Donn Maguire

Experience

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  Richer Sounds Audiophiles

  Jun 2001 - May 2002

  Sales Manager
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  Final Vinyl

  Mar 2004 - Jan 2005

  Sales Manager
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  Pixelapes

  Mar 2005 - Jun 2015

  Partner / Creative Director & UX Designer

  PixelApes was a full-service design and development company that I co-founded and ran for 10 years. During this time we successfully delivered a host of exciting projects to a range of international clients that spanned the fields of graphic design, web design, & development, user experience design & content creation services. As the creative director, it was my responsibility to conceptualise, design and deliver a range of digital and print products through fastidious planning and project management, detailed research and consultation with the client to fully understand the requirements and intricacies of each project.---NOTABLE PROJECTS:• Website design, development & hosting for Ireland’s Joint Consortium on Gender Based Violence – partner organisations include Action Aid, Oxfam Concern, Irish Red Cross, Irish Aid & The Irish Defense Forces.• Motion graphics & title design on video series for World Vision & EU.• Infographic design for UNICEF.• Print design & publication of tertiary prospectus brochure for Institute of Art Design and Technology (IADT) Digital Incubation Center.• Interactive web application & online game design for Heineken Europe. Show less

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  Donn Maguire

  Jul 2015 - now

  Digital & UX Designer

  I work closely with my clients to ensure communication strategies enhance and reflect the organisations' values. I design and build innovative, well researched and user friendly websites and campaign materials to heighten the exchange of information and for effective outreach.I undertake a communicative and collaborative approach to creating complete design packages from concept to delivery, implementing communication strategies in a context-relevant manner that engages directly with the intended audience.---NOTABLE PROJECTS:• Motion graphics & title design for UNTSO (UN) – two video products to mark 70 years of this United Nation’s peacekeeping / observer mission.• Web design & WordPress customisation for UNIFIL (UN) - interactive multimedia web page highlighting the work of this UN peacekeeping mission.• Identity design, branding and website design for National Treasure, a digital archiving film & web project in conjunction with RTÉ (Ireland’s public broadcaster).• Survey report design & production, infographics & identity design on year-long European Union / IDEA (Irish Development Education Association) project with six European partner organisations. Show less

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  Cambridge University Press & Assessment

  Jul 2015 - Jun 2016

  Digital Learning Consultant

  I worked directly with the digital content management team to facilitate the conversion & digitization process of the entire catalogue of printed text books produced by Cambridge University Press. I was involved in creating the guidelines for the conversion process from analogue into cross platform interactive digital ebook formats. I was also responsible for overseeing the quality assurance procedure to ensure that the conversion process of all titles had been executed to the expected level. Show less

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  UNICEF

  Sept 2019 - now

  • Technical Product Consultant

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Digital Communication Specialist

    Jul 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Communications Consultant

    Sept 2019 - Jul 2021