Curriculum Vitæ
Introduction
A designer creating electronic media for some of the biggest brands, from concept to delivery since 1995.
A creative director and innovator responsible for guiding the concept development, design and information architecture process to create elegant creative solutions for start-ups and established brands.
As comfortable writing digital media strategies as crafting an intricate motion graphic piece.
Specialities
Motion graphics, user interface design, prototyping and research, brand and visual design, online service and user experience design.
Achievements
With Tioti I took an idea from sketch through prototype, into production using outsourced development, and to launch and beyond. During this process I publicised and promoted the idea, receiving angel round funding at first, following up with a successful series A VC funded round.
Earlier, with Neuromantics, my business partner and I founded and ran a boutique digital design agency focussed on new platforms and prototyping.
Prior to this I has a broad range of freelance projects with leading digital agencies and media clients.
Education
1992 – 1995 : Staffordshire University
BA (hons) Design – Electronic Media
1990 – 1992 : Blackpool & Fylde College
BTEC National Diploma Design – Graphic Design
Experience
2006 – 2008 : Tioti.com
Founder, designer and CEO of web 2.0 startup ‘Tape It Off The Internet’ a social network and guide for online TV. Tioti successfully raised VC funding and launched in 2007.
2006 : Aggregator.tv
User experience lead for online TV startup specialising in niche content delivered on a P2P network. Interface design and user flows were the main deliverable for Aggregator which launched with a number of niche specific brands.
2006 : Poke/Zopa.com
Lead designer on award winning Zopa, social lending and investment site with digital agency Poke.
2004 – 2006 : Neuromantics
Partner and creative director of a small independent digital design agency, specializing in visual strategy and prototyping for cutting edge new media applications, specifically IPTV, mobile, podcasting and social media.
Clients included BBC, FHM, Nokia, Vodafone and Skype. Projects have included set-top box interfaces, brand development and guidelines, newspaper design, design & CSS for CMS based publishing, strategy visualisation and motion graphics.
2001 – 2003 : Freelance (selected projects)
Tequila/Adidas : Concepts and user experience design for adidas.com football microsite.
Poke/Nokia : Storytelling and brand–product positioning motion graphics for future products and ranges.
TMG/British Museum : Concept and prototype for an interactive tool to explore the history of the world through the British Museum collection.
Atlantic Productions : Design, and build of broadband web and video experience based on a TV documentary.
1999 – 2000 : Razorfish
As part of the London Future TV group, I created concepts and prototypes for interactive TV projects with clients such as Rai Click, Disney, Sony and Axel Springer.
As senior designer directed web design and branding work for Thomas Cook, Natwest, Trust The DJ and the Millennium Dome.
1998 : BMP DDB
Design & development of kiosk, web and CD-ROM projects.
1997 – 1998 : Soft Options
Design for websites and digital video projects, clients included Lexis-Nexis, Canon, Apple, Environment Agency.
1995 – 1997 : Xerox
Design for technical support network ‘infoX’ on web, CD-ROM, BBS, Fax.
1995 : BT Research Labs
Design for early BT intranet sites.