Tony B Anderson R E S U M E
Tony B Anderson R E S U M E Name: Tony Anderson Address: 13 Woodfield Drive East Barnet EN4 8PE E-Mail: tony@buginthesystem.co.uk Telephone: +44 7 805 815 572 Citizenship: British S T A T E M E N T O F I N T E N T I am a graphic designer, illustrator and teacher. I have a particular interest in publishing and educational media. Along with developing my skills in the workplace I would continue to develop my own book and design projects. G O A L S To continue towork on educational media and publication design projects To continue to create cutting edge illustration projects To work towards the video and animation space Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S A N D A B I L I T I E S Graphic designer and illustrator Web designer Mac operator/artworker Stills animator Writer and artist Qualified primary teacher PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES New Zealander now living in London Enjoys bikes, craft beer, and sketch books Sense of humour, great workmate E D U C A T I O N Victoria University (Wellington, NZ) - Graduate Diploma of Teaching (primary) - completed 2012 Massey University (Wellington, NZ) - Bachelor of Design - completed 2001 S K I L L S Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba, Tokyo D E S I G N E X P E R I E N C E Branding for small businesses from creation of logo, to website to print material and ongoing corporate communications In-house agency experience assisting with pitches and then working on design briefs for clients ranging from government departments to theatre companies alongside senior designers Layout, design and creation of corporate documents such as annual reports and theatre programmes C O M P U T E R S K I L L S a d v a n c e d Flash Illustrator Photoshop Freehand InDesign Dreamweaver i n t e r m e d i a t e Garageband After Effects ActionScripting Blender 3D Premiere Pro HTML and CSS web coding (Windows, MS Office and Mac proficient) E D U C A T I O N Primary school teacher and EAL teacher Instructional designer Classroom resource design Design tutor I L L U S T R A T I O N Freelance illustration Illustrations for New Zealand schools text books Editorial illustrations and cartoons for magazines D E S I G N Design for web and print Interactive web design for news websites Graphic design for corporate communications 2
E M P L O Y M E N T Sept 17 Current Mar 06 Ongoing June 13 Sept 17 Mar 10 Nov 10 Oct 07 Aug 08 Apr 07 Oct 07 Feb 06 Feb 07 Feb 06 Mar 07 Twinkl Educational Publishing Twinkl is a leading educational publisher with a wide subscription base of schools, teachers and parents. Graphic Designer Creation of National Curriculum based learning materials including worksheets, interactive powerpoints, display material, exam and assessment materials. Work collaboratively alongside writers, editors, illustrators in a deadline-driven and fast-paced environment. Freelance and Contract Illustrator and Designer (various) Freelance interactive designer for Stuff.co.nz creating the Cold Case feature series, Pike River Remembered and Christchurch Earthquake Memorial. In-house contract Mac operator/designer for L.V Martin & Son, working on their press ads and inhouse displays Illustrator of children s stories, plays and mathematics text books for Learning Media in multiple publications including the School Journal series Editorial illustrator and cartoonist for publications including monthly lifestyle magazine Wild Tomato Freelance web design, graphic design and brand design for small and medium businesses, including Senate Communications, Brownie and Associates, Todd Insurance, The Alchemist and Niagara Green Interiors Cromer Road and The Hyde Primary Schools Year 1 and Year 3 Primary school teacher KS1, KS2 and early years teacher at Various North London schools Stotts Cengage Education (contract) Editing and writing distance learning materials Instructional design Nelson Mail (contract) Graphics and photolitho graphics operator Pre-press photo adjustment and conversion Editorial graphics and diagram illustration Nelson City Council (temp) Working as part of a small team converting the council s building records and its property database from paper to a digital format. The Alchemist Design and Print Ltd Designer and mac operator in a design team working on projects for clients including the Ministry of Social Development, Downstage Theatre and Transparency International Graphic design and typesetting Concept development and branding Illustration Flash design and animation Wellington High School Adult Community Education Tutor, web page creation and html coding course Development of course material Tutoring and mentoring of students R E F E R E E S Available on request YIP! Let s talk about YOUR next project (And let s make it beautiful!) 3
T R A V E L + W O R K Edinburgh, Scotland - Administration in the Banking and Insurance Sectors Munich + Berlin, Germany - Au Pair and Hausmeister (Building maintanence) London, England - Beer Keg Delivery Man - Maintenence Man - Electricians Assistant - Council Refuse Worker Tokyo, Japan - English Teacher Taipei, Taiwan - English Teacher Bangkok, Thailand - Assembley Instructions Designer * NOTE - Many of these working travel experiences are not listed under EMPLOYMENT in this resume Margaret River, WA, Australia Dishwasher Wee Waa, NSW, Australia - Cotton Chipper Wellington, New Zealand - Designer & Illustrator - Teacher B O O K S & E V E N T S B O O K S Weirdo Bizarre (children s book, work in progress) Writer and illustrator (Part funded by Creative New Zealand) Amazing Alphabetical Adventures (children s book) Writer and illustrator (Published in 2007 by Random House NZ) Kommerist Party Manifesto Writer, book designer and illustrator, self published (university final year project) Mad Cow Circus Writer, book designer and illustrator, (self published) E V E N T S New Zealand Post Book Awards Festival (May 09) Children s cartooning workshops, Nelson Development of activities and sole presenter of workshops Wellington International Arts Festival (Mar 08) Alphabetical Adventure session for children Sole presenter of workshop for children centred around the alphabet and my book, Amazing Alphabetical Adventures W H A T E L S E...? A R T I S T I C Screen printing Sketchbook doodling Wordsmithery and writing Animation Book design and binding O T H E R H O B B I E S Cycling Travel Gardening 4
P E R S O N A L S T A T E M E N T Hello, I am Tony and this is my resume. I am a designer, author, illustrator and teacher. I have a wide variety of skills, here is a list of potential vocations on a full time, contract or freelance basis. Designer/art worker (freelance, full time or contract) Book designer Web designer/animator Illustrator Animator (2D) Arts/design educator (all ages) Visual designer for interior design and architecture Writer and thinker Best regards, Tony B Anderson 5