Stuart Russell Graphic Designerdesign@stuartrussell.comwww.stuartrussell.com0770 614 7597

I’m a designer with the imagination, skills and experience required to take on any brief you may have. Here is a visual summary of my career, clients and places of work. You’ll see more at my website.

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Information design

Literature design

Visual identity

Chartered Accountants’ HallGreenwich Council

Battersea Dogs Home

University of Westminster

Home Learning College

O2 arena

Friends of Goodrich School

NatWest

Monotype Typography

American Express

Shuffle & StompRoy Brooks

Rosendale Allotments Association

Morris Minor Owners Club London

Asprey

Banks & Miles

Smith & Milton

United Biscuits

PPP healthcare

Scarisbrick & Bate

Landor Associates

The Raffertys

Mott MacDonald

Tony Holly photographerSimon Lewis photographer

Cuban Carpet Crew

Suramericana

Bostock & Pollitt

SERC

PSG International

Leigh Williams

Leona Cerveza

DebenhamsBrain & Spine Foundation

DTI Action Japan

DTI Food from Britain

Liberty Living

Brandeaux

The Crown Suppliers

European Commission

CGU InsuranceAtaxia UK

NCVQ

Westminster Mind

King’s College Hospital NHS Trust

CCHM Hill Murray

City & Hackney Mind

Royal Anthropological InstituteFI Group

Rawlison Butler

William Joseph

Imagination

Luxon Carrà

British Telecom

Us Designers

The Nest

Unity Trust Bank

Guys’ and St Thomas’ NHS Trust

Giltspur Communications

RDF Media plc

Marstellar Giant

Great Circle

Chancery St James

TeleAtlas

National Bank of Dubai

Toyota

NERC

Sony

MFI

The Neurological Alliance

ICL

8vo

S.W.I.F.T.Pearson plc

Oxleas NHS Trust

Moorfields Hospital

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust

Cololo

SELfolk collective

Surfina

TM Lewin

Dead Vinyl

Stuart Russell Graphic Designerdesign@stuartrussell.comwww.stuartrussell.com0770 614 7597

Profile summaryI am an experienced designer, typographer, and artworker. I use most of the industry-standard software including Adobe Creative Suite (mainly InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, and from time-to-time Dreamweaver) and Quark XPress – I use other programs too. I’m familiar with Wordpress and working with bespoke CMS systems. I have an iMac in my home studio.

Visual identityI have designed and implemented corporate identity and new branding schemes. For larger projects I usually either head or work with a team, eg: United Biscuits and Mott MacDonald designed at Banks & Miles, PPP healthcare identity and the ‘A’ monogram branding for Asprey designed at Smith & Milton. Smaller jobs I design and produce on my own eg. visual identities for local businesses, charity organisations, photographers or interior designers.

Web and information designWorking directly for clients I have designed, constructed and maintained Wordpress websites. For Liberty Living and Brandeaux I have designed online campaigns and modifications to their web presence whilst maintaining websites through their bespoke CMS system. I have designed web banners, facebook pages, email newsletters and email campaigns.

I have designed and managed sign projects including the signing of Chartered Accountants’ Hall in the City. I have developed a complete set of business icons for NatWest bank. I have designed information and fundraising campaigns for Battersea Dogs Home, the Brain & Spine Foundation and Ataxia UK. I created a range of templates for a bespoke ticketing system for Debenhams. I have also been a part-time tutor for typography modules with second year students on BA (hons) Graphic Information Design at University of Westminster.

Literature designAt heart I’m a typographer and enjoy working with type and typographic structure for print and literature systems. I have designed a large range of sales, marketing and information materials including manuals, magazines, business and government brochures, newsletters, academic journals and award-winning annual reports.

Artwork and productionI do most of my own artwork, often for others too – I like to be thorough and accurate. I usually put simple mailshots together in Dreamweaver and have an understanding of html and css.

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Stuart Russell Graphic Designerdesign@stuartrussell.comwww.stuartrussell.com0770 614 7597

Major projectsAs a freelancer I have often been called in to prepare presentations, one-off designs or to help cover for a short-term absence. I have also been involved in major projects over longer periods. Here are some of them.

Present; Freelance DesignerI work from my home studio and at the premises of clients as well as freelancing for Design Groups, Advertising Agencies and in-house in central London. Recent and ongoing work for clients includes visual identity and web design for South East London Folk Collective, Rosendale Allotments and Gill Archer garden designer. I have also designed identities and printed materials for Dead Vinyl record shop and Surfina interiors. In central London in recent months I freelanced at TM Lewin – putting together winter collection 2014/15 elements for their website and at Time Out magazine – design of their presentations to Google.

July 2011 to July 2013; Liberty Living / BrandeauxIn-house Graphic Designer for this City-based business which builds and runs UK student residences and a £1bn property portfolio. For Brandeaux funders and investors I designed and produced information packs, fact sheets and reports. For Liberty Living marketing materials: print, website and online communications with students including a complete facebook presence for the brand and for all 43 UK student residences.

March 2008 to November 2010; Home Learning CollegeI worked with the Marketing Department during a period of transition from print to internet based marketing. I designed College marketing materials – visualising: prospectuses, joint websites, banners, solus emailers and special online campaigns, realising: briefing and over-seeing print and IT production.

February to October 2007; Christmas at DebenhamsEarly on I worked with Debenhams Head Office on Christmas packaging artwork, to be printed in China. I then worked closely with the Christmas visual merchandising manager to write and produce manuals for stores and to design and artwork in-store collateral for the season. I helped organise and monitor production right through until Christmas was ‘up’ in stores.

Between 2002 and 2006 I was often engaged by Debenhams on projects. I worked with the Debenhams brand identity manager on identity guidelines and in particular a new, simple style for ticketing, store directories and large format information graphics.

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Stuart Russell Graphic Designerdesign@stuartrussell.comwww.stuartrussell.com0770 614 7597

Summary of experiencePresently a Freelance Designer, 2000-01 the Raffertys, 1993-2000 Freelance Designer, 1985-93 Banks & Miles.

AwardsDonside Graphic Design Awards 1994; catalogues and manuals gold and special award for best design entry from the UK, D&AD 1994 special commendation (working with Smith & Milton).Donside Graphic Design Awards 1991; annual report bronze and special award for best design entry from Belgium (working with Banks & Miles).

I nterestsThe kids, travel, art, cinema, photography, jazz, architecture, walking the dog.

October 2001 to present; Freelance DesignerMy charity, health and business clients include Ataxia UK, the Brain & Spine Foundation, Roy Brooks estate agents, Debenhams plc, Home Learning College, Liberty Living, King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, Mind, the Royal Anthropological Institute and Simon Lewis photography. I have worked for consultancies including Imagination, the Nest, Us Designers and William Joseph. I have also been a part-time tutor for typography modules on BA (honours) Graphic Information Design at University of Westminster.

June 2000 to September 2001; The RaffertysThis small company writes and designs literature, websites and brands. I was the ‘design’ part of the team working with the principal – a writer/editor/entrepreneur, the account manager and the business development manager.

October 1993 to May 2000; Freelance DesignerI freelanced for Design Groups, Advertising Agencies, Public Relations & Marketing Consultancies and Publishers; designing literature, identities and information graphics. Companies I have worked for include 8vo, Banks & Miles, CCHM, Giltspur Communications, Great Circle, Landor Associates, Luxon Carrà, Marsteller Giant and Smith & Milton.

June 1985 to September 1993; Banks & MilesI worked full-time at Banks & Miles studios, in London and in Brussels, for over eight years and gained experience in design for print, visual identity, books, signing and exhibitions. Day-to-day I handled all the creative, management and administrative sides of my jobs/clients and those of others working under me.

1981-85; Education and qualificationsLondon College of Printing, Elephant & Castle, London SE1: BA (honours) Media Production Design, grade 2.1.

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Stuart Russell Graphic Designerdesign@stuartrussell.comwww.stuartrussell.com0770 614 7597

Information design

Battersea Dogs HomeBattersea Dogs Home wanted the public to be aware that they have lots of ‘breed’ dogs requiring new homes, not just mixed breeds.

I designed these adverts for inclusion in programmes for the LSO summer concerts series and the Proms.

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Stuart Russell Graphic Designerdesign@stuartrussell.comwww.stuartrussell.com0770 614 7597

Literature design

NatWest customer bookletsThis literature system is one of the most direct ways that the bank informs and sells its financial products to customers. Displayed together on in-branch stands the covers had to attract attention in a simple and straightforward way to the correct brochure. A colour, single word title and an intriguing image was devised for each cover. I drew up icons also to steer the reader around each booklet or to point the customer to their next point of contact.

I designed the complete range over eighteen months working with Smith & Milton and NatWest’s appointed writers.

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Stuart Russell Graphic Designerdesign@stuartrussell.comwww.stuartrussell.com0770 614 7597

Visual identity

PPP healthcareThis healthcare provider was looking for a new brandmark to help it become ‘first choice’ for customers choosing a private health scheme.

The ‘heart of gold’ and ‘p within p within p’ go some way to represent the human qualities of the organisation: its attention to customers’ needs and the layers of care and comfort it offers.

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Stuart Russell Graphic Designerdesign@stuartrussell.comwww.stuartrussell.com0770 614 7597

Visual identity /Information design

Shuffle and StompShuffle and Stomp is a South East London Linedance Club. Together we chose a name for them and I created a visual identity, illustrations, then designed and built their website which features a ‘stomping’ masthead.

I have also designed and illustrated posters and flyers for the launch of the Club.

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Stuart Russell Graphic Designerdesign@stuartrussell.comwww.stuartrussell.com0770 614 7597

Information design

EmailersI have designed and produced emailers and email newsletters for clients including Brandeaux, Home Learning College and Liberty Living working closely with their IT departments to ensure that they’re compatible with common email clients and web browsers.

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Stuart Russell Graphic Designerdesign@stuartrussell.comwww.stuartrussell.com0770 614 7597

Information design

Debenhams ticketing and visual merchandising manualI created a typographic system simplifying new tickets in Debenhams ‘home’ departments. I then went on to design a ‘home’ visual merchandising manual – guidance for colours, typography and the photographic mood for in-store graphics.

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Stuart Russell Graphic Designerdesign@stuartrussell.comwww.stuartrussell.com0770 614 7597

Visual identity

Simon LewisA photographer well recognised by designers for his portraits, landscapes, annual reports and editorial work. He is also known, by other professional photographers, as a teacher and photographic printmaker with a wealth of knowledge about darkroom and computer image-making techniques.

I designed these typographic marks for Simon to identify photographic prints, film, cards, posters and his stationery.

A crafted craftsman’s identity.

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Stuart Russell Graphic Designerdesign@stuartrussell.comwww.stuartrussell.com0770 614 7597

Visual identity /Information design

Liberty Living on facebookI worked with the Marketing team and an external Social Media Consultant to design and develop a complete facebook presence for the brand and for all 43 student residences.

We designed Liberty Living branded facebook ‘apps’ and gathered and input images and information onto facebook pages to give the brand a professional and consistent look.

Once launched we provided content and guidance for Residence Managers who were coached by the Consultant and supported by us to engage with student residents and the wider world of facebook.

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