kitchen beginning and after shift. - Washing pots, pans, utensils quickly after every use. - Serving hot food to customers at lunchtimes for the 5 office building complex. - Carrying deliveries and lunchtime foods to each buildings. - Making Sandwiches and displaying them in each buildings shop. - Cleaning plates from the restaurant conveyer system, cleaning the machine and hosing down the room after every use. - Cleaning the main kitchen beginning and after shift. - Washing pots, pans, utensils quickly after every use. - Serving hot food to customers at lunchtimes for the 5 office building complex. - Carrying deliveries and lunchtime foods to each buildings. - Making Sandwiches and displaying them in each buildings shop. - Cleaning plates from the restaurant conveyer system, cleaning the machine and hosing down the room after every use.

  • Reprint Graphics
    • London, England, United Kingdom
    • Assistant
      • Apr 2011 - Apr 2011

      - Apart of the workflow of preparing work for clients such as organising, plotting, packaging for post or display. - Site visits to display projects such as large canvas prints, vinyl stickers and framed work. - Apart of the workflow of preparing work for clients such as organising, plotting, packaging for post or display. - Site visits to display projects such as large canvas prints, vinyl stickers and framed work.

  • Architects Corporation
    • Watford, England, United Kingdom
    • Assistant
      • Jan 2009 - Jan 2009

      - Gained knowledge and first-hand experience of CAD systems, such as AutoCAD/AutoDesk. - Organisation of work, filing large scale architectural drawings to be sent to clients. - Site visits to projects to oversee progress, locating issues and where to move forward. - Day to day operations assistance, such as emails, telephone calls. - Gained knowledge and first-hand experience of CAD systems, such as AutoCAD/AutoDesk. - Organisation of work, filing large scale architectural drawings to be sent to clients. - Site visits to projects to oversee progress, locating issues and where to move forward. - Day to day operations assistance, such as emails, telephone calls.

Education

  • London Metropolitan University
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Visual Communication - Illustration & Animation
    2018 - 2021
  • Oaklands College St Albans
    Foundation Diploma, Art & Design
    2017 - 2018
  • Hertswood School
    A-Levels
    2008 - 2010

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