DETAILS:
Sara Tyler Reese
Date of Birth: 28/09/1979
Lives in Northampton
E: sara@reese-design.co.uk
You can also find me on Myspace and Facebook
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GRADES / EDUCATION:
College / University:
B.A (Hons) Graphic Design,
illustration and New Media
H.N.D in Graphic Design,
illustration and Multimedia
B.T.E.C in Graphic Design
G.N.V.Q in Art and Design
G.C.S.E Grades:
Art - B
Design Technology - B
English Literature - B
Business Studies - C
English Language - C
Child Development - C
History - C
Place of Study:
1999-02 Oxfordshire College
of Art and Design
1996-99 Nothampton College
1993-96 Weston Favell Upper
School Northampton
Other Courses / Achievements:
• Agfa Colour & B/W Photo Processing
• PC Upgrading & Building
• PC Troubleshooting
• Dreamweaver 3, 4, MX
• Hand Reflexology
• Colour Therapy
• Yellow Belt, Green Tag in Taekwondo
• Basic printmaking
• Full clean Driving License
• CRC Disclosure Check
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EMPLOYMENT:
Dec 03 - Present Day
Graphic Designer / Magazine Production Controller for The Chronicle & Echo in Northampton.
This mainly involves advert design and putting magazines such as Image together, PDF'ing the pages and then sending them off to print.
Other aspects of my job is to output newspapers ready for print, template design, logo design, and general production duties.
I am also the graphic designer for Days Out UK, which involves advert design - both for the book and nationally. I also put the colour section of the book together and design page templates, web logos and general graphics for the book including an England map.
Jan 03 - Dec 03
Graphic Designer for Carlton Cards, Oxford. Designing a range of works from Christmas Card design for John Lewis Plc, to packaging design, leaflet design and label design for companies such as Tesco, Safeway, Harrods, Oxfam, WH Smith, RSPCA and many many more...
Sep 02 - Dec 02
Business Customer Services Advisor, Vodafone, Banbury
Jul 01 - Sep 01
Photo Processor, Supasnaps, Banbury
Jun 00 - Nov 00
Barstaff, Ye Olde Auctioneer, Banbury
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FREELANCE:
May 98 - Present day
I have been a freelance designer /
illustrator for the Northamptonshire Social Services since 1998 and have produced many design works including poem book illustrations, logos, booklets, leaflets, newsletter illustrations and much much more!
May 08 - Present
Jacob & Mum logo design
Illustrations
+ online shop design / website
(still in progress)
Jun 08 - Jun 08
Logo design for Kerrybay Consultants
Apr 08 - May 08
Logo and flyer design for Autorama
Mar 08 - Mar 08
DVD inlay slip for Universal Studios
advertising for Days Out UK
Jan 08 - Feb 08
Residential Security Package Flyer
and 'Safe and Secure' logo design
Feb 07 - Feb 07
Leaflet design for Malta Painting Holidays, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Jan 07 - Jan 07
Advert design for DJ Wilson
for magazine, newspaper & yellow pages
Jan 07 - Jan 07
Leaflet design for New Directions, New Horizons Life Coaching, Brixworth, Northampton
Jul 06 - Jul 06
Logo, advert & flyer design for Go Buggy Go
(own photography used)
Jan 06 - Jan 06
Logo design for De Montfort University
Dec 05 - Dec 05
set of 6 flyers for Shock Absorber / Debenhams
Jun 05 - July 05
Leaflet design for the Leicestershire County Council
Nov 04 - Nov 04
Flyer design for Wonderbra / House of Fraser (Glasgow)
Sep 03 - Dec 03
6ft x 2ft banners for Black Resourses, Northampton
Jun 03 - Jul 03
3 science worksheets for schools in Northamptonshire produced for the Northamptonshire County Council
May 03 - Jul 03
Corporate i.d for Little Networks Ltd, Banbury
Mar 02 - Apr 02
Set of posters, adverts, leaflets and a new corporate i.d for The Banbury Taekwondo Academy in Oxfordshire
* Plus other 'small' freelance works
created for various companies and friends including Graphic Design, Illustration, Animation, Web Design
and Photography
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WORK EXPERIENCE:
Oct 03 - Nov 03
To create a new corporate i.d for On Track Recruitment at Metafor Design, Sywell, Northampton
Nov 02 - Nov 02
To create a flyer for the James Bond Movie Premier at SMC Design in Abington, Oxford
Sep 01 - Apr 02
A variety of design projects for Wheeler & Porter Design in Banbury
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SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE:
Skills include various software
packages on both Apple Mac & PC:
Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark X Press, Dreamweaver, Cute FTP, Director, Freehand, Word, Outlook, Acrobat PDF Distiller, Adfast, Beacon, Futureproof, Nero, Roxio, Scribe
and many more.
Basic skills in: CSS and Java
Currently learning: Flash, Fireworks, InDesign
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INTERESTS:
I like reading, and creating general graphics in my spare time. I also spend a lot of time freelancing and learning about web design.
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LIFE GOAL:
To eventually own my own company, involving website design, write a best seller and have my own fashion / handbag range.
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OTHER:
Non-smoker, non-drinker, good sense of humour, fast learner
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Website designed and
created by Sara Tyler Reese Copyright 1998-Present