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RICKY CHARALAMBIDES

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adxlch@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.rickycharalambides.co.uk/

EXPERIENCE

Junior Designer - Work Placement

Shotopop

March 2021 Hackney, London

• Assisted in the design of a large animation project designing Characters and background Imagery using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Evolving from sketches to final outcomes using the brief and the visual language within the studios identity. This involved joining Anime/Manga Characters with Japanese Typography.

• Involved in Feedback sessions and team meetings to identify strengths and weaknesses of projects. How to proceed and act on responses for and my own, developing how to act quickly and responsibly as a designer and teamworker.

Graphic Designer/Administrator

Just Eat.co.uk

2012 - 2017 Borehamwood, Herts

• Designing and amending Restaurant logos using Photoshop, dealing with around 70 logos per day.

• Feedback and support with the Graphics/Marketing departments to improve the execution and quality control of the Graphics.

• Ensuring the website runs as expected, designing the menu so it is fixable, illegible and easy to navigate, typing, designing and arranging around 5-7 new menus a day. Adding allergen information to 12,000 online menus as part of a safety Project.

• Taking control of projects, gathering data and reporting to the tech teams for system development.

• Customer Service, building and maintaining relationships with restaurant owners via telephone and email. Branching out to site visits, events and exhibitions.

• Training starters on Adobe Photoshop, back end system operations and Zendesk.

EDUCATION

Bachelor Degree

Illustration & Animation

London Metropolitan University

2018 - 2021

Foundation Diploma

Art & Design

Oaklands College, St Albans

2017 - 2018

A-Levels

- Art & Design

- Product Design

Hertswood School, Borehamwood

2008 - 2010

SKILLS

Visual Storyteller

Administration & Data Entry

Google Sheets, Microsoft Office,

Zendesk, Fast Typing, Proofreading,

Mac & Windows Literate

Teamwork & Communication

Customer Service, Creative and

Punctual Writing, Email and Telephone

Literate, Public Speaking,

Idea Generation, Presenting

Motion Graphics & Animation

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier

Pro, Character Animator, Animate CC,

Rigging, Adobe Photoshop, Clipstudio

Graphic Design & illustration

Rendering, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe

Indesign, Adobe Illustrator, Clipstudio,

Toonboom Harmony (Entry level)

Blender (Entry level)

Freelance Illustrator/Commission Work

January 2022 - Current

• Finishing backlogged Animation and Comic projects

• Zine and Group networking projects

• Organising, Photographing, Editing and Archiving old work

• Rebuilt Portfolio/Website

• Set up shop to sell my Artwork, Prints and T Shirts

• Commissioned Drawings, Tattoo Designs, Characters & Logo I’m multidisciplinary with skills and experience working within Illustration, Animation, Graphic Design, Administration, Customer Service and Operative Work. Further interests within the Arts, Literature and Music. Excited to work and evolve within a unique, active role and build relationships in a creative industry.

VOLUNTEER ROLES

Assistant

PDSA Charity

2012 Watford, Herts

• Maintaining the store room, organising donations, cleaning products, researching, pricing and distributing them onto the shop floor.

• Organising the shop floor, making sure items are in the right place.

• Store customer service - Till operation, logging and maintaining relationships with customers, delivery and postal services. Assistant - Work Placement

Reprint Graphics

April 2011 Acton, London

• Assisting in the design and feedback of graphics work.

• Maintaining workflow of orders - organising, scanning, printing, plotting, packaging and sending to clients.

• Displaying large work at client’s sites such as offices and shops, drilling, measuring and hanging pieces.

Kitchen Porter

Baxter Storey - EE UK Headquarters

September - November 2011 Hatfield, Hertfordshire

• Cleaning the main kitchen beginning and after shift.

• Washing pots, pans, utensils quickly after every use.

• Serving hot food to customers at lunchtimes for the office complex.

• Preparing food

• Carrying deliveries and food to each building.

• Making Sandwiches and displaying them in the shops.

• Cleaning plates from the restaurant conveyer system, cleaning Assistant - Stockbroker

TravelFX

June - August 2012 Hertfordshire

• Dealing with sales and customers over phone and email.

• Converting, counting, packaging and sending money to clients.

• Logging money transfer data into spreadsheets.

• Taking and recording deliveries from security vans. Assistant - Work Placement

Architects Corporation

February 2009 Watford, Herts

• Assisting in the organisation of Architectural drawings.

• Gained working knowledge of CAD Software.

• Setting up files for print

• Printer maintenance

• Scanning, cutting and filing drawings

RICKY CHARALAMBIDES

Visual Storyteller

I would love to express my interest in this position. I’m multidisciplinary with experience working in Illustration, Graphic Design, Administration, Customer Service and Manual Roles. Seeking to evolve within a unique, active and hands-on position where i can gain valuable knowledge, work within a team and build relationships. After spending time undertaking freelance, fulfilling personal projects and selling artwork. Direct cable systems interests me as being a hands-on, active role where i can gain knowledge and practice about technical equipment. As a detail orientated person i’m fascinated by how things work and learning specifications of components. It would also be interesting to learn aobut the business side and how these are implemented also.

My most detailed experience would be my time at Just Eat - initially a Administration with Data Entry role fixing website menu errors and applying allergen safety information to the Menus requiring a good eye for detail. Typing and designing whole Restaurant menus from the printed menu and dealing with incoming requests for updates through the back end system using the correct coding and language. Customer Service, via Telephone, Email, Face to Face meetings at Restaurants and building up relationships with the Restaurant owners and Departments to be a trusted point of contact. Liaising with the Tech Development teams and frequently set up meetings, leading, organising and reporting projects to improve the system we used. Incorporating tasks and liaising with other Operations Departments, Customer Service, Tech and Graphics Departments on a daily basis. With the Graphics department i reported Logo improvements and relaying Data for further quality control. This led me on to design and fix Restaurant Logos using Photoshop for the Website whilst balancing my other duties for the last 3 years there. Strong teamwork, open mindset and a sense of humour were a requirement of the day to day life here. I’ve extensively used Microsoft Office Package logging data on excel, creating powerpoint presentations. Further used Google Sheets to create presentations for meetings and projects. I’ve trained new starters on menu typing, processes, graphic layouts, logo creation with Photoshop and general Administration/Data Entry duties using back end systems. I also have valuable organisational skills whilst working as a Kitchen Porter which involved cleaning the Kitchen, Utensils, preparing food, delivering Food between Buildings, serving, waste disposal and maintaining machinery. Handling stress levels and balancing multiple tasks daily. Another role was at PDSA, where i would organise the donations, preparation/cleaning of items, researching, pricing and tagging the items. Shop floor duties such as organising the space, till duties and face to face customer service. I’m Mac and Windows literate and can figure out some tech issues effectively, i’m a fast typist, creative writer and talker with effective communication via face to face, telephone or mail. I’m proficient in Adobe Creative Software and have used every program to some degree. I can set up/organise files, operate printing, scanning and cutting equipment effectively. As a creative i’m a conceptual thinker injecting my personality into situations and ideas within my work ethic. I think outside the box aswell as finding ways to explore familarity. I like to play with experiences and be immersed within projects exploring multiple ingredients and building on ideas in a unique way. As a member of Comic Clubs i contributed to and helped organise Anthology and events across Universities, this improved my idea generation as well as collaborating and confidence. I have also helped to set up exhibitions, events, art shows and classes. I follow all areas of design and the arts, have a keen eye and am excited by different Movements, Music, Products, Interiors and Architecture. I enjoy researching and studying subjects to constantly better myself, never shying from new methods and ideas of working.

From these experiences i think i have what it takes to be a valuable member, i’m fun (i like to think), smiley energetic, genuine, honest, team orientated and helpful. I’m attracted to a role being a mixture of hands on, organisational, detail orientated and teamworking in an exciting positive company. Please check out my CV for more details, Linkedin, my Website/Portfolio for Projects and other work. Look forward to hearing from you

Ricky

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