Jane Massey has over 15 years of experience as a freelance graphic designer and editorial designer. She has worked for clients such as a training company, Towergate Insurance, and local newspapers. Her areas of expertise include magazine design, book design, logo design, brochures, and other promotional materials. She is proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and other design software.
2. Freelance
self-employed since 2006
with a small and loyal client base
Graphic designer/editorial designer for an innovative training company
Graphic designer/artworker for Towergate Insurance Company, Europe’s largest
independently owned intermediary
Trainer/tutor of Indesign for a travel company
Graphic designer/editorial designer for Southwark News, an independent
local newspaper
Conceptual illustrator for a T-shirt company
Design and production of a series of children’s books
When not in employment I am happy to undertake unpaid voluntary design work
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4. WeAdmire T-shirt
designs
Commissioned to design a T Shirt reflecting
• research Blumlein of Alan Blumlein
the accomplishments
• photograph of Blumlein re-drawn with stereo
headphones superimposed
• font chosen to reflect electrical engineering
• short biography of Blumlein
sound and vision engineer
When Columbia Gramophone merged with The Gramophone Company to become Electrical and
Musical Industries, EMI, Alan Blumlein, a remarkable scientist developed the world’s first system
for recording and playing stereo sound. Also, under the genius of Blumlein the EMI labs gave birth
to electrical television, allowing the UK to be the first country in the world to launch a public
television service.
He next turned his attention to sound detection and developed the AI (airbourne interception)
Radar benefitting the Allied effort during World War II. Tragically he died testing a prototype when
the Halifax bomber he was flying in, crashed in the Wye Valley in 1942.
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5. WeAdmire
Neville Brody
The name Brody on the T Shirt was
taken from the graphic on the cover
of one of his books on graphic
design. We Admire is picked out
vertically in red and also in the
horizontal lines. The font Arcadia is
blurred suggesting “read between the
lines” with Blur being highlighted in
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6. WeAdmire - Mods
Mods are a romantic notion of a stylish
youth subculture inspired by Satre
and existentialism; fans of soul,
ska, r&b and beat music and
coffee bars. Colin MacInnes author
of the novel Absolute Beginners
introduces the main character as
being a young British stylish jazz fan
who dresses in sharp modern Italian
clothes, described as a 'modernist'.
Scooters were chosen as transport because all
the mechanics were hidden, therefore ideal for
riding without getting their expensive suits
dirty...as was the reason Parkas were chosen as
overcoats...to keep clothes clean. The Mod logo
of the target usually sewn on the back of the
parka was taken from the RAF roundel. Scooters
were customised with mirrors and lights and
lots of chrome.
Finding the vintage headlines of the clash
between Mods and Rockers reminded me that
memories are sometimes very selective!
However, I have since read that the press milked
this era for sensationalist journalism. Nothing Next
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7. WeAdmire - Primo Levi
The concept:
• The barbed wire frame is symbolic
of Auschwitz.
• The figure 174517 was Levi’s
prisoner number
• The letters over that number
represent the same in chemical
symbols; hydrogen; nitrogen;
beryllium; boron and chlorine.
• The silhouette is of Levi at his computer
• The image on the computer is alloxan
mentioned in the story Nitrogen in The
Periodic Table, which is in the background.
• The 'gas' coming out of the monitor
represents two things: alloxan turns out to be
a poison but also represents the maelstrom in
this quote:
"I am a normal man with a good memory who
fell into a maelstrom and got out of it more by
luck than by virtue, and who from that time on
has preserved a certain curiosity about
maelstroms large and small, metaphorical and
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actual."
21. First Step
New logo design for a Leicester charity (voluntary)
Help for adult male survivors of sexual abuse and their supporters
HELPLINE:
0116 254 8535
Helpline available 4.30pm to 8.00pm
Monday and Tuesday
with trained support volunteers.
24 hour answerphone
if no answer leave a message,
we WILL get back to you.
Help for adult male survivors of sexual abuse and their supporters
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22. Diversions dance & physical theatre
Promotional leaflets (voluntary)
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27. Competition entry
Random Postcard: based on a randomly generated word. Mine was “Home”.
Concept:
homing pigeons;
lofts - fashionable living space -
home;
pigeon lofts
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28. Resumé In brief:
Adobe CS4, Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Professional
QuarkXpress 6, Keynote, Microsoft Office, Filemaker
Production and pre-press experience including flat plans, high resolution PDFs
liaising with repro houses and printers
Good time management skills. Working to tight schedules
Design of marketing material
Editorial design (re-designed consumer magazines)
Design and production of a series of children’s books
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