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#5 » Lifestyle digital magazine for Made Up Media and Rio Ferdinand Jason simmons award winning art direction and design » Mobile 07595 219228 » email [email protected]

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#5» Lifestyle digital magazine for Made Up Media and Rio Ferdinand

Jason simmons award winning art direction and design» Mobile 07595 219228 » email [email protected]

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#5» Lifestyle digital magazine for Made Up Media and Rio Ferdinand

Jason simmons award winning art direction and design» Mobile 07595 219228 » email [email protected]

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Rio» Concept design of lifestyle

digital magazine for Made Up Media and Rio Ferdinand

Moshpit» Digital magazine for Made Up Media

and Universal Music

setanta spoRts» Digital media pack for Made Up Media

and Setanta Sports

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active!» Launch design of fitness digital magazine for Made Up Media and Virgin Active

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catflap» Redesign of weekly football digital magazine for Made Up Media

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catflap» Redesign of weekly football digital magazine for Made Up Media

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Golfpunk» Art direction of unique sports lifestyle magazine for JF Media

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Golfpunk» Art direction of unique sports lifestyle magazine for JF Media

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Golfpunk» Art direction of unique sports lifestyle magazine for JF Media

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MacuseR» Art direction of fortnightly technology and design magazine for Dennis Publishing

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MacuseR» Art direction of fortnightly technology and design magazine for Dennis Publishing

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JaGuaR RacinG» Art direction of contract magazine for the Forumla 1 team and Haymarket Media Group

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Goal!» Art Direction of fortnightly football magazine for Haymarket Media Group

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nintendo official MaGazine» Art Direction of monthly games magazine for EMAP Active

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stuff» Design of gadget magazine

for Dennis Publishing

focus» Design of science magazine

for Grüner and Jahr

adobe photoshop foR photoGRapheRs» Art direction and design of

Photoshop tutorial book for Focal Press

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the desiGneRs desktop coMpanion» Author and Art Director of design tutorial book for Rotovision

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Jason siMMons AwArd winning Art direction And designover 15 years of experience working on magazines, corporate literature, books and design contracts.» Mobile 07595 219228 » email [email protected]

awards and accolades» PPA Art Director of the Year

Highly commended; 2001 and 2003» Magazine Design Awards Front Cover of the Year

Gold; 2002 and 2003» Magazine Design Awards Best Designed Magazine

Short listed; 2001, 2002 and 2003» Association of Illustrators annual conference

Guest lecturer; 2002» Association of Illustrators Awards

Judge; 2002 and 2001» University College for the Creative Arts

Lecturer, editorial design; 2006

skills» Art Direction Accomplished designer in editorial

and corporate fields.» Commissioning Experienced at working with

photographers and illustrators.» Branding Understanding of product development

within a market.» Publishing Knowledge of publishing systems

and procedures.» Problem solving Skilled at using objective analysis

to reach the best solution.» Teams Experienced with recruitment, training

and motivation.

technical» Expert knowledge Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign,

Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat), QuarkXPress, font management utilities, colour profiling, Mac OS 9 and X.

» Proficient Microsoft Office, iLife Suite, RealMac RapidWeaver.

» consultant art director. August 2008 to presentMade Up Media, BrightonDesign and art direction for a range of consumer and contract digital magazines. Clients include Virgin Active, Universal Music, Setanta Sports, Rio Ferdinand, and Keeley Hazel.

» art director, golfpunk. December 2006 to August 2008JF Media, BrightonChampion the editorial design that sets the title apart. Explore fresh feature ideas and new ways to present the content. Work closely with designers, illustrators, photographers and agents to get the most from budgets and deadlines. Direct the full-time and freelance art team to produce a magazine considered to be an essential buy.

» author and art director. July 2006 to January 2007Rotovision, BrightonConceptualised, wrote and directed The Designers Desktop Companion, a tutorial led design book for print designers. Published in Europe and USA.

» freelance art director and illustrator. July 2000 to presentDesign and illustration of magazines, books, promotional material and coprorate literature for KYN Publishing, Elsevier Press, EMAP, Future Publishing, Dennis Publishing and Creative Lynx.

» art director, macuser. July 2000 to December 2005Dennis Publishing Limited, London

» art editor, Jaguar racing. January 2000 to July 2000Haymarket Publishing Limited, London

» art editor, goal! May 1999 to January 2000Haymarket Publishing Limited, London

» art editor, nintendo official magazine. September 1997 to May 1999» senior designer, focus. April 1997 to September 1997» freelance art editor. January 1997 to April 1997» art editor, the mac. art editor, pc zone. August 1994 to January 1997» launch designer, internet and comms today. July 1994 to August 1994» art editor, pc player. assistant art editor, control. May 1992 to July 1994» staff writer, amiga action. May 1990 to May 1992