Colin McKinney is a Glasgow-based designer with over 10 years of experience in web design, animation, illustration, and graphic design. He currently works as a Senior Digital Designer for Yomego, where he manages projects from concept to completion. Colin has expertise in technologies like Flash, HTML/CSS, and Cinema 4D. He is passionate about design and dedicated to learning new skills. Some of Colin's past clients include Financial Times, MTV, and Jetix.

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M 07905 334 216 www.colinmckinney.co.uk
Profile Key Skills
I am a Glasgow based designer with over ten years of industry • Flash animation
experience. I currently work for Yomego as their Senior Digital
• Virtual worlds
Designer and run a successful freelance business in my spare time.
• Illustration
My main area of expertise is front-end web design and development
but I’m also a skilled animator, illustrator and graphic designer. • Graphic design
• Branding
Unlike others in my field, I wouldn’t say that I had a particular style.
Whether it’s replicating established artwork such as the Horrible • Bespoke social sites
Histories books, designing entirely new characters or creating
• Twitter, Facebook &
corporate websites - I pride myself on being able to adapt.
Wordpress themes
I have a solid understanding of both the creative and technical • Rich media advertising
limitations of HTML/JS and Flash design, as well as how to get the
best from both. This makes it very easy for me to integrate with a • XHTML, CSS, PHP
development team and package my work appropriately. • jQuery
My passion for design means I’m driven to learn new technologies • SEO
and this has resulted in my extremely varied skill set. I am currently
dabbling in 3D modelling and animation. I had some training in
3DsMax some years ago and hope to pick up where I left off in
Software
Cinema 4D.
• Photoshop
Achievements • Illustrator
• Flash
• Published in The Web Designers Ideas Book by Patrick McNeil,
showcased in a section about 3D illustration elements in web • InDesign
design. I am soon to be featured in another book in this range • AfterEffects
which focuses on best design practices.
• Cinema 4D
• Showcased in the June 2007 edition of .NET Magazine
• Featured on a number of high profile sites that award design,
coding and professionalism, such as CSS Mania, DesignShack and
Unmatched Style Brand Experience
• An active member of the exclusive design sites Dribbble and
Financial Times, BetFair,
Forrst.
Scholastic Press, Durex, Mtv
• Awarded the Kelvin Consultants Award for best design student Europe, Jetix, Tayto, Eircom,
during my final year at University. MSN, AOL

2. Work Experience
Freelance web & graphic designer
[Jun 2000 - Present]
I started my career creating promotional print material for various Glasgow clubs and businesses to fund my
time at university. Within a year was I producing national material for TGI Fridays and Starbucks.
After graduating I put my freelance work on hold except for occasional branding work and some simple
brochureware sites. In late 2010 I relaunched my portfolio with the aim of generating some new freelance
opportunities. Traffic increased substantially (18,000 unique visits in just 4 months), resulting in regular
work and some well established clients.
Yomego
Senior Digital Designer
[Mar 2008 - Present]
I was brought in to the DA Group to develop avatar based solutions for their clients, Mtv and Jetix. After a
few months the company refocused and split into 3 divisions (a design agency, a white label platform and a
bespoke animation software development house). I wanted project variety so chose to stay on and re-brand
their newly formed design agency, Yomego.
My day-to-day responsibilities include managing and signing off on the creative output of another designer
and the various freelancers we often employ.
I am involved in every stage of our projects, creating wireframe concepts and seeing them through to final
solutions. These can be websites, advertising campaigns, social media presences and even Flash games.
I recently redesigned the Yomego website and my designs are currently being rolled out section by section.
WeeWorld.com Ltd
Senior Design Lead
[Nov 2005 - Mar 2008]
I joined WeeWorld in 2005 as their sole designer and went on to manage teams of other creatives. They
expanded to a company of over 60 people with offices in Glasgow, London and Boston.
I developed the first incarnation of WeeWorld.com from concept to the final product (responsible for all
graphics and html code), working closely with teams of ActionScript and .NET developers.
teleIT/Index International
Web Designer
[Nov 2004 - Nov 2005]
I designed and authored teleIT’s sites, working with developers who built systems for eCommerce and
content management.
One of my main roles was to ensure that they reached the required levels of compliance and could be
accessed by disabled users. I also performed health checks and updates for older sites.

3. Education
BA Honour (2:1) Applied Graphics Technology with Multimedia
Glasgow Caledonian University
[Sep 2002 - Jun 2004]
HND Graphic Design
Glasgow College of Building and Printing
[Sep 2001 - Jun 2002]
References
Available on request.