Andrew Johnstone | Designer
I am currently enrolled as a full-time student on the MA Communication Design program at Central Saint Martins College of Art in London, as well as working freelance.
Work Experience
Graphic Design Coordinator
Keyano College, Fort McMurray, AB, Canada
April 1999 to December 2006
Art direction and graphic design for all college printed materials, such as flyers, ads, calendars, annual reports, display materials, logo design, posters and the visual deisgn of the college web site. Oversee the visual identity of all college printed material, and supervises the output of the junior designer and webmaster. Also responsible for all promotional designs for Keyano Theatre and the Visual and Performing Arts department productions.
Graphic Designer
Alchemedia Design Group, Vancouver, BC, Canada
September 1996 to July 1998
Graphic designer producing media for print, interactive and the web. Clients included Syncros Technologies, Simple Shoes, Seaward Kayaks and Absolutely Diapers chain of stores.
Senior Graphic Designer
Raincoast Books Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada
August 95 to September 1996
Responsible for catalogue design, print ads and other promotional material, as well as resource person for the 30+ Macintosh computers at the company.
Graphic Designer
The Printing House Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada
January 1995 to April 1995
In-house Art Director and Graphic Designer, creating both print and interactive media.
Graphic Artist
Monro Multimedia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
March 1994 to November 1994
Graphic Artist for the design and development of a CD-ROM on Louis Riel and the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. I combined my illustrations with pictures of real furniture to create the environment for this social studies learning package. Co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
Graphic Designer
Adbusters Magazine, Vancouver, BC, Canada
October 1993 to March 1994
Employed as Assistant Graphic Designer to the magazine and associated projects.
Freelance Graphic Designer and Illustrator
1988 to present
Working as a freelance designer I have learned to motivate and promote myself. I have worked on and completed many successful commissions for designers, book publishers and private commissioners, ranging from the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo to environmental organisations.
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Education
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland
September 1988 to June 1991
Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree (with Honours) in Design, specializing in illustration. Took part in the student exchange program in 1989 with the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
North Warwickshire College of Technology and Art, Nuneaton, England
September 1986 to June 1988
Graduated with merits from the B-Tec National Diploma in General Art and Design Foundation course.
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Skills and Assets
As well as creative insight and the ability to see a project from conception through to completion, I have extensive experience in the following programs, on both Macintosh and Windows platforms, enabling me to handle almost any design project:
- Quark Xpress 7
- Adobe Creative Suite 2 (Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign/Acrobat/GoLive)
- Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
- HTML, XHTML and Javascript
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word/Powerpoint/Exce
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Additional Information
Public Relations Officer
Fort McMurray Interplay Festival
2001-2006
Vice-President CUPE Local 2157
Keyano College Suuport Staff
2003-2006
Keyano College Board of Governors
Support Staff Representative
May 2006 - December 2006
University & College's Design Association
Member
2002-2006
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References
References are available upon request.
Please contact me for further information.
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