Simon Hartshorne - Designer
Derbyshire
I am a book designer / typesetter and creative artworker who lives in Derbyshire in the UK.
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Overview
Services
Languages
English
Non-Fiction
Architecture
Art
Business & Management
Cooking & Food Wine & Spirits
Design
Economics
History
Medicine & Nursing & Dentistry
New Age
Photography
Publishing
Self-help & Self-improvement
Sports & outdoor recreation
Travel
Fiction
Crime & Mystery
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Humor & Comedy
Science Fiction
Thriller
Certifications
- EMFEC
- CLAIT
Work experience
Book Designer
DB Publishing
January, 2012
–
Present
(almost 7 years)
Working as the sole designer for a local publisher, creating printed books and digital publications on sports and history.
Graphic Designer
B&F Services
January, 2007
–
January, 2010
(about 3 years)
Working for a business and finance company, my main responsibility was designing a monthly business magazine using InDesign CS2. I was also responsible for creating all other design work for print, including full page advertisements, brochures, media packs, plus PowerPoint presentations and web graphics such as flash banners and mailshots.
Freelance
Self-employed
January, 2005
–
Present
(almost 14 years)
Freelance book design, vector illustration and general artworking.
Book Designer
Landmark Publishing
January, 2003
–
January, 2005
(about 2 years)
Design and layout on a wide range of illustrated historical books and colour travel guides (from the Peak District to Rhodes etc). Working on 3 or 4 books at a time, I would take the projects from authors’ text drafts and photographs to completed books. This would involve setting and formatting the text in PageMaker, adjusting the quality of photographs to printable standard in Photoshop and creating illustrative banners and backgrounds in Photoshop and Illustrator.
Graphic Designer
Journal Publishing
January, 2001
–
January, 2003
(about 2 years)
Working as a Graphic Designer for Newspaper publishing company.
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