Experience

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2008 – Present

Freelance Senior Designer, London

Companies freelanced with during this period: Corporate Edge, Pauffley, Dragon Brands, Command Associates, SAS Design, Roundel Design, OceanSky, The Farm, Venture Three and Sampson May, Tangible Financial and The Partners.


Responsibilities include:

- Transforming brand strategies into creative platforms

- Building coherent, effective brand identities

- Developing print and online communications


Clients include:

• RIO TINTO

• Nakheel Corporation, Dubai

• Metso Corporation, Finland

  1. •BT

  2. •Royal Arabian, Bahrain

  3. •Cinven

  4. •Vodafone, Czech Republic

  5. •Third Way Magazine

• Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)

  1. •OSCE – Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

  2. •ST. JAMES’S PLACE WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP


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2005 – 2007

UffindellWest, London

Senior Designer

Responsible to creative director, translating brand strategy into valuable brand assets and communications for financial, technology and consumer sector clients.


Clients:

• Standard Life: Brand development / Retail and corporate communications / Employee engagement / Internal communications / Brand guidelines / Advertising / Environment

• Milk Development Council: Brand development / Identity development

• Sagentia: Brand development / Identity / Corporate communications / Environment /

Moving image / Internal communications / Editorial

  1. •RBS – Royal Bank of Scotland: Corporate literature / Advertising

  2. •UNIVERSITY OF KENT


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2005

Freelance Senior Designer, London

Companies freelanced with during this period: Fin International, The Team, RedStone Design, SheppardDay. Lead roles in the creation of identity and literature projects.


Clients:

• Guy Carpenter: Sub-brand creation / Corporate literature

• British Sugar: Corporate literature

• Asthma UK: Editorial design


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2000 – 2004

Oxfam GB, Oxford

Senior Designer

A key member of the wider team involved in rolling out and developing the new Oxfam brand. Collaboration with brand champions, departmental teams, and external agencies to build the brand internationally. Also responsible for generating innovative campaigning creative across all media.


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1999 – 2000

Grant Design, Ireland

Senior Designer

New business development and literature design for arts sector clients. Consultancy and creative projects for new community businesses in the co-operative development sector.


Clients:

• Arts Council for Northern Ireland

  1. •Orchard Gallery / Derry City Council

  2. •Cunamh Counselling & Support

  3. •Northern Ireland Co-operative Development Agency


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1999 – 2000

Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Ireland

Lecturer

Three-month tenure as lecturer on 2 year graphic design diploma course. Managing student engagement, delivery of project work to brief, workshops and student assessments.


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1998 – 1999

Grafica, Barcelona

Senior Designer

Responsible to creative director, working on brand development and editorial projects.


Clients:

• JOYCO Group: Brand development / Corporate literature

• Turisme de Barcelona: Editorial design


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1994 – 1998

Ideology

Designer

Identity, campaigns and literature design for clients in arts, health, charity, music, education and corporate sectors.


Clients:

• BBC Radio 3: BBC Proms rebrand

• Greenpeace: Editorial design

  1. •London Dance Safety: Drugs information advertising campaign

  2. •No Smoking Day: Advertising / Campaign literature

  3. •London Zoo: Corporate and retail communications

  4. •NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD

  5. •HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND




Education

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BA (Hons) Graphic Design, University of Brighton, 1993

Foundation in Art & Design, University of Ulster, 1990


Awards

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D&AD Silver Nomination

D&AD Student Commendation


Personal

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Nationality: Irish

Age: 39

Paul Gallagher  /  CV

Freelance Senior Designer

Brand & Communications