Toby Orton
Copenhagen, Denmark
+45 3962 0751
be.net/tobyorton
I am a highly regarded visual communicator and graphic designer. Based in Copenhagen, I've worked in the design industry for over 15 years. I use my technical experience as well as my design education and my background in marketing, to enable my colleagues and clients to better fulfil their job functions, and so lift the performance of teams and companies as a whole.
I am a creative person with a good eye for detail, who brings curiosity and a positive attitude to work with them – every day.
I am a creative person with a good eye for detail, who brings curiosity and a positive attitude to work with them – every day.
Work Experience
CPH Design
Graphic Designer
CPH Design was a large, design based, innovation agency. My function as a designer was more broad, and I was also involved in the design of products and services. My primary role was to support the company’s many technical development projects and I was responsible for marketing, graphic design and communication across various media.
I worked with a programmer to custom-build our own CMS system for delivering manuals on-line in a project for SAS. In the following years I worked with various other CMS systems.
I took part in a team selected by the Erhvervsstyrelsen to introduce Service Design to Denmark.
• Webmaster for various websites.
• Experience of various CMS systems, Joomla, Django, WordPress, blogger etc.
• Coding in HTLM, CSS and JavaScript.
• Advanced use of Adobe CS, Coda, Flash, Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
• Administrator for Workbook ERP system.
• Design and administration of e-mail newsletters and e-marketing.
• Photography of products for use in marketing materials and user guides.
• Administration of website analytics.
• Design and layout of magazines, annual reports and brochures.
• Instructional design of manuals and technical documentation.
• Sales presentations in PowerPoint.
• Design and Layout of Magazines.
• Service Design projects for public and private companies.
I worked with a programmer to custom-build our own CMS system for delivering manuals on-line in a project for SAS. In the following years I worked with various other CMS systems.
I took part in a team selected by the Erhvervsstyrelsen to introduce Service Design to Denmark.
• Webmaster for various websites.
• Experience of various CMS systems, Joomla, Django, WordPress, blogger etc.
• Coding in HTLM, CSS and JavaScript.
• Advanced use of Adobe CS, Coda, Flash, Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
• Administrator for Workbook ERP system.
• Design and administration of e-mail newsletters and e-marketing.
• Photography of products for use in marketing materials and user guides.
• Administration of website analytics.
• Design and layout of magazines, annual reports and brochures.
• Instructional design of manuals and technical documentation.
• Sales presentations in PowerPoint.
• Design and Layout of Magazines.
• Service Design projects for public and private companies.
May 2002
- September 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark
Head To Head
Senior Designer
I was senior designer at Head to Head (now Them London Ltd), responsible for the company’s creative output and quality. This included ’B 2 B’ and ’B 2 C’ advertising, marketing collateral, sales presenters, branding, packaging and annual reports in both printed and electronic form.
During the years that I was there, the company became the most profitable marketing agency per employee, in the UK.
During the years that I was there, the company became the most profitable marketing agency per employee, in the UK.
March 1997
- April 2002
London, United Kingdom
Bentley Holland And Partners
Junior Designer
In my first job at Bentley Holland and Partners I worked with an award-winning team to produce annual reports, corporate identities and promotional literature for customers in the private and public sectors.
May 1994
- March 1997
London, United Kingdom
Education
University For The Creative Arts (UCA)
Design Communication
August 1989
- June 1992
Kent, United Kingdom
North East Essex School Of Art And Design
Art Foundation
August 1988
- June 1989
Essex, United Kingdom
Languages
English (Native),
Danish (Fluent),
Skills
Communication Skills,
Concept Development,
CSS,
E-mail Newsletters And E-marketing,
HTML,
User Interface Design,
Adobe Creative Suite,
Instructional Design,
JavaScript,
Service Design,
User Experience Design,
Webmaster,
Personal
My approach to work is constructive, positive and flexible. I value in a professional environment that appreciates dialogue with colleagues and clients to achieve the best possible result.
I am a down-to earth person who knows that the ideal conditions are not always applicable when there are many deadlines to meet. I am good at finding improvised solutions – and also know when not to do so.
I have lived and worked in Denmark for a decade I have no problems speaking, understanding, reading, writing or socialising in Danish. I still find it easier to express myself in English.
I love design and music – all kinds of design and music, although it does not occupy all of my free time. I am a ‘City Person’ having lived in London for many years, but my family and I now live in the country where in my free time I enjoy the view from horse-back.
I am a down-to earth person who knows that the ideal conditions are not always applicable when there are many deadlines to meet. I am good at finding improvised solutions – and also know when not to do so.
I have lived and worked in Denmark for a decade I have no problems speaking, understanding, reading, writing or socialising in Danish. I still find it easier to express myself in English.
I love design and music – all kinds of design and music, although it does not occupy all of my free time. I am a ‘City Person’ having lived in London for many years, but my family and I now live in the country where in my free time I enjoy the view from horse-back.