David Harding
Graphic Designer

About me

David Harding

32, Thirlstane Firs,

Chandlers Ford,

Hampshire, SO53 4NX

Tel: 07981 426013

david_richard_harding@hotmail.co.uk

Relevant skills

· A broad in-depth knowledge of every aspect of design and print, including managing projects through every stage from initial brief to finished product.

· Very strong creative talent coupled with the discipline to meet tight deadlines.

· Fully conversant with InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.

· Equally strong in both promotional and packaging design.

· A good understanding of HTML & CSS, Bootstrap (responsive framework) Dreamweaver and Adobe Edge Animate for digital artwork including web banners, emails and websites. Some Javascript knowledge.

· A number of freelance projects completed, ensuring design diversity.

Career History

2004-present

Draper Tools Ltd - Senior Designer

Working on all major design and artwork projects including point-of-sale merchandising, brochures, exhibitions, flyers, packaging projects, web banners etc. Responsibility for designing, overseeing and helping artwork an annual 800 page catalogue. Presenting concepts to Directors/Department Managers as required. Design for advertising in national magazines such as BBC Good Homes and Gardeners World. Taking rough initial briefs and converting them to conceptual marker visuals or Mac visuals and then on through to finished artwork. Overseeing other artworkers and designers to ensure consistency. Choosing stock. Proof reading. Checking printers’ proofs for colour accuracy and quality.

1998-2004

Draper Tools Ltd - Designer/Artworker

Producing flyers, point-of-sale material, retail and trade magazine advertising, catalogue artwork and production. Retouching images, colour correction and clipping paths. Assisting the senior designer and Marketing Director.

1993-1998

Draper Tools Ltd - Packaging Artworker

Artworking and designing a wide variety of packaging types, including colour cartons with spot colours and block foil, blister packs, labels and hanging tags. Creating 3D packaging mock ups. Responsibility for checking printers’ proofs for colour and accuracy. Work for external clients such as Wickes, Halfords, Harrods and Travis Perkins. Working with translations for multi-lingual packaging.

1989-1993

Draper Tools Ltd - Design Studio Assistant

Helping photographers with photo-shoots, set building and developing black and

white prints. Producing line drawings. Conversion of traditional ‘paste-up’ to electronic

artwork. Learning and improving Apple Mac computer based skills.

Education

9 GCSE passes. Extensive apprenticeship learning; working with expert typesetters, photographers and designers. Additional training in Adobe Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver. Online and classroom courses in HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript.

Hobbies and Interests

Anything creative!, plus Philosophy, Weight Training, Investing, Working on my websites and improving/developing my digital artwork skills.

Completed projects

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