Curriculum Vitae

Craig Steel
Perterborough

PE3 7LT
07866562170

mailto:craig@craigsteel-design.com

Education

Cleveland College of Art & Design (1981-83)
Cumbria College of Art & Design (1983-85)

Qualifications

BA

Software

Pen and paper, QuarkXpress, CS4 Suite

Employment

Over 20 years of experience in all areas of design, marketing and advertising

Freelance (2006-Present)

Clients

Ant The Rant, Chocini, Face2FaceCV, Natutovita, Peterborough Enterprise, Peterborough Raceway and RVR.

Design consultants

Beyond consulting ltd. College Hill Design, Halo design, The Design Portfolio, The Fusion Effect.

Advertising Agencies

Cuba Advertising, Underground blc.

Permanent

The Fusion Effect (2002-06). Senior Designer (Company set up by Cairnes MD)
Responsible for creative output, photographic art direction, commissioning illustrators, taking client briefs, presenting work to client, project management and final print.

Cairnes Design Consultants (1994-02). Senior Designer
Responsible for creative output, photographic art direction, commissioning illustrators, taking client briefs, presenting work to client, project management and final print.

Clockwork (1992-94). Design Project Manager
Responsible for creative output of the studio, photographic art direction, commissioning illustrators, taking client briefs, presenting work to client, project management and final print.

London Creative  Design Consultants (1988-92). Senior Designer
Responsible for creative output of the studio, photographic art direction, commissioning illustrators, taking client briefs, presenting work to client, project management and final print.

Juniper Woolf & Partners Advertising (1988-89). Art Director
Working with creative teams on above the line and below the line accounts, photographic art direction, commissioning illustrators and presenting to clients.

Building Publishers (1987-88). Designer
Directly responsible for taking briefs, presenting work to client, project management and final print for the promotional work on eight magazine titles.

Computer People (1985-87). Designer / Art director
Working on design briefs Corporate brochures, Annual reports and marketing material and advertising accounts.

Interests

Good Design, Typography.

Some of my favorite pieces of design:

VW Beatle (DD&B), Tango ‘You’ve been Tangoed’ (HHLC), WonderBra ‘Hello Boys’, Sony Ericsson ‘My Music Monster’, PS@ (Sony Playstation), C’MON (Vauxhall Corsa), Apple Brand, Nike Brand, Aston Martin.

Reading

Hunter S. Thompson, Terry Pratchett, Stephen King.

Playing Guitar

DJ’ing

Dance Music

Funky House, Progressive House, Techno

Favorite DJ’s

Lee Coombes, Eric Morillo, Car Cox and the master Danny Tignaglia.

Bands

Artic Monkeys, Primal Scream, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Santana, The Charlatans, The Raconteurs, Muse, Radiohead, Pendulum, The Ting Tings, White Stripes, Wombats, The Zutons, Matallica, to name but a few.