My name is Christian David Smith, I am happily married to Laura and we have two young sons named George and Ted. I have always had a passion for the arts and a strong appreciation for great design.
I studied Multimedia Design & Digital Animation at Cumbria Institute of the Arts, where I achieved a First Class Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honours.
With nearly 20 years experience, I continue to take great pride and satisfaction from the projects and brands that I work on.
Whilst working in the Design industry, I have worked on the following brands:
Unilever, ABInBev, Bentley, Coca Cola, Royal Mail, Nokia, Microsoft, London 2012 Olympics, Nestlé, Birdseye, Captain Birdseye, Cadbury, Budweiser, Air Malta, Britvic, Ideal Standard, Vodaphone, Royal Bank Of Scotland, Barclays Bank, HSBC Bank, Nat West Bank, BAE Systems, HM Revenue & Customes, British Government, Aldi, Julius Bär, Walls Ice Cream, Purina, Post Office, Zurich Insurance, Xstrata, British Airways, Morrisons, Arcelor Mittal, Wizz Air, Europa League, SCA, Lil-Lets, Kronenbourg, Prestige Ticketing, Nespresso, Merck, Pure Gym, Hellman’s, United States Army, American Airlines, Brandme, Sainsbury’s, Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference, Hub Zero, Blossom Hill, Strongbow, Rugby World Cup 2015 & 2019, Fosters, KFC, Logic, Marsden’s Pedigree, Russian Standard Vodka, Zain, National Volleyball League, Psion, Yezz, Milupa, Organix, Merchant Gourmet, Simple, Famous Grouse, Burger King, Help For Hereos, Malaria No More, Oasis, Capri Sun, Café Rouge, Risso Gallo, Jordans Cereals, GM Motors, The Law Society, Wasa, FutureBrand, English Football League, Europa Football League, Champions Football League, Fifa, Meeras Holdings, Flora ProActiv, Andrex, Jersey Tourist Board, Libresse, Dulux, Lipton Tea, Guinness, Smirnoff, Fortnum and Mason, Bernoulli, Hasselblad, Willies Cocoa, Virgin Pure, Tetley, BP, Huggies, Wunderman Thompson, Kelloggs (Corn Flakes, Crunchy Nut Cornflakes, Frosties, All Bran, Coco Pops, Muesli, Kraves, Rice Krispies etc) Lindt Chocolate, Walkers Crips and numerous campaigns on and off air for ITV Creative.
My Skills
I have an in depth knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign software, producing multidisciplinary brand assets for Branding, Packaging, Corporate, Advertising, TV & Media, Web and Digital projects.
I am confident creating technically correct artwork files, ensuring the design intent whilst managing the print expectation.
I can work creatively, implementing design intent across a wide variety of formats freeing up valuable designer time.
I have excellent imagery skill and can work on a wide variety of imagery, from basic retouching and colour correction, to high end image manipulation.
I am very conscientious and throughly check all of my work, (colour separations, colour mode/profile, resolution, dimensions and making mockups etc) to ensure that everything is correct before release.
Experience
SHELTER – LONDON
Freelance Production Artist
December 2019 – Ongoing
BULLETPROOF – LONDON
Freelance Production Artist
November 2019 – November 2019
LANDOR – LONDON
Freelance Production Artist
June 2019 – October 2019
DESIGN BRIDGE – LONDON
Freelance Production Artist
May 2019 – May 2019
INTERBRAND – LONDON
Freelance Production Artist
April 2019 – April 2019
LANDOR – LONDON
Freelance Production Artist
July 2018 – March 2019
ITV CREATIVE – LONDON
Freelance Production Artist
February 2017 – June 2018
DESIGN BRIDGE – LONDON
Freelance Production Artist
March 2017 – March 2017
BRANDOPUS – LONDON
Freelance Production Artist
December 2016 – December 2016
DESIGN BRIDGE – LONDON
Freelance Production Artist
June 2016 – December 2016
FUTUREBRAND – LONDON
Senior Production Artist
September 2006 – May 2016
BREWER RIDDIFORD / BRANDME – LONDON
Production Artist
June 2002 – September 2006
COMMERCE MEDIA – CARLISLE
Web Designer
August 2001 – May 2002