Callum Speirs
Graphic design student
Peterborough
Phone – 07722427369
Email – callumspeirs04@gmail.com
I have a level 3 UAL (University of London Arts) diploma in graphic design from my studies at Stamford college from 2020 to 2022. I am currently in my second year of my 3-year studies for my BA HONS in graphic design at UCP. I have been studying graphic design for a total of 4 years now and have worked on multiple projects including live briefs with clients working and presenting to them in person several times. This has progressed my creative skills as well as my professional skills in communicating and presenting.
Once I have achieved my degree in graphic design, I want to pursue a full-time graphic design job that allows progression for me to aim higher and develop myself as a designer throughout my career. I have a passion for editorial design, specifically independent magazine design, however I am aware this a path I will have to work towards by gaining design experience within a company.
I am naturally a very artistic individual who enjoys arts and music, this influences my design as I tend to be quite an experimental designer in both my methods and materials used, I enjoy working physically as well as digital and am well skilled in both to be able to combine these medias into authentic final designs. I have a vast knowledge of designers, design styles, art styles and pop culture that I can reference and link throughout my design work. Some of my biggest inspirations/influences are designers such as Chris Ashworth, David Carson, Paula Scher, Matt willey as well as styles such as Swiss Grit, Bauhaus, Grunge, Postmodern Abstract Expressionism… All these different artists/designers/styles/methods have influenced me and allowed me to develop my own design stylisation.
Key Skills
· Very well experienced in Adobe Indesign/Photoshop/Illustrator/Dimensions
· Experienced in Adobe Premiere Pro/ XD
· General IT Skills
· Very Knowledgeable of graphic design and its history/ tyles/ designers
· Very creative and artistic
· Very Experienced in using practical methods such as Paints, lino, Letraset…
· Confident in presenting to clients
· Skilled in communicating to clients and fellow designers
· Very Experienced in packaging design/editorial design
· Aware of ethical and political subjects that may appear within certain design
· Experienced in media from media study gcse
· Experienced in advertising
· Good use of the English language spoken and written
Education
University
Working at a merit/distinction in BA HONS Graphic design
College
Level 3 Diploma Graphic design UAL – Merit
School
English Language = 6
Mathematics = 4
History = 5
Art and Design (Fine Art) = 6
Creative Media IT = Level 2 Pass
Media Studies = 5
Experience
· Created design for NHS Peterborough hospital
· Created design for Oakham ales
· Created and presented designs to members of the RHS for a project involving them
· Created 2 illustrative backdrops for a robin hood production at the key theatre
· Created album cover design for a college music band
· Spent 4 years studying under Philippa wood, a graphic design tutor with vast experience in the design industry
· Created a series of designs for the Stamford college party in the car park that will be used in June 2024
· Have worked a part time retail job for 3 years
Extra-curricular
I am an outgoing individual who always wants to learn, thrive, and most importantly enjoys attaining and developing new skills, evidence of this would be the following:
· Often stayed after work hours assisting tutors in advertising Stamford College to future students and their families i.e., interacting/ open evenings and campus tours
· Tutored a year one graphic design student while studying in my second year at college
· Had graphic design work created by myself outside of college projects used in the Peterborough City Hospital
· Self-developed high-level understanding of computer software
· Professional level of illustrative techniques developed personally
· Enjoy developing my practical design methods such as swiss grit
· Subscribed to stack for monthly independent magazines for design inspiration
· Key Member of the “Arts’ club in secondary school
· Self-taught, both electric and acoustic guitar
· Art based reading, currently reading “the poetics of space” by Gaston Bachelard
· Have been practicing physical drawing since I was 6 and can now create realistic portraiture as well as expressionistic abstract art pieces
Personal
I am calm and relaxed individual with a true passion for graphic design with many interests and hobbies that commonly relate to design. My passion for arts and music helps my creativity flow within my own experimental design stylisation that I incorporate into every piece I create.
Reference
Following details for reference available on request
Pamela Mairs
Level 3 Graphic Design Course Coordinator
Stamford College
Drift Road
Stamford
PE91XA
01780 484300