*mediumpace is the online portfolio of Midlands based User Experience and Graphic / Web Designer Barry Tavernier.
This portfolio shows selected work from the past few years. Download My CV
[ Employment ]
Senior Creative Web Designer
Next Head Office, Enderby
Profile: I am Senior Designer and creative lead for next.co.uk. I work on all aspects of GUI, incorporating useability, research and user testing into my designs. My main role is future developments which involves finding solutions for incorporating new technologies and new projects into next.co.uk and sub sites. As Senior Designer I head up a team of 4, managing my teams daily activity and mentoring junior designers.
july 2007-present
Creative Designer
Outlook Audio Visual, Northampton
Profile: working in all areas of design as well as conferencing, my time is split: 20% conferencing / powerpoint creation; 20% print; 60% new media / web development.
august 2005-july 2007
Web Designer
SWISS-IMC, Bangkok, Thailand
Profile: developing flash elements and coding for websites.
august-september 2004
Creative Designer / Application Developer
SATRA Technology Centre, Kettering
Profile: working in all areas of design first 2 yrs in print, then moved into new media and web development. I line managed web team and was responsible for planning and delegation of work.
2000 - august 2005
Student Union President (sabb)
Falmouth College of Arts, Falmouth
Profile: I was the main student representative. My duties included: liaising with the college on behalf of the students; arranging social functions; line managing elected student officers and controlling the finances of the SU.
1998-99
[ Industry Knowledge ]
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| Photoshop Image Ready Quark Xpress InDesign Fireworks Illustrator Acrobat |
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PHP MySQL MS SQL XML ASP.NET 2 Dreamweaver HTML CSS |
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Flash ActionScript Director PowerPoint |
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[ Education ]
Aspire Management course
SATRA training programme
Kettering
2003
BA (hons) Graphic Information Design
Falmouth College of Arts
Falmouth
1995-98
GNVQ Level 3 Adv. Art & Design
A-level Art & Design
Harrow Weald College
London
1993-95
7 GCSE’s A-C
William Gladstone Community School
London
1988-93
[ Interests ] Basketball | Snowboarding | Swimming | Kickboxing | Reading | Travelling | Drumming | Climbing
[ Personal Information ] Full driving licence: yes
Marital status: single
[ Achievements ] > RLSS Pool lifeguard qualification
> Higher brown belt in Wu Shu Kwan
> Travelled Australia for 7 months alone (1999-2000)
> GNVQ work published in
Designing Magazine
> 1st place in Tae Kwon Do
tournament1998
> Drummer in Monkey Truck
> Singer in Lost Tapes