rob jones graphic designer
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10 berners housemaygood street londonn1 0hf
ROB JONES
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
PROfIlE
I am a 24 year old graphIC desIgner wIth a few years experIenCe In the Industry. I have worked as a freelanCer for many years InCludIng whIst beIng at unIversIty. onCe graduated I started freelanCIng for the small In house desIgn team at emI reCords, assIstIng wIth CreatIve for maInstream artIsts suCh as lIly allen, bat for lashes, elIza doolIttle and thIrty seConds to mars as well as some lesser known artIsts suCh as alessI’s ark. I have a real passIon for desIgn not Just as a Job but a soCIal sIde too, attendIng lots of desIgn orIentated events suCh as typoCIrCle , prIntout many others. I Currently work as a desIgner for a small agenCy who look after CalIfornIa tourIsm In the uk.
EmPlOymENt
blaCk dIamonddesIgnermarCh 2011 - present
freelanCe desIgnernovember 2006 - present
ExPERIENCE
esquIre magazIne InterndeC 2007 - Jan 2008
SkIllS
workIng In a suCh a small In house desIgn team at emI gave me a great exposure to the desIgn Industry. I have worked on some maJor artIsts proJeCts under some very tIght deadlInes. I ConsIder myself to have an exCellent knowledge of IndesIgn, photoshop, Illustrator, basIC quark and flash. I have reCently taught
myself after effeCts and have basIC knowledge of CInema 4d. I am keen to learn new skIlls and feel I am a quICk learner.
INtEREStS
outsIde the desIgn world,I am a keen photographer, In my spare tIme and spend a lot of tIme goIng to gIgs, photographIng artIsts and have many pICtures publIshed In press and onlIne medIa.
ACADEmIC
unIversIty of east london, unIversIty waye16 2rb
ba (hons) graphIC desIgnawarded fIrst Class
ColChester sIxth form north hIll, essex,Co1 1sn
3 a levels In graphIC desIgn wIth materIals teChnology, busIness studIes and ComputIng. 2 as levels In photography & musIC teCh.
sIr Charles luCas arts College, ColChester, essex Co4 3Jl
9 gCse’s b - C grades InCludIng b In maths, sCIenCe, teChnology and art
REfERENCES
alex Cowperart dIreCtoremI reCordslondon, w8 [email protected]
sImon helm desIgnerformer art dIreCtormInIstry of sound [email protected]
EAt mE mAGAZINE
thIs magazIne Is a food Culture magazIne basedIn and around london. the magazIne was desIgned wIth a frIend where as part of a team we produCed 4 Issues. CommIssIonIng shoots, IllustratIon and managIng the entIre prInt proCess.
D&AD BRIEf: SPACE OPERA
thIs serIes of books have been redesIgned to suIt the dIfferent ways In whICh they are held by the reader. eaCh book Is avaIlable In dIfferent layouts of text, wIth the negatIve spaCe adJusted to aCCommodate the reader’s method of holdIng the book.
PIRAtE tyPOGRAPHy
thIs book attempts to explore the growIng number of ‘pIrate typefaCes’ avaIlable on the Internet, detaIlIng InformatIon on the orIgInal font as well as the CharaCter Count, type format and Creator of these new ‘knoCk-off’ versIons.
AlESSI’S ARk
NOtES fROm tHE tREEHOUSE
OVER tHE HIll & EP
thIs was my fIst proJeCt at emI reCords. thIs Involved a new release album, ep & vInyl sIngle. wIth art dIreCtIon from alex Cowper and IllustratIon by laura levIne..
lIly AllEN: 22
for thIs brIef I was asked to make and photograph two model twos to matCh the style of lIly allen’s Current album, for the Cover of the sIngle ‘22’
