richard slade

founder and creative director

About

I have over 20 years experience in the design industry working in the public, private and charity sectors with some of the top names in design. I produce highly creative work for brands and organisations across the UK and my work covers a wide range of disciplines, including web, print and corporate identity. As well as extending my skills in to both marketing and project management, I am also a highly capable photographer and illustrator.

Country

united kingdom

City

united kingdom

Industry

graphic design

Skill

graphic design, illustrator, magazines, corporate branding, indesign, photoshop, image manipulation, publications, creative direction, branding and identity, web design, logo design, corporate identity, photography, concept development, typography, quarkxpress, wordpress, art direction, brand development, digital media, adobe creative suite, adobe illustrator, user interface design, adobe photoshop, dreamweaver, html, typeface design, flash animation, css, interaction design, team management, web analytics, information architecture, seo, information graphics, visual design, poster design, brochures, illustration, print production, brand identity, page layout

Experience

founder and creative director

senior graphic designer

cthings limited

2018-10 - Present · 8 yrs

Working with this innovative IoT company initially on corporate identity, then developing and implementing a new website, designing literature for marketing material, technical and installation guides though to copywriting.

studio manager

hm revenue & customs

2004-8 - 2007-1 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Employed to manage the london-based design studio. My primary roles were to oversee the brand roll-out in preparation for the merger of the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise.

pre-press operations manager

newsquest

2002-1 - 2004-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

The role included managing five senior managers who ensured the 15 local newspapers and three monthly magazines, totalling over 1,000 pages a week all met their deadlines, whilst maintaining quality. I was also in charge of the administration of all pre-press systems and the reporting/logging of employees working statistics.

assistant pre-press manager

newsquest

1998-1 - 2002-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Responsibilities included the management of all weekly and monthly titles and any special publications, this involved either the overall design of the title or as an advisor to others. Responsible for a day and night shift of 40 employees. Deputising for the Pre-Press Manager in his absence, organised and delegated staff and interviewing for new staff.

senior graphic designer

opious

2015-1 - Present · 11 yrs 9 mos

Senior designer developing a new brand and implementing across print and online.

senior graphic designer

uk government

2007-8 - 2017-4 · 9 yrs 9 mos

This role involves a huge variety of design, marketing and project management skills that cover the initial briefing stage with clients, online and offline product research to the concept development and presentation or pitch, through to artworking, commissioning illustrators, photographers, agencies, designers and finally production of artwork and retouching for print and online. At each stage a high level of expertise is essential to ensure that the project is on-time, to budget and adheres to brand guidelines.

graphic designer and front-end developer

mobius

2017-5 - Present · 9 yrs 5 mos

associate lecturer in graphic design

bedford college

2016-11 - Present · 9 yrs 11 mos

The role involves preparing and delivering classes and assessing students on both diploma and higher education in graphic design theory and practice. I support and guide students to achieve success and realise their potential, manage students’ learning and provide a high quality learning experience and contribute pro-actively to developments in the department in innovative teaching.