Charlie Cross
Intern
London, United Kingdom
+44(0) 7919 404136
be.net/charliecross
I graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a Ba (Hons) in Graphic Design in 2012. I am now looking to be considered for any job vacancies as a Graphic Designer/illustrator in london. I am very creative and work well within a team, sharing and developing ideas with others. I am proficient in using CS6, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign with a working knowledge in Flash and Dreamweaver. I have been influenced by many artists & designers including Peter Grundy, Vince Frost, Neville Brody, Gary Neill and Russell Cobb. I am a regular reader of Creative Review and Eye Magazine. I also regularly go to lectures organized by D&AD.
Work Experience
Native Design
Intern
Junior digital designer designing market research mood boards for Samsung and a Novo Nordisk pitch. I designed all display boards and products via InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop for design discussions within the company. I also helped within the Avaya Unified Communications Suite designing small icons within the UI design experience.
June 2009
- July 2009
United Kingdom
Lime Pictures
Intern
Junior Designer working on the television soap Hollyoaks. I designed print media to be used as props for a footballer and wags storyline. I designed packaging, newspaper and magazine covers to be placed in the nightclub venue as well as the university halls area. I was also responsible for designing and making a crime scene investigation board for the building society break in.
April 2010
- May 2010
United Kingdom
Variety The Children's Charity
Intern
Junior Designer working closely with the head of marketing, designing a wide range of print from brochures for fundraising, branding, self promotion and information graphics. This role has involved working heavily in CS5 Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. This job has allowed me to gain considerable experience in working for short deadlines.
June 2012
- August 2012
London, United Kingdom
Amobee
Intern
Junior Digital Designer designing mobile advertising banners, producing advertsing concepts and creating designs for rich media applications, presentations and mobile websites. The clients I was working for were Nokia and Expedia.
August 2012
- November 2012
London, United Kingdom
Russell Cobb
Assistant Photographer
Assistant Photographer for Russell Cobb, an award-winning illustrator now turned professional photographer. I have helped set up photographs, costumes and lighting.
November 2012
- November 2012
London, United Kingdom
GR/DD
Intern
Junior Designer working on the design and wirframes of both ipad apps and games for Glenlivet Whisky, Dorchester Hotels, Diageo and Limerick Port. I am helping design the Glenlivet app, helping with the design and exporting of graphics from the Dorchester hotels app and have created all the wireframes for interactive games called Diageo and Limerick Port.
January 2012
- Present
London, United Kingdom
Education
Nottingham Trent University
Ba (Hons) Graphic Design
3 year course studying everything from Branding, packaging and website design to animation and illustration.
October 2009
- July 2012
United Kingdom
Skills
Adobe After Effects,
Adobe Dreamweaver,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,