Crowthorne, England, United Kingdom
Experienced technical artworker with type, print and Mac skills. Able to manage staff, clients and students due to over 30 years in various positions within the art industry. These include publishing, advertising, photography and education. I am accurate, well educated and creative with the ability to see any job from initial idea through to completion. I am also gradually building up a photography business specialising in family and corporate portraits.
Providing technical support and class teaching for A Level and GCSE Photography. Setting up displays of students' work and exhibitions. Buying all equipment for both photographic and art needs. Controlling the pottery studio purchases, firing and glazing of students' work. Taking students and staff photographs for ID passes and school events. First Aid qualified. HLTA qualification.
Creating book jacket artwork, handouts for exhibitions and other publicity material using Mac based software - QuarkXpress, Photoshop, Freehand. Also became proficient in programmable application 3B2. Set up exhibitions and other publicity for the company. Used darkroom to make prints and artwork for typesetting. Worked full time for 4 years and then part time when I had children.
Promoted to studio manager, controlling flow of work through the studio and hiring of artists. Purchasing art equipment and leading photoshoots for clients.
Graphic artist for this technical advertising agency, producing layouts and final artwork using traditional methods. Clients included Spandrel, Matchbox, Sykes Pickavant, Safety Kleen and Viglen.
Started my career in art working on International Management Magazine pasting up typesetting and artwork in many languages. Involved in brainstorming sessions for the front cover design. Visited our printer in Switzerland and took notes at many interviews. Liased between writers and typesetters and learnt to proof read. Gained Pitman Touch-typing qualification.