EXPERIENCE SKILLS EDUCATION www.darren-russell.com [email protected]818-268-9537 Queensland Rugby Union (2012 - 2014) Multimedia Graphic Design Coordinator Key Duties Manage projects and a designer developing Electronic Direct Mail (EDMs). Design high quality, large scale print publications such as Annual Reports, Season Guides, Match day programs and other marketing collateral. Prioritize and manage multiple projects at a time. Create and implement design guidelines. Coordinate weekly EDM distribution including newsletters and advertisements. Develop and maintain websites utilising web technologies JavaScript, CSS, HTML and PHP. Learn new skills and technologies as required to support company objectives. John Wiley and Sons (2010) Freelance Graphic Designer Bachelor of Creative Industries, Majoring in Communication Design. Awarded December 15, 2009 with Distinction. G.P.A: 5.875. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland. Achievements OP 1 and DUX of Morayfield State High School. Member of internationally recognised Honour Society Golden Key; this was obtained when I was recognised as being in the top 15% of my degree. REFERENCES Upon Request Queensland Rugby Union (2012) Multimedia Design Intern Jacob Bailey (2015) Freelance Graphic Designer Key Duties Do design work for clients including Flow Energy, Ryan’s Insurance and BT Wholesale as required. ESPN (2015 - Present) Designer Key Duties Create advertising mock-ups for the sales team Design advertising materials across all mediums including web banners and print Create wire frames for the development of new pages on ESPN.co.uk Autonomously manage workload and deadlines Created Rugby World Cup infographics and stats for social media Right Formula (2015) Freelance Graphic Designer Key Duties Produce sponsorship proposals and complete any general design requirements of the organization. Worldwide Online Printing (2010 - 2011) Full-time Graphic Designer DARREN RUSSELL GRAPHIC DESIGNER PRINT DESIGN PS ID AE AI WEB & DIGITAL DESIGN HTML & CSS JAVASCRIPT
Queensland Rugby Union (2012 - 2014)Multimedia Graphic Design Coordinator
Key Duties Manage projects and a designer developing
Electronic Direct Mail (EDMs). Design high quality, large scale print
publications such as Annual Reports, Season Guides, Match day programs and other marketing collateral.
Prioritize and manage multiple projects at a time. Create and implement design guidelines. Coordinate weekly EDM distribution including
newsletters and advertisements. Develop and maintain websites utilising web
technologies JavaScript, CSS, HTML and PHP. Learn new skills and technologies as required to
support company objectives.
John Wiley and Sons (2010) Freelance Graphic Designer
Bachelor of Creative Industries, Majoring in Communication Design. Awarded December 15, 2009 with Distinction.G.P.A: 5.875.Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland.
Achievements OP1andDUXofMorayfieldStateHighSchool. Member of internationally recognised Honour
Society Golden Key; this was obtained when I was recognised as being in the top 15% of my degree.
REFERENCESUpon Request
Queensland Rugby Union (2012) Multimedia Design InternJacob Bailey (2015)
Freelance Graphic Designer
Key Duties Do design work for clients including Flow
Energy, Ryan’s Insurance and BT Wholesale as required.
ESPN (2015 - Present)Designer
Key Duties Create advertising mock-ups for the sales team Design advertising materials across all mediums
including web banners and print Create wire frames for the development of new
pages on ESPN.co.uk Autonomously manage workload and deadlines Created Rugby World Cup infographics and
stats for social media
Right Formula (2015)Freelance Graphic Designer
Key Duties Produce sponsorship proposals and complete
any general design requirements of the organization.
ESPN Let’s Go Euro 2016As part of a trade marketing promotion, ESPN offered participants the chance to win a brand new Vespa or tickets to the 2016 Euros. All they had to do? Take a photo on the Vespa and tweet it to the hastag “ESPN Lets Go Euro”. The campaign was a success and had plenty of people tweeting their photos. This created the opportunity for the ESPN sales team to have valuable conversations with key players at the advertising agency’s the Vespa visited. I was responsible for creating the artwork used on the backdrop and promotional material.
Below is a few examples of my work from throughout my career. These illustrate the many skills that I posses, but if you would like to see anymore, please visit my portfolio at www.darren-russell.com.
TO SEE OTHER EXAMPLES OF MY WORK, VISIT: WWW.DARREN-RUSSELL.COM
130 Year ExhibitionQueensland Rugby celebrated its 130th anniversary in 2013 and as part of the occasion, an exhibition was held at the Museum of Brisbane. Artwork was done for significantpieces of Queensland Rugby’s history including information on the Premier Rugby competition, 2011 Super Rugby Championship and British & Irish Lions tours. There was also a piece done detailing key events during its 130 year history. I created all of the artwork for this exhibition and enjoyed the challenge of creating artwork forapublicspace.Aftertheexhibitionfinished,all of the artwork was then hung throughout Ballymore Rugby House as a permanent reminder of Queensland Rugby’s history.
Sales mock-up for Beats by Dr.DreA large part of my job at ESPN was to work closely with the sales team to produce advertising mock-ups. The sales team uses the mock-ups that I create to demonstrate to potential clients how their advertisements might appear on ESPN’s websites. To the left is an example mock that I created for a Beats by Dr.Dre sales proposal. In some cases I also created suites of banners for use on websites for clients and ESPN’s marketing team.
Stage Production Game DemoStage Production is a 2D platformer puzzle game made with the Unity3D game engine. The main character can exist in two worlds; happy and twisted. The player must use this ability to solve puzzles and complete the scene. During the production of this demo my main roles were programmer, character creation (modelling and texturing) and promotions assistant. VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/7360355
