Design
I am a senior level creative designer with more than twenty five years experience, specialising in brand communications, corporate reporting, campaigns and infographics. Each of these project executions is fully underpinned by strong understanding of strategy, business models and deeper content issues
Skills
– Concepts, design and art direction
– Scamps and visuals
– Photography and moving image art direction
– Fluent in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
– Client presentations
– Managing and mentoring a design team
I’ve also taught design and communication – predominantly at Camberwell College of Art in South London – on both the BA and FDA Communication Design courses
Illustration
Alongside my design work I am a keen illustrator and image-maker, examples of my collage editorial images can be found here
email dave@davebreen.plus.com
2017 to date
Freelance senior creative designer including three years at Conran Design Group
2010 – 2017
Design Director at SampsonMay, a corporate brand communication consultancy. Responsible for managing designers and running projects. Taking responsibility for overseeing design output as well as working on day-to-day design projects at a senior level
2008 – 2010
Full time senior designer at Morning, a brand design company in Clerkenwell. Responsible for concepts, design application, client liaison, selection and briefing of photographers and illustrators, co-ordination and direction of photoshoots, print management of litho and digital. Clients include Body Shop, Centrepoint, Galliano and Curve Theatre
2003 – 2008
Freelance work at senior level at various agencies including SAS, Identity, Navy Blue and Fitch. Teaching at Camberwell College of Art on FDA and BA Communication Design courses
1994 – 2003
Partner at graphic design consultancy, Push. Clients included BFI, Emap, MTV, Orion, Pan Macmillan, Random House, Riverside Studios, Sony Music and Watershed