Stephen Trott

Stephen Trott

Design & Production Account Manager

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    UX Designer

  • Education

    • Eastbourne College of Art & Technology

      2001 - 2003
      BTEC Graphic Design
    • Hastings College of Art & Technology

      2000 - 2001
      Foundation Graphic Design
    • St Richard's RC School

      1992 - 1999
    • University of Lincoln

      2003 - 2006
      Batchelor of the Arts Graphic Design
  • Experience

    • Clear Channel Outdoor

      Sept 2006 - Apr 2010
      Design & Production Account Manager

      ClearChannel Create delivers groundbreaking innovation in Outdoor Advertising and I was fortunate enough to work on exciting projects for some of the world’s best recognised brands including Disney, Unilever, Calvin Klein, 20th Century Fox & Castrol.My creative role developed to include account management, pan-European project management, print trafficking and design consultancy for creative agencies, media specialists and brands.

    • Self-employed

      May 2010 - Sept 2013
      Freelance Designer

      Freelance print and web design services for companies and private individuals in London and the South East.

    • Bertie & Bean

      Sept 2011 - Apr 2012
      Design & UX Co-Founder

      I Co-Founded 'Bertie & Bean' an online children's clothing exchange that graduated from the inaugural year of Tech Incubator - Oxygen Accelerator, taking the business from a rough idea to a 6 figure funded and launched product in 6 months.In my role as Design & UX Co-Founder i was responsible for the branding, identity, tone-of-voice and media output. I developed the web interface and played a pivotal role in the design of the business mechanics, financial model and customer value proposition.We came 3rd in the London Tech-Entrepreneur Week competition and made the finals of Seedcamp London in the same month, covered by The Guardian. Show less

    • Cronofy

      Sept 2013 - Jan 2014
      Branding and UX Designer

      Responsible for Brand & Interface Design for One Diary App. A Start-Up Developing a tangible and fluid way to schedule your diary.I developed the company's brand ID, designed their mobile first web interface and built the brochure website, taking the company to Beta launch. Adopting lean methodology and agile development working remotely with a small team of developers and working with tools such as intercom.io, google analytics, trello & mailchimp for data driven development and user management. Show less

    • White October

      Feb 2014 - Jun 2014
      Interaction Designer

      I joined White October as an interaction designer and worked closely with their developers to deliver a range of branding and websites for in-house and client events, Nominet's cyber assist service and UI/UX improvements to existing client web products in their agile development environment.I also designed and produced a range of in-house marketing materials and helped with the organisation of JQuery UK.

    • OXFORD VAPOURS LTD

      Sept 2014 - Jan 2022
      E-commerce Lead

      Set up >£1m pa, end-to-end, multichan e-com service. Branded company. Played key role in development of UK best selling e-liquid brand. Managed marketing, packaging, internal services and business development projects. Set up warehousing. Team leadership & training.Woo | Shopify | Adobe | Affinity | Google Suite | Mailchimp

    • Ohm Boy Premium E-Liquids

      Mar 2017 - Jan 2022
      Art Director

      Small team made one of the best and longest selling product ranges in the UK across major distributors, pushing the boundaries on flavour pairings and creating a new genre in sophisticated fruit flavours whilst leading a gender accessible aesthetic in a male dominated market.

    • Ascendum Solutions

      Jan 2022 - now
      UX Designer

      Improving User Experience, Interface and Interaction design for a range of digital products for Ascendum's client base. Currently working on a healthcare product suite which services 1 in 9 Americans.

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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Stephen Trott
      3rd place - Tech Entrepreneur Week 2012 Tech Entrepreneur Week Aug 2012 Finished in third place in the inaugural Tech Entrepreneur week awards, London. Got to meet Jimmy Wales. That was cool.
    • Awarded to Stephen Trott
      SeedCamp Finalist 2012 SeedCamp Apr 2012 Finalist of the 2012 SeedCamp Start-Up Accelerator.
    • Awarded to Stephen Trott
      Speaker - D&AD 'Newblood' D&AD Sep 2007 Got to speak to a big group of grads having been commended and found my feet in industry the previous year. Was really hung-over & swore too much. Hopefully still sold the dream.
    • Awarded to Stephen Trott
      Winner - 'Create Prize' - ClearChannel Student Design Awards Adshel Student Awards Dec 2006 I won an internship at ClearChannel for a tongue-in-cheek Ad for Budweiser. They made it permanent after 6 months and i stayed for the best part of 4 years. Good times.
    • Awarded to Stephen Trott
      Commendation - D&AD Student Awards D&AD Jan 2006 Received a commendation from the D&AD for an anti-smoking creative in the category of advertising. Got to go to a fancy dinner but was a bit pissed i didn't get a pencil.