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Curriculum Vitae

Profile

I’m a highly experienced and creative person currently working in magazine publishing.

I have all round skills in professional page layout, advertisements, creative work, posters andpromotional literature.

Skills Overview

•Expert knowledge of creative tools and techniques such as Adobe Photoshop,

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Flash.

•Professional knowledge of Pre-press and print technologies.

•Expert knowledge of Macs, PCs and all peripherals, web design and internet technologies.

•Over 8 years experience in graphic design field and 3 years experience delivering

professional training courses.

•Teaching and support of Illustrator, Photoshop, scanning, page layout and design,

typography, poster design, photography.

•Relevant concept design and strong manual drawing and painting skills.

•Experience in advertising and publishing environments

•Proficient in photography (digital and analogue) and darkroom process.

•High creativity (Art Study, many years of experience of designing).

Work Experience

2007/12 to date
Position held: Graphic Designer/ Production Manager
Kennedy’s Publications Ltd., First Floor Offices, Stafford House, 16 East Street, Tonbridge, Kent,

TN9 1HG, UK, Tel +44 (0) 1732 371 510, Fax +44 (0) 1732 361 385, Email Removed

•working closely with the Editor, page layout, typesetting, advertising production,

issue planning, designing stand material and magazine covers.

•Creating final PDF/poscript files for printers.

•Calling clients and e-mailing them for copy chasing

2005–2007
Position held: Freelance Graphic Designer/Illustrator
Polish Psychology Magazine “CHARAKTERY”

www.charaktery.com.pl

•Designing illustrations, covers and layouts from concept to final image,

mostly using my own photography and digital imagining tools.

2005–2006
Position held: Senior Graphic Designer
Advertising Agency “KUC”

www.kuc.com.pl

This company specialises in design and advertising for print and web.

•My main duties were brand development, devising advertising concepts, corporate

and creative design, web projects and design solutions.

Projects were executed from start to finish both as part of a team and working alone.

•Working closely with actionscripters/web programmers.

I gained valuable experience by being in a creative team. I was given leadership responsibilities

for individual projects; liasing with clients and problem solving.

2005–2007
Position held: Lecturer of Electronic Media
The Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University College

www.ksw.edu.pl

•Providing professional introduction for Graphic Design for Architecture

specification. The course included: concept design, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Power Point,

printing techniques

2004–2007

Position held: Assistant Lecturer of Graphical Design and Lettering

The Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University College

www.ksw.edu.pl

Leading professor: Mieczyslaw Gorowski

www.gorowski.prv.pl

2001–2007
Freelance
Working with many different clients from different sectors and branches.

Education

1998–2003

The Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Faculty in Graphics

MA in Graphic Design (Poster Design) 2003

2002

Alain Le Quernec workshops (Poster Design)

San Luis Potosi, Mexico

1991–1996

Art College of Fine Arts in Koszalin

Employers Clients

Accounts that I have worked on:

Ford, Arkadia (joint project with Ryszard Horowitz designing photographic concepts), Grey

International, Renault Credit Polska, Ecco Papier, Can–Pack Group, Kennedy’s Publications

Ltd.


Freelance Clients


Chamber Opera in Krakow, Eliot Theatre, Cracovia Music Agency, Summer Jazz Festival,

Children Hospital, Gulf Jazz Festival, Juliusz Slowacki Theatre, ZNAK- Publishing House,

Wydawnictwo Literackie (Publishing House), CHARAKTERY –polish psychology magazine,

Plus Communication, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum (Faculty of Medicine), Joe

Zawinul Sindicate, Karpacka Gas Corporation


Hobby


Graphic Design, Poster Art, Graphics of XX Century, Jazz



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