Mark Walters

Curriculum Vitae & Work Samples

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Mark Walters
Curriculum Vitae
Contact Details
Email/ whereswalters@hotmail.co.uk
Phone/ +44 (0)78 1244 8860
Website/ whereswalters.com
About Me
My name is Mark Walters, I’m a 24 year old
Graphic Designer from Sutton-in-Ashfield,
Nottinghamshire. I have just finished working
at Blue Nectar Design (Feburary 2011). And
have been freelancing since then. I completed
my BA(hons) in Graphic Design course at the
Lincoln school of art & design (LSAD) in July
2010. I am a keen typographer and specialise
in print based design but I enjoy working
on all aspects of design and wouldn’t want
to narrow myself just to these fields. I have
recently worked on website design at Blue
Nectar and learnt some basic knowledge of
CMS Systems (Wordpress).
Qualifications
BA(hons) in Graphic Design - 2.2
BTEC National Diploma in Graphic Design -
D.M.M
7 GCSE’s A-C including A in Art & Design
Software Skills
Can work with both Mac and Windows
computers. I have developed a excellent
understanding of Photoshop, InDesign &
Illustrator. I also have a basic knowledge of
HTML & CSS, using Flash, Dreamweaver
CMS Systems (wordpress & Cargo Collective).
As well as having a basic knowledge of using
After Effects.
Achievements & Exposer
Emerge 2010 - London Design Festival,
exhibited at the cube in London during the
London design festival and also got a poster
on show on the London Underground.
Awarded D&AD - In Book
For the LBi project shown below.
SH! Awards 2010 - Short-listed for final.
Featured on This is Duty, Point & Anchor,
D&AD Student Awards, LSAD Graphic
Design SHOWTEN Websites.
Packaging Design work featured on
Lovely Packaging & The Dieline
Also work has been featured in DRUM 2010
and Online Magazine Cut-Click Magazine.
Experience Work Placements
Blue Nectar August 2010 - February 2011 Linney Design - July 2010 (2 weeks)
Worked at Blue Nectar Design Consultants Worked within a 60 strong studio helping out
as a Junior Designer working on mainly with different projects from in house designs
alcohol packaging design. I also worked on to live projects.
branding, stationary sets, magazine layouts,
promotional materials, research concepts
for Molson Coors, website design and other
packaging concepts. Working here gave
me the insight into the design working
environment as I was also attending meetings
with clients and keeping the website and
company profile up to date. I gained a better
understanding with the adobe software from
working with it on a daily basis. This helped
with according time to individual projects and
my overall knowledge of the software.
Freelance Graphic Designer 2009 - present
Have been a freelance designer since in my
second year at university and have had a few
different clients designing logos, posters and
mostly promotional material.
University of Lincoln Mid 2007 - July 2010
I worked for the university of Lincoln as part
of student crew for 3 Years, I worked within
the Marketing Department doing Summer
schools, school visits, open days , UCAS
events and graduation events. Also I worked
within the office on the university system
database to send out mail merges, university
information, input data and generally help If you’re interested in finding out more, have
out with everything. I used my design skills any questions or just fancy a chat please
to do in house design work such as tickets, don’t hesitate to get in touch.
poster’s and presentations for the department
when needed.
Flatterland
Flatterland is a book written by Ian Stewart, the brief was
to Re- design the book to make it more interesting and
engaging to read but still in a conventional way. I made
a series of newspapers that broke down the book into 7
separate newspapers with Monday — Friday containing
2 chapters and Saturday and Sunday both containing 4
chapters completing the full book of 18 chapters. The
newspapers that where type set are Monday & Friday and I
have made the front cover for each days newspaper so you
can view them as a full set.
On the back of each issues there is a full list of each days
chapters and a website link for if you miss any of the issues
and want to order them online so you can guarantee you
can get the whole collection.
LBi - Lost Boys International
Our concept for the L.B.i was to create a visual display
made from words which we applied to the letters of
the company. The words we used make up the large LBi
letter forms. Each word can be then teared off from it, and
put into a set of three to be used to send as business cards
to LBi clients making up a funny/weird random message.
It offers a large variety of meanings and words can be
swapped and changed to suit.
The letterhead design shows how the words make up the
much larger LBi image, this image shows how the large
letter forms could be used as a possible display feature
within the offices at LBi.

D&AD Student Awards 2010

Awarded In-Book
KINK Magazine
Kink; A magazine for the student generation, aimed at
giving an insight into the world of 5 students and the
cultural world they both worked & played in. Showcasing
aspects of life that are new and interesting, Kink is a
statement of intent: to be bold, full of attitude & to have
the confidence for an audience who exudes those qualities
& more.

Magazine contains
Stone In Shoe - Look into Parkour
Lost Tunes - Looking at how CD’s can tell stories but there
lost from damage of scratching.
Penny for a Thought - A short manifesto of random stories.
Dance with the devil - Fashion shoot of shoe’s
taking control.
New talent- Looking at a illustrator, designer, artist

Printed on silver 150gsm for cover, GFSmith Colourplan

Candy Pink 135gsm for inside booklet & GFSmith
Colourplan Brilliant white 135gsm.
Derby Brewing Company
Whilst working at Blue Nectar I worked on the re-brand
and re-labelling of a local brewery called Derby Brewing
Company. The client wanted a totally new label range
designing and the branding to be re-designed but still
have elements of the ram as this is a key icon for Derby.

The new design uses vibrant tones to stand out on shelf

with there being a lot of different ales on market. There is
also a raised varnish on the front label that adds tactility
and gives the label that extra stand out.

The Derby Brewing Company are currently in the process

of expanding their ale range world wide and increasing
their presence in the off trade.
Clear Coach
Whilst working at Blue Nectar I worked on the branding & website of
Clear Coach - business coaching

Clear Coach provides professional one-to-one coaching to corporate leaders

and business owners.

The Director of Clear Coach, Steve Kennedy had a strict colour palette within
which he briefed us to work, the three central colours from within the rainbow.
The brand identity had to be modern and clutter free, with a website which he
was able to easily amend and update via a WordPress based CMS.
Mark Walters
Curriculum Vitae & Work Samples
Email/ whereswalters@hotmail.co.uk
Phone/ +44 (0)78 1244 8860
Website/ whereswalters.com
Thank you.
This is just a selection of my portfolio.
If you would like to see more, please visit my
website or alternatively contact me for a
portfolio viewing, Thanks.
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