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Craig Brown

Craig Brown

Graphic Designer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Web design, video, marketing, started as digital designer in 1986

  • Education

    • Metro Screen

      2010 - 2011
      Interactive Digital Media VFX Cert IV

      Activities and Societies: Kino, Cinema-Rover Using After Effects, Premier, Maya, FCP and Motion to create motion graphics and interactive digital media.

    • Small Business Management Cert IV

      2013 - 2013
      Cert IV Small Business Management

      Activities and Societies: Screen Australia Small business management.

    • TAFE

      2003 - 2005
      Cert III IT and computer maintenance.

      Activities and Societies: Kino Syndey Film Group IT, coding

    • University of Technology, Sydney

      1992 - 1993
      BA Communications (deferred after 2 years study) Philosophy of Culture, Film

      Activities and Societies: Radio Journalist at 2SER Communications

  • Experience

    • Gas Graphics

      Apr 1986 - Feb 1987
      Graphic Designer

      Desktop publishing, typesetting, dark room. I was originally employed as a computer programmer but quickly adapted my role to graphic designer and pioneered the use of a computer in a traditional graphic design studio.

    • Geoffrey Rowe Advertising

      Mar 1987 - Dec 1988
      Graphic Designer

      Finished art and typesetting with a Mac, traditional paste-up and darkroom.Pioneering the use of the Mac in an established advertising company as well as continuing to learn all aspects of traditional graphic design.

    • The Village Scribe

      Jan 1989 - Dec 1992
      Art Director

      Finished art, concept and design for a wide variety of clients.

    • P&I Publishing

      Jan 1994 - Dec 1994
      Art Director

      Design logos, colour catalogues and magazines. Manage a small art team. Manage production on all printed materials. I took over many of the company managers tasks and succeeded in improving company processes.

    • Babylon Creative

      Jan 1995 - Dec 2004
      Art Director

      Print and web design for clients such as Fuji Xerox, NRMA, Seiko. Peter Verwer, CEO of the Property Council of Australia said “Craig, more than any other designer has created a look to distinguish us from the pack of boring industry associations”.

    • Sony DADC

      Jan 2005 - Dec 2006
      Graphic designer

      Creating artwork for a variety of media such as billboards, buses, posters, magazines, newspapers, product packaging and stationery. My achievements included successful creative pitches to Twentieth Century Fox Films.

    • Sensis

      Jan 2007 - Aug 2007
      Art Director

      My main achievements were creating a solid and engaging look for a health and lifestyle magazine as well as leading a team of designers to meet challenging deadlines. My other tasks included directing photographic shoots and creating an advertising classifieds production process.

    • Breakout Design Print Web

      Jan 2008 - Apr 2011
      Art Director

      Design and production of books and magazines and other print media such as banners, billboards, etc. Corporate branding. Project managing web design and email campaigns. Social media strategies. Video for web. VFX, Adobe After Effects, video editing, DVD mastering.

    • Design-Kink

      May 2011 - now
      Art Director

      Graphic design, web design and video.WWW.DESIGN-KINK.COMAvailable now for design projects.

    • Foxie Web Design

      Jan 2018 - now
      Art Director

      https://foxiewebdesign.com/Craig Brown been building and hosting websites since 2011 as Design-Kink, a boutique visual design studio. In 2018 I rebranded as Foxie Web Design to focus on the web design, marketing, hosting, SEO and maintenance side of our design service.

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Designer

      Issued by Social Design Sydney on Aug 2013
      Social Design SydneyAssociated with Craig Brown