Andy Carolan

Illustrator and Graphic Designer

Norwich, United Kingdom
Illustration and Design with Personality!

Work Experience

Joanna Sheen Limited

Freelance Designer

Interpreted customer brief, designed and delivered illustration and design assets across multiple styles, for product launch on broadcast craft shows and via first and third party retail channels.

Coordinated and refined assets created by other artists to prepare for production and Coached artists in design requirements.

Managed the order, creation and delivery of materials with suppliers and publishers to ensure often tight product launch and publication deadlines were met.
May 2007 - May 2017 United Kingdom

Orion Safety Consultants

Freelance Designer

Interpreted customer brief, designed and delivered illustration and design assets across multiple styles, for product launch on broadcast craft shows and via first and third party retail channels.

Coordinated and refined assets created by other artists to prepare for production and Coached artists in design requirements.

Managed the order, creation and delivery of materials with suppliers and publishers to ensure often tight product launch and publication deadlines were met.
May 2007 - May 2017 United Kingdom

Andy Carolan Illustration And Design

Freelance Graphic Designer

Responsibility for graphic design and illustration content for clients across a wide variety of industries.

Established effective communication for collaboration with suppliers and clients through verbal, and non verbal channels.

Balancing responsibilities of concurrent projects through efficient time management and planning.

Interpretation and achievement of client goals through empathy, research, problem solving and delivery.

Commercial utilisation of multiple social media channels including Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Maintaining patience, sensitivity and good humour throughout.
May 2007 - Present United Kingdom

Whistlejacket

Illustrator and Graphic Designer

Illustrated a collection of 52 engaging scenes depicting interpretations of Human Behavioural Heuristics. Developed a library of 21 clear and consistent icons. Designed and built a digital handbook to function as a training tool, and to provide content for presentations and funding bids.

Worked closely with the Whistlejacket project lead and WRAP team to ensure illustrations were faithful to the target heuristic and all design goals were met.
February 2022 - April 2022

Renew Medical

Technical Illustrator

Illustrated accurately rendered medical devices to be used in instructional videos for clinicians and patients in accordance with company visual guidelines.

Collaborated remotely with client and video studio throughout via verbal and non verbal channels.
May 2019 - June 2019

Languages

English (Native),

Skills

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe XD, Brand Identity, Character Design, Design And Prototype., Graphic Design, Illustration, Photoshop, Typography, UI, Web Design, Webflow,