Ben Eldridge
Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details

Date of birth

12 July 1977

Address

10 Lionel Road, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 2TD

Tel

07865 076810

Email

Web

Skills Profile

  • First-rate attention to detail
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Code-level knowledge of web programming, including HTML, CSS, PHP and JQuery
  • Extensive experience of filming interview footage and cutaways using digital cameras and editing together in Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Good working knowledge of using Adobe After Effects to create animations
  • Thorough understanding of DTP and four-colour printing process
  • Experience of dealing with printers and specifying job requirements
  • Extensive knowledge of computer maintenance/troubleshooting and experience of acting as technical support for colleagues with software and hardware issues, both macOS and Windows

 

Knowledge of the following applications:

Awards

December 2017

Marie Curie People Awards

Winner of the Leading in our Field award

November 2017

In-House Design Awards 2017

Winner of the Design for Good award for third party events

September 2017

Think Consulting Solutions Mystery Shopping

Fundraising for Marie Curie pack voted the best in the sector (first out of 22 charities)

Employment

2018 –

Senior Designer, Marie Curie

In addition to the responsibilities below I now approve all business as usual design work and deputise for the Design Manager on visual identity matters

 

2013 – 2018

Digital/Graphic Designer, Marie Curie

At Marie Curie I have worked on the design and production of a range of projects, including the Blooming Great Tea Party, third party events and the Fundraising for Marie Curie pack. I oversee projects from initial concepts all the way through to final, print-ready materials

Responsibilities include:

  • taking briefs from clients to establish the audience for the materials, the deliverables required and deadlines using a range of Adobe Creative Cloud packages to progress initial concepts through to completion
  • managing a complex workload that can include long-term projects, smaller jobs and everything in between, meeting often tight deadlines
  • liaising with colleagues across the organisation and with outside suppliers
  • filming videos using the in-house digital camera and editing them in Adobe Premiere Pro
  • updating video graphics to ensure they are in line with the Marie Curie brand
  • putting together animations using Adobe After Effects
  • producing graphics for digital channels including the Marie Curie website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the charity's blog

 

2008 – 2013

Freelance Graphic Designer

Work completed under the company name Bitmap has included:

  • website designs for Pitney Bowes, ABM Office, Catering and Mobility Supplies, Alto Office Supplies, SOS Office Supplies, Murcom Office Products, One to One Office Solutions and All Your Office Needs
  • banner designs for Pitney Bowes, Murcom and ABM
  • eBook designs for the Open University, Social Europe and Sonia Grant
  • email newsletters for Samson Office Supplies, Sweet William Designs and A-Z Stationers
  • publications for London Metropolitan University
  • design and production of Social Europe Journal

Responsibilities included:

  • advertising my services and finding new clients
  • getting brief from client, using this to determine appropriate designs for target audience
  • using Adobe Creative Suite to come up with initial designs
  • liaising with client over design, making amendments based on feedback
  • completing job to client's satisfaction

 

2003 – 2008

Production Editor, Ceramic Review Publishing

Main responsibility was Ceramic Review, the country's leading magazine of ceramic art and craft, but also produced a range of books, catalogues and other publicity materials

Responsible for:

  • Ceramic Review, a bi-monthly, 84 page, fullĀ­colour publication
  • design and production of a range of books and various promotional materials for the magazine and for the annual exhibition Ceramic Art London, including catalogues, leaflets and adverts
  • subediting all articles for spelling and grammar, writing headlines and leading paragraphs
  • designing all pages in QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign
  • drawing up schedule for each issue and dealing with magazine's printers
  • completing all pre-press, including Photoshop image editing, retouching and scanning
  • production of final PDFs, checking online proofs and supplying replacement PDFs as necessary
  • moving to PDF workflow, with all pre-press moved in-house
  • helping initiate and oversaw major redesign of the magazine

Training

January 2015

Transmedia Ltd

Advanced Adobe Premiere Pro

November 2014

Andy Kirk

Visualising data

February 2014

Media Training Ltd

Professional video camera techniques

Education

1998 – 2001

University of Warwick, Coventry

BA (Hons) Politics and Sociology, classification 2:1

1997 – 1998

Chichester College of Arts, Science and Technology, Chichester

2 A-levels: Sociology (A), Law (C)

1994 – 1996

Haywards Heath Sixth Form College, Haywards Heath

3 A-levels: Computing (A), Maths (B), Politics (B)

1988 – 1994

Warden Park Comprehensive School, Cuckfield

10 GCSEs: Science (A*/A*), Maths (A*), Business and Information Studies (A/A), History (A), English Literature (A), Geography (A), English Language (B), French (B)

Interests

Current affairs, technology, computing, architecture, photography, music composition, listening to music, filming and editing video, travel