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Jason Simmons Portfolio
1. #5
» Lifestyle digital magazine for Made Up Media and Rio Ferdinand
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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2. #5
» Lifestyle digital magazine for Made Up Media and Rio Ferdinand
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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3. Rio Moshpit setanta spoRts
» Concept design of lifestyle » Digital magazine for Made Up Media » Digital media pack for Made Up Media
digital magazine for Made Up Media and Universal Music and Setanta Sports
and Rio Ferdinand
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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4. active!
» Launch design of fitness digital magazine for Made Up Media and Virgin Active
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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5. catflap
» Redesign of weekly football digital magazine for Made Up Media
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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6. catflap
» Redesign of weekly football digital magazine for Made Up Media
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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7. Golfpunk
» Art direction of unique sports lifestyle magazine for JF Media
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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8. Golfpunk
» Art direction of unique sports lifestyle magazine for JF Media
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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9. Golfpunk
» Art direction of unique sports lifestyle magazine for JF Media
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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10. MacuseR
» Art direction of fortnightly technology and design magazine for Dennis Publishing
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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11. MacuseR
» Art direction of fortnightly technology and design magazine for Dennis Publishing
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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12. JaGuaR RacinG
» Art direction of contract magazine for the Forumla 1 team and Haymarket Media Group
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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13. Goal!
» Art Direction of fortnightly football magazine for Haymarket Media Group
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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14. nintendo official MaGazine
» Art Direction of monthly games magazine for EMAP Active
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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15. stuff focus adobe photoshop
» Design of gadget magazine
for Dennis Publishing
» Design of science magazine
for Grüner and Jahr
foR photoGRapheRs
» Art direction and design of
Photoshop tutorial book
for Focal Press
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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16. the desiGneRs desktop coMpanion
» Author and Art Director of design tutorial book for Rotovision
Jason simmons award winning art direction and design
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17. Jason siMMons AwArd winning Art direction And design
over 15 years of experience working on magazines, corporate literature, books and design contracts.
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awards and accolades » consultant art director. August 2008 to present
» PPA Art Director of the Year Made Up Media, Brighton
Highly commended; 2001 and 2003 Design and art direction for a range of consumer and contract digital magazines.
» Magazine Design Awards Front Cover of the Year Clients include Virgin Active, Universal Music, Setanta Sports, Rio Ferdinand, and Keeley Hazel.
Gold; 2002 and 2003
» Magazine Design Awards Best Designed Magazine » art director, golfpunk. December 2006 to August 2008
Short listed; 2001, 2002 and 2003 JF Media, Brighton
» Association of Illustrators annual conference Champion the editorial design that sets the title apart. Explore fresh feature ideas and new ways to
Guest lecturer; 2002 present the content. Work closely with designers, illustrators, photographers and agents to get the
» Association of Illustrators Awards most from budgets and deadlines. Direct the full-time and freelance art team to produce a magazine
Judge; 2002 and 2001 considered to be an essential buy.
» University College for the Creative Arts
Lecturer, editorial design; 2006 » author and art director. July 2006 to January 2007
Rotovision, Brighton
skills Conceptualised, wrote and directed The Designers Desktop Companion, a tutorial led design book
» Art Direction Accomplished designer in editorial for print designers. Published in Europe and USA.
and corporate fields.
» Commissioning Experienced at working with » freelance art director and illustrator. July 2000 to present
photographers and illustrators. Design and illustration of magazines, books, promotional material and coprorate literature for
» Branding Understanding of product development KYN Publishing, Elsevier Press, EMAP, Future Publishing, Dennis Publishing and Creative Lynx.
within a market.
» Publishing Knowledge of publishing systems » art director, macuser. July 2000 to December 2005
and procedures. Dennis Publishing Limited, London
» Problem solving Skilled at using objective analysis
to reach the best solution. » art editor, Jaguar racing. January 2000 to July 2000
» Teams Experienced with recruitment, training Haymarket Publishing Limited, London
and motivation.
» art editor, goal! May 1999 to January 2000
technical Haymarket Publishing Limited, London
» Expert knowledge Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign,
Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat), QuarkXPress, font » art editor, nintendo official magazine. September 1997 to May 1999
management utilities, colour profiling, Mac OS 9 and X. » senior designer, focus. April 1997 to September 1997
» Proficient Microsoft Office, iLife Suite, » freelance art editor. January 1997 to April 1997
RealMac RapidWeaver. » art editor, the mac. art editor, pc zone. August 1994 to January 1997
» launch designer, internet and comms today. July 1994 to August 1994
» art editor, pc player. assistant art editor, control. May 1992 to July 1994
» staff writer, amiga action. May 1990 to May 1992