Designer, BBC News Online ( 01/03-04/03

TIM NICHOLLS

9 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4PQ

T: 07779 287 687 E: [email protected] W:www.transpiral.co.uk

Personal A motivated and proficient graphic designer. Qualified, experienced and versatile: with the ability to apply a full range of graphic skills, converse in Mac/PC design and desktop applications. An ability to proactively produce and implement a concept, with good drawing skills and a flair for visualisation and creative strategic thinking. Currently freelance for News International and Octopus publishers.

Employment

Designer, BBC News Online (www.bbc.co.uk/news) 01/03-04/03  Constructing pages, creating maps and info graphics, for popular national website  Liaising with journalists to develop graphic images for up-to-date news bulletins  Working on live projects in very busy environment using Photoshop, Flash & Illustrator

Freelance design work - Print and Web 02/02-01/03  Web freelance design for News International, Rufus Leonard and Feref to name a few. Creating pages, images and advertising for sites such as - www.timesonline.co.uk  Print freelance design for News International and Octopus Publishers, creating adverts for The Times Newspaper. Designing spreads and maps for Philips Maps (Octopus)  Flyer design for a variety of nightclubs in, Brighton & Hove and Central London  Freelance applications include; Photoshop, illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver and Quark

Designer, News International Plc (www.timesonline.co.uk) 08/98-01/02  Working as part of team creating The Times and The Sunday Times websites – as a result, was asked to re-design The News Of The World website.  Design & implementation of advertising for The Times newspaper using Quark Xpress  Image operator for The Sun and The News of the World, scanning, re-touching and altering photos and images for UK’s most popular newspapers.  Working to strict deadlines and managing various projects according to priority

Layout Designer, P J Duggan & Co. 01/98-08/98  Various freelance projects with busy design houses including Rufus Leonard  Design and implementation of on-line advertising campaigns using Quark & Photoshop  Flyer design for a variety of nightclubs in the Brighton area

Education

BA Design/Illustration 2:1, University of Plymouth 1992-1995 Specialising in design for media

St. Margaret Ward RC, S-o-T, Staffordshire 1984-1992 Three A Level passes (graded A-C) in Art, Graphic Design and English Eight GCSE (graded A-C), including English and Maths

Skills Photoshop, Image Ready, Illustrator, Freehand, Quark Xpress, Flash, Dreamweaver, Director, Fireworks, AutoCAD, Imovie, Premier, After Affects and Microsoft Office

Interests In my spare time I love to use my digital camcorder and G4 Power Mac to make short films. Other interests include playing football as part of a 5-A-side league, reading, painting, theatre, modern art and digital photography. I lived in the USA from 1995 to 1997 temp working in Manhattan, NY and Florida. I hold a USA green card.

References Available on request