Bio
Design, Branding, Creative
Production

I combine art, design and technology into a unified discipline powerful enough to propel companies forward.

Experience

20+ years of experience in design, print, media agencies and industries. Great conceptual and creative skills with the ability to communicate from idea to concept through to media, including print, video, web. Experienced in UI/UX/logic design for application development across web and mobile application. High ability for time, project and resource management over long projects. Ability to work with both Apple Mac and Windows PC environments. Can work on site or remotely. Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new industry trends, applications, concepts while applying current skills for maximum efficiency. Excellent communication skills oral and written.

Resume

Education

2008 – 2009
RMIT
Master of Design by Research Communication Design

1998
Melbourne School Of Art
Advanced Certificate in Interactive Multimedia Incorporating Certificate 2 in Arts Design.

1997
Melbourne School Of Art
Certificate 4 in Arts Design

1996
HSC Scots School Albury

Skills

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Acrobat
QuarkXpress
Microsoft Office
Final Cut Pro
Adobe After Effects
Hash Animation Master
EFI Fiery Rip / Xerox Digital Press
Roland Versaworks RIP
Large Format Printing
Signage Design / Print / Installation

Awards

Rutherglen & District Artist Society Honourable Mention Award

Rutherglen & District Artist Society First Prize

The Albury Show Society
Drawing Graphic Communication First Prize

Current

Self Employed / Freelance Design, Print and Signage

2019 – 2020

Supervisor Kinross Farms Laverton LEP Plant

2017 -2019

Self Employed Design, Print and Signage | Part Time Owner Driver Civic Couriers

2014 – 2016

Transport Industry | BagTrans | Forklift Operator | Tyre Cycle Machine Operator

2013-2014

Hardware Development

Development of gaming hardware for Apple iPhone, prototype, proof of concept of iOs game peripheral for iPhone 5 – 6
Design and Development of Game Controller / Game Pad / Case for iPhone /
Project Management / Project Self Finance

2013-2014

Application Development

Development of Subscription based Accounting Application ( Abxkus )for web & iOS

Development of Subscription based E-commerce / Online Store / Shopping Cart ( Flowcart )

Design and development – iOS video games / entertainment software and concepts

Print & Design services

Website design, hosting & development services

2010 – 2012

Short Film

Mithridates Productions short film “ The Grave ” Assistant Director / Conceptual Storyboard Artist

Application Development & Digital Publishing

Development UI/UX/Logic of subscription based Abxkus accounting & iOS Application

Development of UI/UX/Logic subscription based Flowcart Interactive shopping cart software

Development of Atom Comix Digital Comic Book Publishing platform, brand & e commerce software Development of Atom Comix publishing workflow, art through to digital, print delivery and distribution Development & submission of first title for

Atom Comix – “ Evo Blue ” through iTunes book store and Atom Comix proprietary iOS Application
Planning research & Development of Atom Comix iOS application to initial development stage Research & Development of iOS gaming platform development and game design

Website Development & General Print & Design

Various Website Development Projects for Clients with WordPress® development platform Artwork for Food and Beverage Labels

Apparel Brand Development

Apparel brand development for Benzina® including website development, product range design, marketing material packaging design and website

2006 – 2009
Further Education

Master of Design by Research Communication Design RMIT

Focusin Pty. Ltd

Designed company identity & branding, company web site and marketing media including print and online. Developed and designed 2009 CeBit expo Darling Harbour Sydney show booth and floor space, show and product presenter showcasing products to the Australian market for the launched of Hanvon ® products creative, design, web site maintenance and advisory assistance services

Nutex Pty. Ltd

Designed and developed the branding including web site, work flow development, business development procedures Print machine operator and production services

Liv I.T.

Providing design services for print, web marketing applications.

Vita Italian Tours

Providing design services for branding, marketing and web site, website development and management
provide print services for marketing materials

Freelance Design

Freelance design for small to medium enterprises including contemporary identity design and branding, general printing included brochures and stationary, annual advertising campaigns in print. Web site development and maintenance

2004 – 2005
Vinyl Pusher Records

Creative design and development of music album art, website development, marketing materials

Production of video clips and TVC story boarding and graphics

Management of Art department and Apple computer systems, internal networking and printing facilities, office and administration set up, creation of department workflow structure, filing and server set up and administration, production art templates, work flow management.

Licensing Essentials

Packaging and product design for licensed products, apparel and alcoholic beverage products.

Whytehouse Productions | Globe Skate & Surf

Globe International 2005 annual report, annual general meeting documents, layout, type setting, graphics retouching. Web site maintenance and updates of fashion brand websites,
M-ONE 11, Anger Management.

Pioneer Electronics Pro DJ Division

Pioneer Pro DJ products catalogue 2005, Design, creative and development through to finished art for print production

2003 – 2004
Whytehouse Productions / Globe

Design, creative and development of flash interactive web sites for Mooks fashion label.

Ares Group

Development of interface graphics for web development projects and applications as well as design and develop campaign pitching presentation material.

CMS Group | RNS Publishing

Page design & layout, type setting, large format scanner operator, digital photograph processing, film output and film machine maintenance, large format printing, laminating, operating digital printers for

Short run print, labouring printing press department collating, folding, binding, guillotine operating, packaging and delivery.

Pioneer Electronics Pro DJ Division

Creative design and development of point of sale advertising posters and banners as well as promotions materials.

2000 – 2003
Momentum Animation Studios

Story boarding, character designs for short animations and full animated video clips, 3D character modeling, rigging, prop design.

Vision Media

Album cover art, content & development for multimedia audio CD-ROM XA format (music video clip + audio tracks)
video editing music video clips for delivery to broadcast

Minute Man Press | Snap Printing

Designing printed materials such as catalogues, business cards, flyers and general stationary as well as operate digital printing equipment and prepare art work for offset printing.

Idea Studios | Creative Worlds

Story boarding for broadcast TVC, 3D animations, video effects compositions & editing Media 100 Systems

Multimedia CD ROM XA development and authoring

Graphic design and finished art for offset and large format printing, web site design and development

Traditional art and illustration for various projects

Art department management and installation with Apple Mac desktops, file servers, video editing suites, networking, scanners, printers, managing routine back up