ANDREW HARVEY
www.harvdesign.co.uk 1
85 Portnall Rd. London. W9 3BB
020 8968 9909 – 075 2518 2361 (mobile)
ah@harvdesign.co.uk
Profile
Highly experienced web designer (11 years commercial experience) specialising in custom built,
client defined sites and advertising campaigns. Current role as sole designer at Media Ingenuity
involving site design, maintenance and CSS coding, banner advertising and managing
freelancers. A year in New Zealand also led to working for web development company Zenago,
again as their sole designer, managing the individual needs of the client while always considering
technical considerations, deadlines and budget. Previously, a successful move to freelance web
design in London led to work for high profile clients such as the BBC, AOL and national magazine
company Hearst Digital (Cosmopolitan magazine among many other publications).
Employment:
Mid 2008 to date: Lead Web Designer at Media Ingenuity, London
Lead designer, managing freelancers, working closely with directors, marketing & tech teams
Site maintenance and work on new sections for www.totallymoney.com (design and CSS)
Interactive display advertising banners in flash (some XML driven) & HTML emails
Build of WordPress sites www.totallymoney.com/news and www.mediaingenuity.com
Maintenance +additions +Google Maps on WordPress site www.totallymoney.com/sailmike
Mid 2007 to Mid 2008: Web Designer at Zenago, Auckland, NZ
Sole designer working closely with project manager and company director
Custom web sites built precisely to client requirements (design and some CSS templating)
Logo design and branding for Visiweb, Cutty Sark +initial ideas for Zenago Group
Zenago and Cutty Sark magazine ads, billboards and exhibition posters
www.zenago.co.nz - www.thefishingshow.co.nz - www.visiwebpro.com
www.continentalcarservices.co.nz - www.mazdanew.co.nz - www.sarahlaurielifestyles.com
www.cuttysark.co.nz - www.isovalve.co.nz (full site to launch) - www.autronix.net.nz (re-skin to launch)
Late 2005 to mid 2007: Successful move into freelance web design
Design of the Prima magazine website for Hearst Digital / Nike advertorial microsites in flash
Various projects at the BBC including pitches for new shows and microsites
Co-branded web design work for Camelot (The National Lottery)
Further work at Teletext involving big brands such as British Airways on Teletext Holidays TV
www.hearstdigital.co.uk - www.prima.co.uk – www.msn.co.uk/lottery
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Employment continued:
2000 to 2005: Senior Designer at Teletext
Design and build of Teletext Holidays on free-to-air television
Development of xml driven holiday offer advertising across all services (web and television)
Leading designer on recent services such as Teletext Cars & Shopping (Sky / Freeview)
Re-brand across 10 interactive television services including ITV and C4 interactive
Promoted to lead other members of the team on interactive services: free-to-air, satellite and
cable television. This led to moving onto extensive involvement on the Teletext Holidays web site
specifically building dynamic microsites often with xml driven holiday deals as well as related
work on promotional graphics for these and other sites. As a senior designer there was a need to
manage the expectations of the Sales and Marketing departments regarding promotions,
branding and client requirements.
1997 to 2000: Designer at Teletext
Recruited to join as a Graphic Designer to take part in the design of interactive services on free-
to-air and satellite television from the ground up. Later work on cable television included
invaluable web based experience as it was all internet based.
www.teletextholidays.co.uk
(Teletext on Sky TV Interactive or text button on free-to-air ITV and Channel 4)
1996 to 1997: NPI Office Administrator / Freelance work
Qualifications:
Degree:
1993-1996: BA(Hons) Degree in Art & Design
Other courses 2003/4:
2 day intensive course in InDesign
3 day intensive course in Advanced HTML & XML
2 day intensive course in Director
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Software and technical knowledge:
Graphics software Coding Languages
Photoshop CS3 HTML / CSS / PHP / XML / Actionscript
Illustrator CS3 Lingo (Director)
InDesign CS3 MHEG (Terrestrial Television)
Fireworks CS3
Flash CS3 Other relevant technical knowledge
Dreamweaver CS3 Accessibility / Browser awareness
Homesite+
Director MX 2004
Other Interests and Activities:
Racing for a London club in British Cycling Federation events around the southeast, a French
federation race in the Cote d’Azur and events in New Zealand such as the K2 and Bauer
Hamilton to Auckland. This interest also led to branding and print based work for the London club
including a team magazine.
Referees:
Media Ingenuity
(contact details available on request)
Danny Sunkel
Company Director / Founder – Zenago, Auckland, NZ
Having worked with the company director as well as the sales and technical teams at Zenago,
Danny was very positive about my work and will be happy to recommend me.
(contact details available on request)
