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Ross Dalziel_CV
- 1. ROSS DALZIEL PERSONAL STATEMENT I’m ahighly motivated and competent Designer/Artworker, with over 19 years’ professional pre-press experience in the design sector. I’ve worked with award-winning companies on various platforms, ranging from commercial print stationery, digital web advertising, corporate identities and marketing materials, packaging & glass graphics, to brochure, magazine and national newspaper production. I’m looking for the right opportunity to utilise my vast expertise and knowledge, and my ultimate career goal is to assume a role which allows me to interpret design briefs and successfully communicate them to clients in a clear and exciting manner. CV Marketing Designer/Artworker Newmarket Holidays, Worcester Park, Surrey (March 2008 – April 2014) Achievements and responsibilities: • Produced digital artwork and original design for brochures and marketing material • Personalised tour brochures for Disney & Thomas Cook into our house style • Produced artwork for large mailshot marketing campaigns sent out to over 85,000 customers • Created display advertisements for national press newspapers (e.g. Daily Mail, The Guardian) using templates/style sheets • Improved images with careful photo-editing and enhancing for print and web use • Created and checked print-ready products for press Artworker Newsquest London, Watford Branch, Hertfordshire (May 2007 – January 2008) Achievements and responsibilities: • Designed & typeset display advertisements for national press • Gained valuable time-management skills in busy department, regularly meeting deadlines for 14 weekly newspapers • Created design material for internet advertisements KEY SKILLS Creative thinker with a meticulous attention for detail and accuracy Sound knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office programs Proven experience of working to tight deadlines and delivering multiple projects in a high-pressured environment – both individually and as part of a team Excellent communication skills and adept at liaising with internal and external clients at all levels Proven ability to interpret project information from concept to final print ROSS DALZIEL Flat 8 Cliveden House 2 Windsor Road Worcester Park Surrey KT4 8EJ 07786 151569 rossjdalziel@hotmail.co.uk www.rossdalziel.com EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Graphic Designer Festival Republic, Covent Garden, London (February 2016 – Present) Achievements and responsibilities: • Creating various music festivals marketing artwork, including artist line-up posters for large scale print & web formats, animated & static web banners, print adverts for national press and magazine production In-House Design Executive Money Advice Service, Holborn, London (April 2015 – February 2016) Achievements and responsibilities: • Designed high quality marketing and communications materials for the business from inception to completion • Provided guardianship of the brand design guidelines and house style Packaging Designer (freelance) LSA International, Sunbury, Middlesex (August 2014 – October 2014) Achievements and responsibilities: • Worked with the Product Development team to prepare the packaging graphics for new launch • Dealing with complicated cutter guides, creating artwork for various shaped packaging
- 2. CV ROSS DALZIEL EDUCATION Aberdeen College ofDesign, Scotland HND Graphic Design (1995 – 1997) Passed all Higher National units with Merit, including computer-aided design, graphic design, screen-printing and magazine design. National Certificate Access Course Art & Design (1994) Completed 18 modules in my foundation course, including photography, graphic design, technical drafting & illustration, desktop publishing and typography. Anderson High School, Lerwick, Shetland Isles Higher Grades (1992) Art & Design, English, History Standard Grades (1990) Art & Design, Technical Drawing, English, History, Chemistry VOLUNTARY WORK Graphic Designer Brighter Steppings, Barking, London (June 2014 – August 2014) Designed promotional materials, mobile app design layout, and other publicity resources for current projects. Brighter Steppings is an award winning social enterprise that focuses on developing educational programmes for young people and pioneering projects that have a social impact. Graphic Designer Urban Youth, Old Street, London (May 2014 – July 2014) Designed stationery, posters, flyers and annual reports. Urban Youth is a not-for-profit organisation devoted to improving young people’s lives through a wide range of constructive, motivating and engaging youth work programmes and activities, helping to raise young people’s aspirations and encourage improvement on their life chances. REFERENCES References are available upon request. TECHNICAL SKILLS Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Acrobat QuarkXPress Microsoft Office HOBBIES & INTERESTS Graphics, Illustrations, Typography, Photography, Drawing & Sketching, scrapbooks, exploring London galleries & museums, live comedy, cinema FURTHER INFORMATION http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/ross-dalziel/94/810/3b0/ EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (CONTINUED) Graphic Designer Shetland Times/Litho, Shetland Isles, Scotland (July 1997 – September 2003 & April 2005 – January 2006) Achievements and responsibilities: • Interpreted design briefs and created graphic design work for company brochures, corporate identities, stationery, posters, books & calendars • Designed advertising material and page layouts for newspaper and magazine production • Improved high-resolution images with careful photo-editing and enhancing • Delivered film-slide, flatbed and drum scanning project work Junior Designer Art Machine, Shetland Isles, Scotland (April 1997 – June 1997) Achievements and responsibilities: • Created graphic design work for company brochures, corporate identities, stationery, posters, books & calendars