ديفيد Mbiyu

I am a in house graphic designer at a travel trade company based in London. My role is part graphic design and part web development/ maintenance.
The work involves briefs, creating initial artwork to from the briefs to final presentation of print ready artwork.

● Design and production of e-flyers/ e-blasts, leaflets, quarterly brochures (20-56 page editions)
● Online database management for Southquaytravel.com
● Liaising with printers for quarterly brochure production and promotional material
● management of Southquaytravel.com, Airviceroy.co.uk (business) and Motours.co.uk
● Management of the the Southquaytravel.com mailing database of about 40, 000
● Web development for the group in liaison with an outsources team

I am a regular stringer for Demotix/ Corbis New/ photo agency, as well as Citizenside, Newsmodo and Alamy Stock Images.
The freelance work involves the following
● Photojournalism on freelance basis
● Using social media to promote my photography work
● Seeking news worthy stories for coverage, accreditation request, photography and filing the images via ftp

I also develop my own web portfolio/ presence which involves the following:
● Online database management application, design & integration
● Graphic design for web and print
● Video production of tv (Ben Tv on Sky) and youtube
● Web development (flash & dynamic sites running phpmysql)

Some of my photographic work has been published in the following publications: The Guardian, The New Yorker, Daily Mail, Spiegel Online, Evening Standard, The Week Online, Country Life Magazine, The Nation and The Star (Kenya), The Metro, The Star (Canada), Conde Nast Traveler, Global Voices Online, New African Woman, Svenska Dagbladet, Kristeligt-dagblad and The Sun (UK).

In house graphic designer of a 48 page weekly news magazine. The job included layout, image sourcing to production of print ready pdf files.
Other tasks included:
• Weekly website content update & technical support
• Online content management system for dynamic news website
• Photo archiving and sourcing from photo agencies ie AFP
• Events listing research for entertainment pages

The temporary position in the Education Welfare Department involved
• Data input for children in entertainment licensing and approvals
• Banking and managing charities funds
• Dealing with phone and mail queries

• Logo and graphics conception
• Static page layout presentation and research
• Promotional material conception and layout

• In-house advertising and backdrops for the cafe and Costa coffee
• Office administration. duties and banking
• Conducting training sessions