Ricky Charalambides
Product/Service Specialist at Topps Tiles- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Topps Tiles
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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500 - 600 Employee
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Product/Service Specialist
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Jun 2023 - Present
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Freelance/Commission Artist
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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
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SHOTOPOP
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United Kingdom
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Animation and Post-production
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1 - 100 Employee
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Junior Designer
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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.
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Just Eat
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Food & Beverages
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1 - 100 Employee
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Graphic Designer/Administrator
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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
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Travelfx
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Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
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Administrator
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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.
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PDSA
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Volunteer Assistant
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Mar 2012 - Jun 2012
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BaxterStorey
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United Kingdom
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Food and Beverage Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Kitchen Porter
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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.
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Reprint Graphics
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London, England, United Kingdom
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Assistant
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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.
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Architects Corporation
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Watford, England, United Kingdom
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Assistant
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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.
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Education
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London Metropolitan University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Visual Communication - Illustration & Animation -
Oaklands College St Albans
Foundation Diploma, Art & Design -
Hertswood School
A-Levels