Andrew Parson
Integrated Graphic Designer
Andrew Parson
Integrated Graphic Designer
Integrated graphic designer with experience of working across a variety of industries. Andrew has over 20 years of experience working as a graphic designer within various areas of design, from brand identity, print design and publishing, to digital design, UX/UI, website development and video/animation on-screen production.
Integrated graphic designer with experience of working across a variety of industries. Andrew has over 20 years of experience working as a graphic designer within various areas of design, from brand identity, print design and publishing, to digital design, UX/UI, website development and video/animation on-screen production.
Training
University of Hertfordshire BA (Hons) Graphic Design – (1st Class)
St Helens College, Merseyside BTEC HND – Graphic design
Withens Lane College, Wallasey BTEC ND – Graphic design
Deployment
2019 – Present
Hanson Zandi
Maidenhead
Digital Creative Director
2009 – 2018
Lush Design
High Wycombe
Senior Designer
2000 – 2009
High Wycombe
Senior Designer
2001 – 2002
Infantry Soldier
1999 – 2000
Redmond Keene & Tang Repro
Manchester
Junior Designer & Repro Operator
1995 – 1998
3rd and 1st Battalion
22ND Cheshire Regiment
Infantry Soldier
Honours
Art & Design
D&AD New Blood Awards 2018
Wood Pencil Winner – Burger King
Waltons Trophy – Best Art Student: Blacon Arts College
Sport and Leadership:
Duke of Edinburgh Award: Bronze and Silver Sports Leaders Award
Military:
3rd battalion, 22ND Cheshire Regiment: Infantry Training Course 39 – Best recruit
Rank: Lance Corporal
Altcar North West Shooting: 2 gold medals
Bisley NRA Shooting: 7 Gold and 1 Silver medal
Disciplines
Key Skills:
Software:
Adobe Creative Suite:
InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop,
Acrobat, XD, After Effects, Premiere Pro,
Media Encoder, Audition
Other:
Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Web Designer,
cPanel, GitHub, FileZilla, Visual Studio Code
Print
Print Management
Brochures & Magazines
Branding
Packaging Design
Signage & POS
Illustration
Media and Web
Website development
WordPress – PHP, MySQL, CSS, SEO
Domain Management
Banner animation – Animated Gifs and HTMH5
HTML email
Video editing
Armoury
Latest work in my armoury