Christopher Blake
Unit 2, 2A Hollywood Avenue, Bondi Junction, Sydney 2022, Australia
02081 333 696 • 0416 831 184
chris@3pointdesign.co.uk •www.3pointdesign.com
29/08/81
Personal
Statement
I am a highly motivated
creative individual with excellent IT skills , willing to learn and able to
adapt my creative processes and work ethic to those around me. I have a broad
range of skills in the design spectrum, specialising as a creative designer for
new-media and print. I am able to initiate projects from ideas conception
through to final product, including art direction and resource management. I
also possess skills in copywriting, video, photography and moving image. I have
had vast customer service and promotional experience alongside knowledge of
professional working methods, client liaisons (with high-level blue-chip
companies and street-level clients), project management, consultancy and collaborative
practice.
I find all aspects of design
appealing, especially innovative means of presenting information and in a
web-context, site navigation
/ look and feel and flash.
Overall, I am flexible,
resourceful, hardworking and rise to a challenge.
Professional
Experience
Graphic Designer and Web
Developer: 3 Point Design / New Wave Media (2007)
Freelance designer for my own
clients and other successful design agencies.
á Hand coded HTML,
CSS (standards compliant), Flash and implementing Javascript and php.
á Image
manipulation, vector illustration, design for web and print.
á Time management,
pricing and invoices, client liaisons, resource management, administration.
Graphic Designer: TDP Marketing
(2006).
Working in a fast paced
marketing and design agency. Producing work from idea conception to completion.
á Successfully
designed for successful small businesses over a wide range of media.
á Highy professional
methods of marketing and presenting proposals and designs.
á Received excellent
feedback from clients and made lots of friends.
Advertising Production
Manager: ABC&D Magazine (2005).
Responsible for the
production and editorial of three sections of a monthly magazine.
á Designed and placed advertisements
throughout the magazine and classified sections.
á Worked with clients and printers to
achieve the best quality for print.
á Edited press releases for the showcase
section and improved on the magazineÕs template.
á Chasing copy and customer service.
Marketing Manager: Contract through
Adecco (2004).
For this presentations
specialist, provided creative solutions using print media.
á Initiated
cost-effective marketing campaigns. Collaborated with staff on budget estimates
and client strategies.
á Projects included
brochure design for the education sector, web template design, designs for fax.
á Effective rapport
with clients, colleagues and printers.
Graphic Designer: University of
Plymouth / Royal National Hospital, Bath (2004).
As part of BA (Hons) and
follow up to a grant awarded to me by Sciart, to produce a cutting edge
documentary on an extremely sensitive issue.
á Collaborated with
medical professionals, amputees, and therapists in order to successfully create
a 30-minute documentary exploring the phenomena of ÔPhantom PainÕ.
á Designed effective
narrative and storyboards, produced animations, filmed and edited until its
successful completion.
á Awarded the
highest mark in all the Graphic Design departments at Plymouth University for
this module and the previous giving a 1st class average.
á Subject Leader,
Graphic Design has written, Ôa very bright student with a keen sense of design,
high levels in IT skills and with an intelligence to match.Õ
Education
á BA (Hons):
Graphic Communication with Typography. University of Plymouth
(2004). Awarded highest marks for
50% of final year modules in all of graphic design departments.
á BTEC: Art &
Design, Marketing, English Speaking. Worcester Tech, Barbourne
(2000). Awarded 2 merits and a distinction.
á A Levels: Physical
education, Art & Design. Worcester Sixth Form College (1999).
á GCSE: A* - Art &
Design, A - English Lit, B - Maths, C - 8 other subjects. The KingÕs School
Worcester (1997).
Cad
Skills
Photoshop, Illustrator,
Dreamweaver, Flash, In design,
Acrobat, Bridge, Fireworks, Premiere, Final Cut, Swish, Quark, Linotype
Font Manger, Quark Express, Coda, Rapidweaver, MS Office. I utilize the most up-to-date
software that is available, on any operating system. My preference is Apple Mac
OSX
Other
Skills
á Full Driving
License.
á Awarded Player of
the Year by DRFC, North Midlands Cup winner in Basketball and Rugby.
á
ÔArtist of the MonthÕ at local library.
á
New HorizonÕs award for Acrobat 6.0
Professional References
Victoria Squire
Graphic Communication
Faculty of Arts,
Earl Richards Road North,
Exeter
EX2 6AS
(01392 475016)
victoria.squire@plymouth.ac.uk
Matt
Heathman
New Wave
Media Solutions
PO Box 478
Worcester
WR4 0ZX
(0870 626
0256)
Other client
and employer references available on request.
View my professional
portfolio here: www.3pointdesign.com (This
does not include projects from throughout my education)