1. ROSS
DALZIEL
PERSONAL STATEMENT
I’m a highly motivated and competent Designer/Artworker,
with over 19 years’ professional pre-press experience in the
design sector.
I’ve worked with award-winning companies on various
platforms, ranging from commercial print stationery,
digital web advertising, corporate identities and marketing
materials, packaging & glass graphics, to brochure,
magazine and national newspaper production.
I’m looking for the right opportunity to utilise my vast
expertise and knowledge, and my ultimate career goal is
to assume a role which allows me to interpret design briefs
and successfully communicate them to clients in a clear and
exciting manner.
CV
Marketing Designer/Artworker
Newmarket Holidays, Worcester Park, Surrey
(March 2008 – April 2014)
Achievements and responsibilities:
• Produced digital artwork and original design for
brochures and marketing material
• Personalised tour brochures for Disney & Thomas Cook
into our house style
• Produced artwork for large mailshot marketing campaigns
sent out to over 85,000 customers
• Created display advertisements for national press
newspapers (e.g. Daily Mail, The Guardian) using
templates/style sheets
• Improved images with careful photo-editing and
enhancing for print and web use
• Created and checked print-ready products for press
Artworker
Newsquest London, Watford Branch, Hertfordshire
(May 2007 – January 2008)
Achievements and responsibilities:
• Designed & typeset display advertisements for
national press
• Gained valuable time-management skills in busy
department, regularly meeting deadlines for 14
weekly newspapers
• Created design material for internet advertisements
KEY SKILLS
Creative thinker with a meticulous
attention for detail and accuracy
Sound knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
and Microsoft Office programs
Proven experience of working to tight
deadlines and delivering multiple projects
in a high-pressured environment – both
individually and as part of a team
Excellent communication skills and adept
at liaising with internal and external
clients at all levels
Proven ability to interpret project information
from concept to final print
ROSS DALZIEL
Flat 8 Cliveden House
2 Windsor Road
Worcester Park
Surrey KT4 8EJ
07786 151569
rossjdalziel@hotmail.co.uk
www.rossdalziel.com
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Graphic Designer
Festival Republic, Covent Garden, London
(February 2016 – Present)
Achievements and responsibilities:
• Creating various music festivals marketing artwork,
including artist line-up posters for large scale print &
web formats, animated & static web banners, print
adverts for national press and magazine production
In-House Design Executive
Money Advice Service, Holborn, London
(April 2015 – February 2016)
Achievements and responsibilities:
• Designed high quality marketing and communications
materials for the business from inception to completion
• Provided guardianship of the brand design
guidelines and house style
Packaging Designer (freelance)
LSA International, Sunbury, Middlesex
(August 2014 – October 2014)
Achievements and responsibilities:
• Worked with the Product Development team to
prepare the packaging graphics for new launch
• Dealing with complicated cutter guides, creating
artwork for various shaped packaging

2. CV
ROSS
DALZIEL
EDUCATION
Aberdeen College of Design, Scotland
HND Graphic Design
(1995 – 1997)
Passed all Higher National units with Merit,
including computer-aided design, graphic design,
screen-printing and magazine design.
National Certificate Access Course
Art & Design
(1994)
Completed 18 modules in my foundation course,
including photography, graphic design, technical
drafting & illustration, desktop publishing
and typography.
Anderson High School, Lerwick, Shetland Isles
Higher Grades (1992)
Art & Design, English, History
Standard Grades (1990)
Art & Design,
Technical Drawing,
English, History,
Chemistry
VOLUNTARY WORK
Graphic Designer
Brighter Steppings, Barking, London (June 2014 – August 2014)
Designed promotional materials, mobile app design layout,
and other publicity resources for current projects.
Brighter Steppings is an award winning social enterprise that
focuses on developing educational programmes for young
people and pioneering projects that have a social impact.
Graphic Designer
Urban Youth, Old Street, London (May 2014 – July 2014)
Designed stationery, posters, flyers and annual reports.
Urban Youth is a not-for-profit organisation devoted to improving
young people’s lives through a wide range of constructive,
motivating and engaging youth work programmes and activities,
helping to raise young people’s aspirations and encourage
improvement on their life chances.
REFERENCES
References are available upon request.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Acrobat
QuarkXPress
Microsoft Office
HOBBIES & INTERESTS
Graphics, Illustrations, Typography, Photography,
Drawing & Sketching, scrapbooks, exploring London
galleries & museums, live comedy, cinema
FURTHER INFORMATION
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/ross-dalziel/94/810/3b0/
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (CONTINUED)
Graphic Designer
Shetland Times/Litho, Shetland Isles, Scotland
(July 1997 – September 2003 &
April 2005 – January 2006)
Achievements and responsibilities:
• Interpreted design briefs and created graphic
design work for company brochures, corporate
identities, stationery, posters, books & calendars
• Designed advertising material and page layouts
for newspaper and magazine production
• Improved high-resolution images with careful
photo-editing and enhancing
• Delivered film-slide, flatbed and drum scanning
project work
Junior Designer
Art Machine, Shetland Isles, Scotland
(April 1997 – June 1997)
Achievements and responsibilities:
• Created graphic design work for company
brochures, corporate identities, stationery,
posters, books & calendars