CV and portfolio of work

1. BECKY HILL DESIGN
CONTACT DETAILS
Mobile: 07932 628465
Email: becky@beckyhill.co.uk
Address: 89 Elm Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, KT2 6HT
PROFILE I’m a freelance designer with experience of:
Web design - front end, including information architecture
Print design - magazines, brochures, pitches, identity
Producing easy-to-use designs that work for the viewer / reader
Managing projects from concept to completion
Managing others
Managing budgets
Liaising with clients
Photo shoots and commissioning photographers
Retouching
Mac and PC formats
Photoshop, In-design, Illustrator, Freehand, Flash (basic)
CAREER HISTORY
Nov 02 - now Freelance Designer
Working on a wide range of projects, including magazines, websites, brochures,
branding; often handling the design from conception to completion but equally
at home working within a team on larger projects. Clients include: Ideal World
Productions, Wisebuyers, Autotrader, Big Frank Media, Meeting of Minds,
Redspy, Warp critical.
July 00 - Nov 02 Senior Designer, Ideal World Productions, London
Working mainly on Channel 4’s motoring site 4car, responsibilities included:
Designing the whole site, including two big re-designs at key stages
Designing and project managing microsites and advertorials
Producing project plans and controlling budgets
Liaising with Channel 4, Driven TV show and third party clients, including
Freeserve, Tiscali, Lycos and Autotrader
Managing other members of staff and freelancers, commissioning iIlustrators
and photographers.
I also designed websites for other clients, plus in-house promotional material
and posters for various TV pilots. I was a key member of the team and frequently
involved in decision meetings regarding the development of the business.
Feb 98 - July 00 Head of Design and Production, BMI, publisher, London
Apr 96 - Oct 97 Project Leader, Media Arts Centre, Lancaster
Sept 95 - Mar 97 Postgraduate Researcher and Part-time Lecturer, Art Dept., Lancaster Uni
EDUCATION BA (Hons) Visual Art (2:1), Lancaster University
Four ‘A’ Levels, 10 GCSE’s, Bideford College, Devon

2. WEB PROJECTS BECKY HILL DESIGN
Terra Alpina
A brochure website for this
development of ski apartments in
the Italian Alps.
http://www.terra-alpina.com/
Exchange & Mart
A radical overhaul of this leading brand.
due to go live this month
Optic Interiors
A contemporary site to advertise the
services of Interior Designer Lindsey
Miller. Kept simple but stylish to cater
for a low budget.
http://www.opticinteriors.com/

3. WEB PROJECTS BECKY HILL DESIGN
Global Giving
GlobalGiving enables users to support
well-vetted, grassroots projects all over
the world.
http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/
Appliance Spares Warehouse
A website providing replacement domestic
appliance parts and accessories with free post
and packaging and fast delivery.
http://www.appliancespareswarehouse.co.uk/
Wisebuyers Guides
A motoring website providing reviews,
impartial advice and valuations.
http://www.wisebuyers.co.uk/

4. PRINT PROJECTS BECKY HILL DESIGN
Gateway Magazine
I designed the launch issue of
this magazine about architecture
and development of the Thames
Gateway region.
Regeneration of the Thames Gateway
(brochure to accompany the exhibition)
An 84-page brochure documenting the
Thames Gateway Developments.
Wisebuyers Magazine
A used car price guide
for which I designed
and project-managed
the original template.