I am a principal lecturer and designer, with extensive professional experience in the fields of publishing, design and advertising.

I currently teach on the BA (hons) Advertising and Branding Design and BA (hons) Graphic Design courses in the School of Art and Design and am an external examiner for an international design academy.

I oversee the running of the in-school design internship and publishing enterprise, Guildford Street Press, which has a focus on engaging in enterprise and employability initiatives and workshops for the School.

Employment history

Senior Designer / Art Director for:

• design studios
• advertising and marketing agency
• book publishers

Lecturer in Visual Communication and Typography:

• University of Derby
• Kent Institute of Art

Responsibilities at UOB

Portfolio Leader for the Art and Design Undergraduate provision
Course Leader for BA (Hons) Advertising and Branding Design

Publications

University of Bedfordshire Conference 2016 Presentation: Integrating working and learning: How Guildford Street Press is addressing the changing needs of art and design employability skills

University of Bedfordshire Conference 2015
Workshop: The Digital Artefact

Design work featured in publications:

• Walton R., The Big Book of Typographics 2, Harper Collins
• Poyner, R., Typography Now Two: Implosion, Booth-Clibborn Editions
• Engaged Magazine Video Issue

Contribution to publications (interview):

• Spin 360 (2016) Unit Editions, London:
• Engaged Magazine, Video Issue

Design work featured in journals:

• Creative Review
• D&AD Annual, Taschen
• Design Week
• Creative Technology
• I.D. (International Design)
• Wired

Exhibitions

Graphics RCA: 50 years (2014)
Kosmopolis, International Literature Fest
LUX arts agency collection: project archive
British Artist’s Film and Video Collection: project archive
V&A editorial collection: project archive