PERSONAL DETAILS

Full Name:	David G Martin
Age:	24
Date of Birth:	29/07/1982
Address:	21 Francis Street Stanley Crook County Durham DL15 9SB
Contact Numbers:	07817089223(mobile)
Email:	dave@dmcv.co.uk
Availability:	No Notice Needed
Driving Licence:	Yes Full Licence held

PERSONAL STATEMENT

I have a vast range of design experience Traditional Print Design, New Media, Web Design & Games Front End Artist. I am a hard working employee, work well under pressure & aim for higher roles.

I can work within a team or as an individual as I have had to work with both situations before. I have original flair and enjoy a challenging brief. I am easy going and get on well with people.

Qualifications & Skills

National Diploma in Graphic Design
National Diploma in Visual Art & Design
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP (Level 3 Advanced Qualification)
FREEHAND (Level 3 Advanced Qualification)
QUARKXPRESS (Level 3 Advanced Qualification)

I have worked with the following programs and applications:

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
ADOBE PREMIER
ADOBE IN-DESIGN
MACROMEDIA FREEHAND
MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER
MACROMEDIA FLASH
SWISH
CSS
HTML
XHTML

Also i have a working Understanding of:

PHP
ASP
MySQL
Javascript
SSL
Access
CMS (Content management systems)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Started: May 2004 - April 2006
The Public Ltd Media Team - Web Designer
Senior Designer for a web/graphic design company. I have joined a team of Graphic designers & manage Middleweight web designer & a programmer as the Senior Web Designer for this company.

Started: March 2003 - May 2004
Climax Studios - Graphic Designer / Front End Artist
Front end artist for a games company working on high quality games. I have gained experience in Front end design & also worked no traditional design as well. I have more responsibility to manage my own work & Manage other individuals work distribution also.

Started: October 2002 - January 2003 (4 month contract)
Gibbs Technologies Ltd - Graphic/Web Designer
Main designer for a up and coming amphibious technology company. I have moved in to a team of designers and achieved a more responsible job with better pay.

January2001 - October 2002
Business 2 Business Plc - Senior Graphic/Web Designer
Main designer for a web/graphic design and e-commerce company. I have moved up from a junior designer and achieved a more responsible job with better pay.

May 2000 - October 2000
Naylor Parkes Associates Ltd - Junior Designer
Junior Designer for a web/graphic based company. Here is where I learnt applications such as Flash and Dreamweaver. I built up a good Portfolio of websites here and learned a lot about web design.

July 1999 - May 2000
Reality Design - Junior Designer
Here I worked as a part time Junior Designer for an internet company. This is where I started to learn the commercial side of graphic and web Design while still studying at college.

EDUCATION

Archbishop Ilsley RC School, Acocks Green, Birmingham
GCSEs in a variety of subjects including an A Grade in Art
Solihull College, Solihull, West Midlands
BTEC National Diploma in Graphic Design
BTEC National Diploma in Visual Art and Design