John Tapsfield

395B, Mile End Road, London, E3 4PB 07817 897 616 johntapsfield@mac.com Portfolio: www.jstdesign.me

Summary
Having studied Fine Art & Design at university I have always had an appreciation of visual design. This culminated in my completion of a full time graphic design course at Shillington College earlier this year. I have always been designing or making things and have created two businesses - the first of which led to my current work as a web designer, specifically using Drupal. I am now seeking employment as a junior designer in a creative studio or company where I can apply my energy to producing high quality graphic design and working as a member of a larger team. Whilst my principal role has been as a designer, running a business has required me to wear many hats and I am happy to muck in and contribute to the business however I can.

Software Skills
Adobe: CS 3-6 Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Microsoft Office: Word Excel Powerpoint Mac & PC Literate Web design: Coda & Eclipse IDE Drupal 7 Balsamiq Adwords & Analytics SEO & PPC HTML & CSS Some PHP & MySQL Basic jQuery Site Building: Wireframes & mockups Development briefs & Site Costing Best practices Issue & Bug tracking Version Control

Work Experience
Mar 2010 - present Alltooeasy Partner: Web Design & Site Building Design, branding of Drupal 6 & 7 websites. All client facing roles, sales, marketing, planning, costing. Web services for SMEs (SEO, PPC, Analytics, Social media). Training, support, upgrades & maintenance. 1st Line technical support. Software interface design for flagship products of EYC & Curocomp Ltd (inventory, marketing tracking & financial products.) Consultation & preliminary spec. work on a range of larger Drupal projects. 2009 - Mar 2010 ATE Design Partner: Web Design, Management & Planning

University project - a large online service aimed at UK university students. Building simple HTML websites for a range of local businesses. Sept - Dec 2008 The London Magazine & Tresspass Magazine Embassy Art Exhibition invitations & one cover design. Jun - Sept 2008 Rodgers & Rodgers Advertising internship Marketing & Design

Event organisaton, press releases incluidng the House of Lords and RA.

Travel brochure magazine copy and image setting for high end cruises and related press ads. Event branding & flyers including branding for a large charity event. Extensive work for Kinder Bueno & B2B work. 2000 - 08 Various Freelance design work

Majestic Wine, Royal Mail, Pantiles pubs, ASK, care work, bar work. Gap year work and travel, including all the way across Japan for 2 months.

Soft skills
Comfortable in client facing roles Adaptable Lateral thinker Team player Self starter Adaptable & flexible

Education
Jan - Mar 2012 Shillington College London Certificate IV in Graphic Design. 2005 - 2008 Central St Martins - Byam Shaw Upper Second class honours (2:1). 2004 - 2005 Central St Martins - Byam Shaw Distinction. 2003 Southampton University BA: Human & Physical Geography Foundation Diploma Fine Art & Design Fine Art & Design BA Graphic Design

My interests
Design blogs Art & Design Exhibitions Open source Dystopian Sci-fi Snowboarding Sailing

Not completed - left course to pursue design at CSM. 1998 2003

Tonbridge School 1998 2003 Art and Design: Classical Civilisation: Geography: History: A A A B

A Levels: