JON DAVENPORT ============================= All round creative based in the USA, with over 20 years of valuable industry experience. Print specialities include branding, brochures, advertising creatives, managing magazine makeovers from concept to prepress. On the digital side I manage and design Wordpress sites, social media marketing and email campaigns.** PERSONAL INFO ============================= * **Birthplace:** Ipswich, UK on 24 Jun 1972 * **Status:** Married, Atlanta, Nov 2004 * **Address:** 920 Royall Ave, Mount Pleasant SC 29464 * **Cell:** +1.404.964.5880 * **Email:** * **Website:** ADOBE SKILLS ============================= * Photoshop * Illustrator * Indesign * Premiere * Acrobat * Lightroom CREATIVE SKILLS ============================= * Art direction * Web site design * Corporate identities and branding * Magazine and newspaper layout * Advertising off and on-line * Brochures and direct mail BUSINESS SKILLS ============================= * Time Management * Organization * Team Player * SEO * Social Media * Analytical Thinking SOFTWARE SKILLS ============================= * Apple Guru * Adobe Expert with the Creative Suite - Photoshop / Indesign / Illustrator * WordPress development * Pre-press and reprographics * HTML * CSS * Sketch * Figma * Google Analytics * Adwords * Pages * Numbers * MS Office FAVORITE ACTIVITIES ============================= * Creating Mixed media art * Suffering by being an Ipswich Town FC fan * Squeezing in some Sci-fi whilst the family is asleep * Building Lego Spaceships for my three boys * Running/Jogging/Walking around the mountain * Finding a great craft beer EXPERIENCE ============================= Freelance Designer/Art Director/Illustrator/Artist ---------------------------------------- #### 2004-Present Day _Mount Pleasant SC_ Working remotely & consulting for clients in the UK, as well as new clients in the USA and Mexico. Work has included, branding, brochures, advertising creatives, magazine design, Wordpress, SEO, Social Media and email marketing. Responsibilities: >1. Art direction >2. Photoshop/illustrator artwork creation >3. Branding and Idents >4. Brochures >5. WordPress design and development >6. Social Media Marketing & Management >7. Design Mailchimp campaigns Achievements: >1. Creating entire Vacation Rental solution >2. Working remotely across time zones >3. Selling my own illustrations/paintings >4. Veranda Magazine ad campaigns >5. Helping @ChristyKinard to 50k followers on IG >6. Building Fashion/Art site KinardStudio.com Creative director ---------------------------------------- #### 1999-2004 Round Window Ltd, _London, UK_ Creative director/joint owner of a small London based design consultancy, providing fresh, idea-driven solutions for magazines, brochures, corporate identities and branding, as well as on-line and multimedia projects. >1. Directing design and production teams to ensure a high quality result within the budget and deadline. >2. Managing and art directing the $500K educational news magazine which is sent to over half a million school children, bimonthly. Prime Minister, Tony Blair, said what a great product it was. >3. Creating and running a series of magazine websites for Highbury House Communications. This saved them over $50K in costs, and created an advertising vehicle which now brings in an additional $50k per annum. >4. Starting and owning a international design consultancy in London, UK, with over $1 million turnover. >5. Richard Branson's recognition of the work on Virgin Trains Magazine. >6. Driving branding strategies for start-up companies. Graphic Designer ---------------------------------------- #### 1996-1999 Archant Ltd, _Ipswich, UK_ Graphic designer, working in the in-house art studio of a magazine and newspaper group. >1. Upgrading the local business magazines quality and money making potential. >2. Becoming an expert in making a difficult brief translate into an engaging feature or advert. >3. Promotion to Senior Graphic Designer >4. Winning the Best in-house advertisement award. >5. Training members of the art studio. >6. Making the PDF an integral part of newspaper and magazine production, saving the group over $30K per annum. Production assistant ---------------------------------------- #### 1994-1996 Archant Ltd, _Ipswich, UK_ EDUCATION ============================= Brunel University ---------------------------------------- #### 1990-1994, _London, UK_ This was a four year sandwich course in BSc. Biology. In addition to academic studies, three industry work placements were carried out at the following: >1. Addenbrookes Hospital 1993 - Research assistant working creating an in vitro model of the gastrointestinal tract. >2. Harris Ltd 1992 - Testing food products for any microbial presence. >3. Westminster Hospital 1991 - Assisting with research on creating a urine test for the presence of malignant melanomas. SOCIAL ============================= >* >* >* >* >* >*