employment history

Flight Cente Limited	Vancouver, Canada
(Travel Agency)
Graphic Designer	Mar 08 – Present

 

365 Days Advertising / AsiaLIFE Magazine	HCMC, Vietnam
(Advertising Agency / Ex-pat magazine)
Art Director	Mar 08 – Mar 09

365 Days is a Vietnamese based company with both local and foreign clientele. As Art Director, my duties entailed meeting and liaising with clients in order to gain an insight and an understanding of their goals and objectives. My responsibilities included the alisatioconceptun and development of proposals for advertising, branding and media campaigns, and to oversee the outcome and finished art of these projects.

AsiaLIFE Magazine is a separate entity of 365 Days Advertising; an English language publication directed at the growing expat population of Ho Chi Minh City. The re-launch of AsiaLIFE in early 2008 marked my promotion to Art Director, and it was resolved to launch the magazine in a fresh, new direction. My duty was to conceptualise and oversee the re-design of the magazine into a style distanced from its previous image as a travel guide. At AsiaLIFE, my role included tasks such as concept generation of cover themes and designs, fashion spread styles and art direction, digital imaging, photo retouching, art direction and approval of photographic material, as well as overall layout design.  

Senior Graphic Designer	Feb 07 – Mar 08

Initially hired as a Senior Graphic Designer, but I was promoted to Art Director after one year. 

 

Gloss Hog Design	Melbourne, Australia
(Design Studio)
Graphic Designer	Sep 05 – Dec 06

Gloss Hog is a boutique design studio with a diverse client base, ranging from local nightclubs to international brands like Pioneer. Glass Hog specialises in branding, promotional media and web design. I was employed as a junior designer, and my role was to conceptualise and create finished promotional campaign artwork for nightclubs. This covered promotional outlets such as flyers, eflyers, posters, press advertisements & websites. While at Glass Hog, I also designed the campaign for the 2006 Package Design Awards. This project entailed the design of promotional material in the lead up the awards, such as call to entry posters and flyers, the website and the award category brief booklet. At the conclusion of the awards, I completed the result booklets for both the commercial and student awards. 

 

rrooaarr interactive solutions	Ulm, Germany
(Web Design) - www.faradero.de
Graphic/ Web Design	June 06

While working at Gloss Hog I travelled to Germany in order to design the look and feel of www.faradero.de, an online shopping website for buying and selling bicycles.

  

Packaging Council of Australia	Melbourne, Australia
(Industry  Organisation)
Member of the Exibition Committee	August 2005

My role at the PCA involved the organisation of the Southern Cross Package Design Awards. This included the design of the invitations, signage, posters and banners, as well as the exhibition set up, involving wrapping trellis and creating displays.

 

UHJ Design	Melbourne, Australia
(Web & Graphics Design)
Work Experience - Graphic Designer	August 2005

From my time at UHJ Design, I was able to gather a great deal of insight into the design and management side of creative industry. I also delved into the realm of web design, gaining an understanding of many design programs, such as Flash and Dreamweaver.

 

Allardice Graphic Arts	Melbourne, Australia
(Design, Marketing and Pre-press)
Finished Artist	June - Oct 2005

I was employed part-time in the pre-press department at Allardice whilst still studying for my Diploma. Tasks at Allardice included file correction, image retouching, colour correction, imposition, and sending to RIP and plate.

 

Out 4 Fame Magazine/ Fat Studio	Melbourne, Australia
(Hip Hop Lifestyle Magazine)
Work Experience - Graphic Designer	May 2005

At Out for Fame I was able to obtain an insight to the work-flow and process of the magazine industry. While at Out for Fame I took part in several assignments, covering logo creation, flyers and the design of the magazine itself.

 

education

Holmesglen Institute of TAFE - Diploma of Graphic Arts	Melbourne, Australia	Jan 2004 – Nov 2005
Brighton Bay Art, Design and Photography	Brighton, Australia	Jan 2003 – Dec 2003
De La Salle College	Malvern, Australia	Jan 1997 – Dec 2002