Brendan Clarke

Summary

I am Brendan Alan Clarke, a designer, writer and artist from the UK. I founded (and run) a little design company called Visionary Scope and I also co-founded Cobalt Records.

I am the editor for the RSPCA Conventry Branch Newsletter and have worked as a journalist and reviewer for the popular PlayStation news site, PS3Vault, as well as for humour and satire site, FaceJolt.

Experience

• Creative Director at Visionary Scope

  Design, 0-10 employees

  April 2009 - present

  Graphic Design, Creative Direction & Business Managing.

  I co-founded the small design company, Visionary Scope and I am currently working with web developer, Stephen Speakman.

• MD & Designer at Cobalt Records

  Music, 0-10 employees

  July 2009 - present

  Graphic Design, Promotion & Organisation.

  Sound engineer James Morrell and I co-founded the independent record label which also hosts popular events regionally.

• Writer at PS3 Vault

  Writing & Editing, 10-50 employees

  November 2007 - February 2009

  Journalism, Writing & Reviewing.

Studies

• National Diploma in Design at Burton College

  College

  September 2006 - June 2008

• Level 2 Key Skill in ICT at Burton College

  College

  September 2006 - June 2007

• GCSEs at Granville Community School

  Highschool

  September 2001 - June 2006

Skills

I am punctual, well organised, hard working, keen to learn, able to manage and work with people and I am easy to talk to.

I am experienced in both traditional and digital art, design, photography and writing.

I am adept in Mac OS X, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Coda, CSSEdit, HTML, CSS, Apple iWork, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice and more.

Interests

I have a passion for design, fine art and photography and I am heavily design orientated and creative.

I am enthusiastic about video games and gaming. I also enjoy music (both composing and listening) when I am not reading, writing, wathcing films or working on personal projects or websites.