EDUCATION



October 2008                         Film Design International Pinewood Studios, UK

                                              Art Direction Training for Film and TV


2004 - 2007                            Central Saint Martins, London, UK

                                              BA (Hons) Graphic Design: Upper Second Class with honours


2003 - 2004                            West Cheshire College, UK

                                             BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies: Distinction


1996 - 2003                           Wirral Grammar School for Girls, UK

                                             4 A levels, 1 AS Level and 10 GCSEs :4 A-levels (Maths, Product

                                             Design, Art at Grade A and General Studies grade B)  and one AS

                                             Level : History Grade A




SKILLS:                                  Junior Set Drafting, Prop Making, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop




ART DIRECTION:


December 2011                   Making flowers for Waterstones Campaign


November 2011                  Designing and making a Christmas Window  ‘Odette’

                                          180 Amsterdam - Herengracht 504


May - September 2011         Velvet Commercials               

                                          Art Director, produced by Partizan


April 2011                           Props for a Volvo print campaign


January - March 2011           Purex Commercial

                                          Production Designer, produced by Partizan


October 2010                     Travelteq commercial

                                          Director and Art Director


September 2010                  Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie (a Disney Production)

                                          Model Maker for the Art Department (work experience)

                                           

May - August 2010              The Move, Paper Animation

                                          Director and Art Director                        


April 2010                           Champagne Valentine, Nexus Directors

                                          Art Director: Tim Burton Shoot for Chello/UPC


April 2010                           Lucy McRae, The Netherlands

                                          Prop Maker: Robyn Artwork


March 2010                         Magnus Animations, The Netherlands

                                          Paper Artist: Disney ‘Pook-a-looz’


January 2010                       Wieden+Kennedy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

                                          Paper Artist: Coke Zero


September 2008                  Mercury Records, UK

                                          Art Director ‘Noah and the Whale’: ‘Shape of My Heart’ Music Video


September 2008                  Art Department Assistant to Dan Betteridge:

                                          H&M Christmas Advert


August 2008                       Universal Records, UK

                                         Assistant Art Director for Stereophonics: ‘You’re My Star’ Music Video


August 2008                       Assistant Art Director to James Hatt for Max Tundra

                                         ‘Will I Get Fooled Again’ Music Video, Director Joji at Nexus




ADVERTISING WORK:



December 2010                  Euro RSCG

                                          Artist for Christmas Cards


November 2010                  Iris Amsterdam

                                          Artist for Christmas Card


August 2009 - Nov 2009        Wieden+Kennedy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

                                            Creative


Clients: Coke, Honda, Nike Football, Heineken


Nov 2008 - May 2009            180 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

                                            Creative


Clients: Adidas Women’s, Training, and Techfit, MTV Europe and pitch work for a global beer

brand and global car brand



Sep 2007- Jul 2008                Wieden+Kennedy, London, UK

                                           Creative


Clients:  Nike Women’s and Running, Orange, International Business Wales and pitch work for

the Department of Health COI



June - Sept 2007                   Lunar BBDO, London, UK

                                           Creative


Clients:  Samaritans, Iceland tourist board. Freedom Foods and Lunar Promotion



March 2007                         Beattie McGuinness Bungay (BMB), London, UK

                                          Internship on pitch for Coors Light Beer


Summer 2005                      Leith, London, UK

                                          Internship – pitching for National Express


Sep 2006                            Working alongside Paul Arden as a creative to work on a

                                         Channel 4 documentary


Summer 2005                      Farm Communications, London, UK

                                          Placement / Internship on Smile Bank




OTHER EXPERIENCE:


April 2007-present              Promoting, patenting & trade marking of TEMPlate product

                                         (Invention of innovative design product/own company)


June 2007                           Curator Degree Show of the Advertising Discipline @ Central Saint Martins




AWARDS:

 

April 2008                           Ideal Home Show Product Innovation

                                          Winner with TEMPlate


September 2007                 Cream Award Exhibitor

                                         (Cream is a Competition in London for the country’s recent graduates

                                          to showcase their portfolio)


May 2007                           Audi Designs for Life Award

                                         Short listed for TEMPlate


May 2007                           D&AD Student Awards

                                         In Book with an Ikea viral


March 2007                        RSA (Royal Society of the Arts) Inclusive Worlds Category

                                         Winner with TEMPlate, received £4,000 to invest in Patenting


March 2007                       Bright Ideas Student Innovation competition

                                        Winner of £200 to invest in TEMPlate




PUBLICITY:


Dec 2011                          Odette, the window display appeared on Notcot amngst others.


March 2010                      Interview in Fractions magazine “Submerged and Smiling”


January 2010                     Interview in Blend Magazine’s “New Talent 2010” addition.


June 2009                         Chlorophyll Skin appeared on the blog Today and Tomorrow.


May 2009                          Paper House appeared on a few blogs including Notcot, Booooooom, Rubbishcorp and It’s nice that.


May 2008                          Commissioned by ‘Don’t Panic’ to produce a Poster for their Dance

                                        Edition; Each month a new artist produces a poster including Stop Esso

                                        by Banksy


April 2008                        TEMPlate appeared in Design Week (again)


April 2007                        TEMPlate displayed in Ideal Home Show Brochure


November 2007               Work appeared in Creative Review “Ones to watch” article and blog


May 2007                         TEMPlate appeared in Design Week




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