CURRICULUM VITAE Title Mr Surname Lang Forename Reynold (Ren) Nationality British Address 25 Springfield Crescent, Armadale, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, EH48 3GF. Mobile 0044 (0)7555241452 Home 0044 (01501732817 Email [email protected]Website www.2inspiredesign.com Personal profile • Extremely creative • exceptional communicator • professional • confident • Passion for profession • appetite for great design • typographic intuition • Creative thinker • objective • focused • articulate • committed • diligent • Excellent presentational skills • open-minded • flexible • analytical approach • Extensive technical ability • attention to detail • ability to anticipate risk • Leadership talent • develops individual potential with targeted training. Professional profile • Art direction / design and communications management expertise • Brand and multi-channel management expertise • Visual communication and publishing expertise • Concept and design consultation • Project management and stakeholder relationship expertise • Lithographic and digital print management expertise • Digital workflow and JDF imposition expertise • Digital asset creation, optimization and management expertise • Image manipulation and desktop publishing guru • 2D & 3D technical illustrator guru • Advanced Adobe Creative Suite user guru • Technical author expertise (BAE Systems, Sulzer Diesel, Leyland DAF and BNFL) • Technical Bids, policy, standards and user manual author expertise • Web design, HTML5 and CSS3 knowledge and creative application • E-learning and E-publishing expertise (iAuthor, Adobe Captivate and Hype) • SEO analytics, metadata, hypertext and taxonomy expertise • CMS and Adobe Acrobat PDF forms expertise • Front end - UX and UI expertise (Dreamweaver, Sketch, Paintcode) • Mobile Device Management expertise (kindle and iPad) • Mac OSX Server and RAID administration expertise • D32 and D33 NVQ Assessor (graphics and lithographic print) • PTTLS Adult teaching and andragogic learning expertise • In-house Adobe Creative Suite and Mac OSX user vocational trainer • Graphic design and visual communication college bank of tutors • International B2B experience • Military operational MISO environment expertise • Disclosure Scotland PVG and Ministry of Defence SC Clearance. Page 1 of 8
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Training 2nd–4thSeptember2009,MediaTraining,London,England. AdobePhotoshopCreativeSuite4–Advanced, AdobeInDesignCreativeSuite4–Advanced, AdobeIllustratorCreativeSuite4–Advanced.
15th October 2012 – January 2015. 2Inspire,Dhekelia,BritishForcesCyprus.Position:Proprietor/FreelanceGraphicandWebDesigner/e-Publisher/LandscapePhotographer.
Responsibilities and Duties:Proprietorofagraphicandwebdesign,photographyande-publishingcompany.Dutiesincludedclientandstakeholderrelationshipmanagement,creativethinking,concepts,visuals,designconsultation,multi-channelprojectmanagement,UIandUXdesign(AdobeCS-IllustratorandPhotoshop),artworkanddigitalassetcreation,illustration,DTP(Indesign),photography(www.2inspiredesign.com),printmanagement,imageoptimization,PDFconversionandCMS(ContentManagementSystem)applicationandtraining.
21st November 2011 – 12th October 2012. JetsAcademy,ArmyEducationCentre,EpiskopiGarrison,BritishForcesCyprus.Position:NationalVocationalQualificationTrainingAssessorandCoordinator.
Responsibilities and Duties:MonitorandassessBusinessAdministrationandCustomerService,NationalVocationalQualificationapprenticesinaccordancewithCityandGuildsassessmentandportfolioofevidencecriteria.Dutiesincludedguidance,mentoringandassessmentofstudentsthroughtothefruitionoftheirgainedqualification.
5th February 2001 – 31st August 2011. MinistryofDefence,UKSC(Germany),EuropeanDesign,Print,WebandCommunicationServicesPosition:ArtDirector/SeniorGraphicandPublishingSupport/ContentandAssetGenerationManager.
Responsibilities and Duties:Manage14multiculturalstaffinfiveproductionareas:graphicdesign,digitalprinting,webdevelopment(intranet,internet,interactivepdflibraryandassetcreationandoptimization),4colourlithographicprintingandprintfinishing.Roleresponsibilitiesincludedstudioartdirection,designbriefconsultation,creativethinking,brandingconcepts,visuals,DTP,artworkcreation,proofreading,editing,publishingofprintandthecreationofdigitalwebassets.Buildingstakeholderrelationshipsanddailyprojectmanagementusingmypersonallydevelopedproduction,costandtrackingdatabase(createdasanAccessandthenupdatedtoanOracledatabase).Staffusertraining,planning,writingstaffappraisalsandhealthandsafetytrainingwithintheworkenvironment.
6th August 1999 – 24th January 2001. CentreofEuropeanCommunicationOperation/BlackburnCollegeofArtandDesign,England. Position:NationalVocationalQualificationTrainingAssessorforGraphicsandlithographicprintingandOpenCollege‘A’LevelDesktopPublishinglecturer,usingQuarkXpress.
Responsibilities and Duties:ManageandassessGraphicDesignandLithographicPrinting,NationalVocationalQualificationapprenticesinaccordancewithcollegesyllabusandgoverningbodyassessmentcriteria.Advertiseavailableemploymentpositions,interview,testandselectcandidates.Inspectandapproveworkplacementasasafeworkingenvironmentforselectedapprentices.Dutiesincludedguidance,mentoringandassessmentofstudentsthroughtothefruitionoftheirgainedqualification.
4th September 1997 – 2nd June 1999,UniversityofCentralLancashire,BAHonsGraphicDesigncourse. (Iwaspermittedtotakethedegreeona2yearbasisinsteadof4yearsduetopreviousexperiencegained).
8th August 1996 – 1st September 1997. BAE Systems, British Aerospace, Warton Aerodrome, Lancashire, England.Position:LeadDesktopPublisher/GraphicandTechnicalIllustrator.
Responsibilities and Duties:Responsibleforthedesignandproductionofbidproposaldocumentationtoworldgovernments-forthesaleofInternationalweaponsplatformsandtrainingcontractsforjettrainer/fighter/bomberandcommercial aircraft. Dutiesincludedbrandownership,brandapplication,corporate‘housestyle’andcontinuitymanagementofeachbidproposal.Projectmanagementforthecreationofvisuallystunningtechnicalbidproposaldocumentation.Theproductionofdigitalartworkfordesktoppublishing,graphicandtechnicalillustration,exhibitionstandsandinteractivePowerpointpresentations.Digitalassetmanagement,filetransferralviaseveralplatforms,back-upanddigitalarchive.
1st March 1995 – 31st July 1996. NewSulzerDieselLtd,Winterthur,Switzerland.Position:HeadofMarineTechnicalPublications(writteninEnglish). Responsibilities and Duties:ResponsiblefortheproductionofmarinedieselenginetechnicalmanualswritteninEnglish.Forusebytheshipbuilder(mainlyfortheKoreanmarket)forengineseriesselectionandinstallation.Tasksincludedprocessingcomplexengineeringdata(CADdrawings,calculations,testanalysisinformation)frommarinedieselenginespecialistsviaseveralcomputerplatforms(Apple,PCandUNIX)tocreatedocumentationtoinformhowto:select,install,test,useandmaintainthelargestmarinedieselenginesforbulk-headcarrierandcontainer ships in the world. Dutiesincludedpublicationprojectmanagement,attendingregulartechnicalbriefs,continuityofbrand‘housestyle’,proofreadingandediting.Creationoftechnicalillustrations,charts,graphsandtables(AdobeIllustrator).CADfiletransferfortechnicalillustrationpurposes,administrationoftheworkgroupserveranddigitalassetversioncontrolandarchive.OthertasksincludedreviewingandtheadministrationofITsystemupdatesandnewsoftware.Theanalysisofgroupnetworkcapacityanddatalossrisk,crossplatformfilenamingconvention,metadata,taxonomy,folderstructure,staffandclientsoftwaretutorials.Alsothecreationofuserillustrationandstyleguidedocumentationfortrainingandbrandguidancepurposes.
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16th October 1993 – 28th February 1995. SACTechnographic,VosperThornycroft,Chorley,Lancashire,England.Position:LeadDesktopPublisher/GraphicandTechnicalIllustrator.
Responsibilities and Duties:ResponsibletortheproductionofmarinedieselenginetechnicalmanualsundercontracttorNewSulzerDieselLtd,Switzerland.‘Driverhandbooks’forLeylandDAFandMultipart,EnglandandsystemdiagramsforBritishNuclearFuelsLtd,England.
10th January 1991 – 15th October 1993. 2Inspire,Leyland,Lancashire,England. Position:Proprietor/GraphicDesigner/Illustrator/SignDesigner.
Responsibilities and Duties:Proprietorofmygraphicdesignandprintfarmingcompany.Dutiesincluded:clientliaison,briefconsultation,concepts,visuals,artwork(traditionalordesktop),illustrations,signsandexhibitionstands,andprintqualitymanagement.IcontractedfortheDesktopDesignPartnershipandDigisetproducingLeylandDAF‘Newslink’,BusinessNorthwest,MidlandsandScotlandmagazines,largeA0colourcitymapsproducedusingAldusFreehandandcreatinganddesigningadvertisingmaterialforlocalandnationalcompanies.
1st June 1990 – 4th January 1991. HamiltonPress,PrestonDock,Preston,Lancashire,England.Position:MiddleweightArtist/DarkroomTechnician/4ColourFilmPlanner.
Responsibilities and Duties:Responsibleforthecompany’sreprographicdarkroomproduction.Dutiesincludedtheoperationofflatbedanduprightreprographiccamerasandmonoandfullcolourfilmplanning.Producingfinescreenhalftones,lineshots,negativesandspecialisedtintsforlithographicwebandsheet-fedprinting.
1st March 1989 – 28th May 1990. ConceptDesignAgency,Leyland,Lancashire,England.Position:MiddleweightArtist/DarkroomTechnician.
Responsibilities and Duties:Responsiblefortheproductionofcamerareadyartworkanddarkroomreprographics.Artworkcreationofannualreports,brochures,exhibitionstands,corporateidentitiesandlogosforlocalandnationalbluechipcompanies.
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10th August 1988 –30th January 1989. Printcraft,Kempston,Bedford,Bedfordshire,England.Position:StudioManager/FinishedArtist/DarkroomTechnician.
Responsibilities and Duties:Responsibleforthemanagementofthecompany’sartworkstudioanddarkroom.Dutiesincludedtheproductionofcamerareadyartworkandillustration.Creationofannualreports,brochures,exhibitionstands,posters,corporateidentitiesandlogosforlocalandnationalcompanies(oneofthecompany’smostvaluedclients was the BBC.
January 1985 – August 1988. HamiltonPress,PrestonDock,Preston,Lancashire,England.Position:NationalGraphicalAssociationapprenticeCompositor/Paste-upArtist/DarkroomTechnician.
Responsibilities and Duties:Responsiblefordarkroomreprographicsandartworkcreation,includingtheoperationofflatbedanduprightreprographiccameras,artworkpaste-up,rotoringpenline-workandthelayoutoftextandphotographs(galleycopyandhotwaxcompositionmethod). WhilstemployedatHamiltonPressmymentorandmyselfwonseveralIndependentstudentnewspaper,designawardsforcreativepagedesign,typographyandimagemanipulation.IalsocompletedaNationalGraphicalAssociationapprenticeshipandattainedtwoCityandGuildsDiplomas,oneinPrintingandOriginationasacompositorandanotherinCommunicationSkillsasaday-releasestudent.
Apple Macintosh Skills BaseIstartedusingAppleMacintoshcomputersforgraphicdesign,DTP,illustrationandphoto-manipulationIn1987.WorkingwiththeearliestversionsofIllustrator88,AldusFreehand,Photoshop,Pagemaker,QuarkXpress,AcrobatandMacromediaDreamweaverMX.Twenty-eightyearslater,IconsidermyselftobeanadvancedAdobeCreativeSuiteuser.Attainingawealthofexperienceinthefieldsofcreativethinkingandvisualcommunication,artdirection,technicalpublications,digitalassetcreation,webdevelopment,softwareandCMStraining,designlecturing,e-learningande-publishing.MyMacOSXandOS8skillsbaseincludes:hardware/softwareanalysis,ethernetnetworkinstallationandadministration,MDMscoping,procurementandroll-out.MacOSXandOS8projectmanagement,installationandadministrationofAppleMacintoshclients,Servers,RAIDsandmobiledevices.AtthemomentIamlearningappdevelopmentsoftware(sketch3,Hype3andPaintcode2)foriPhonevectorwire-framing,prototypingandpixel-levelperfection.
PC and UNIX Skills BaseIhavebeenaMicrosoftusersince1992,withexpertiseintheuseofWord,Powerpoint,ExcelandProject.Icanoperate,calibrateandmaintainstate-of-the-artITperipheralsincluding:largeformatinkjetprinters,highspeeddigitalprintingpresses,CTPmachines,FieryRIPs,digitalcameras,tabletsandimage/OCRscanners.Ilearnnewsoftware,upgradesandworkingprocedureswithease.HaveextensivespecialisedUNIXapplicationsexperienceofAdobeFramemaker,InterleafandCADfileexportationfortechnicalillustrationpurposes.AlsoIhaveattainedmanyyearsexperienceintheproductionoftechnicalpublicationsande-publishingsolutions,workingdirectlywithMajorGenerals,seniorofficers,professors,engineers,analysts,technicians,technicalauthors,projectmanagers,stakeholders,doctorsandhealthprofessionals.
Hobbies and interestsIamseasonedcostalandlong-distancefootpathwalker,enjoytheexcitementofoff-pistesnowboarding,sailingandcanoeing.Ialsohavealoveofmusic,landscapephotographyandpaintinginmixedmedia.IholdacleanUKdrivinglicenceandhaveavariedprintanddigitalportfolioavailableforperusalonrequest.