Stuart Ford

Experience

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  Fairfield Hotel

  Jul 2008 - Jan 2018

  Lifeguard
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  Preacher Rock Band (First Album - Signals)

  Apr 2013 - May 2013

  Freelance Graphic Designer

  Signals - Preacher Rock - Ayrshire’s Melodic Rock Band - Album Artwork, CD andBooklet Design. This was his very first freelance opportunity and his first first experiences in creating bespoke work for a client.

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  The Unexpected Artist

  Jul 2014 - Jan 2018

  Freelance Graphic Designer / Curator

  The Unexpected Artist Gallery/Exhibition – Managing and running day to day operations. Designing: Gallery branding, Posters, Flyers, Lanyards, Business cards, Gallery Window stickers. Working within the TUA Gallery broadened his knowledge of branding within a small company, learning different skills and putting them into action to brand the gallery as well as all of its in gallery signage. Curated the gallery space, keeping the Gallery looking fresh and ever changing.

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  Commissioned Sculpture

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  Freelance Sculpter

  Commonwealth Inspired Sculptures – Commissioned artwork – This project was particularly difficult as the client lived in Dubai, giving him 7 days to create this unique commonwealth sculpture which was successfully completed within deadline to the client’s satisfaction.

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  Freelance illustrations

  Aug 2014 - Nov 2014

  Freelance Illustrator

  Illustrating – Scottish characters for comic / low budget animation, short film, working alongside the client to bring his creative idea to life. Working closely to get the background to the characters.

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  Preacher Rock Band (First album - Signals) re-design

  Mar 2015 - Apr 2015

  Freelance Graphic Designer

  Liaison with the rock group Preacher for Album artwork, CD and booklet design. Working alongside the band to create the ideal graphics they wanted to illustrate their music. Through this process I learned a lot about layout of album artwork as well as dimensions for print including bleeds.

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  Commissioned Artwork

  Apr 2015 - May 2015

  Freelance Graphic Designer

  Barkley James Harvest Song, Commissioned artwork - Liaising with client, working to a tight deadline specified by the client, changes requested during the design process, this experience has helped him develop his client management skills.

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  Commissioned Scultpure

  Jul 2015 - Jul 2015

  Freelance Sculpter

  Alice in Wonderland Book Sculpture – Commissioned artwork. Working to a tight deadline specified by the client, along with making the sculpture unique to the client.

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  Preacher Rock Band (Second Album - Aftermath)

  Mar 2016 - Apr 2016

  Freelance Graphic Designer

  Liaison with client and proposing design specifications for the album design, artwork, CD and booklet design for the group Preacher. Creating all original artwork, text & layout within the album.Through this process keeping close client relations as this is a returning client.

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  Foundation Scotland

  Jul 2016 - Aug 2016

  Freelance Graphic Designer

  Foundation Scotland employed my freelance services to finalise a design from competition to creative a new logo for Benarty Community Funds (B.C.F) Developing the winning logo to a finished professional level.Creating three logo variations for Foundation Scotland to choose from.

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  NATS

  Jan 2018 - now

  Air traffic control assistant

  Air traffic control assistant within NATS Prestwick centre. Working within the operations room delivering services across the UK.My secondary role within Ops as a “Watch Operations Safety Role”(WOSR) up holding safety standards within the support staff on watch.