iamelliot design portfolio

Elliot Ross Résumé

Digital designer

Elliot has over 7 years experience of interactive design, both as a freelancer and in full time studio work. His main areas of expertise are in digital design and build, specializing in website and advanced email design. He's also interested in photography, social networking, typography and brand design.

Senior Designer at e-Dialog EMEA

October 2006 – present

Senior interactive designer on web and intelligent email marketing projects. Primary duties: designing & building email and web based projects according to best practice, meeting with clients & account teams, managing creative team workflow, providing guidance to the rest of the team, designing mockups and attending pitches. Specialist in multiple language support, relevant custom publishing, knowledge sharing (wiki), and developing future technology within email. Lead designer and brand guardian for British Airways, Nike, Boots and Sony Playstation. Delivered major award nominated creative projects for British Airways, Philips, Boots, BBC/Channel 4, Sony Playstation, Nike, Tesco and RBS Group.

Designer at The Storm Digital Ltd.

May 2006 - September 2006

6 month contract at boutique design agency. Major projects: design & prototype build of large internal online app & Global Asset Management site for UBS bank, brand design for Newtons Organics juice drinks and site design for IntelligentGiving.com.

Interactive Designer at Halpern Cowan Ltd

May 2005 – May 2006

Interactive designer at a full service advertising agency, designing and building digital work for a wide range of clients, including: ebookers, Malmaison, Urbium/LateNightLondon, Cambridge University Press, Tamares.

Interactive Designer at Hyena Ltd

June 2002 – September 2002

Summer contract as interactive designer at a full service design agency, working on projects for the BBC, Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Urban Futures.

Freelance Design & Development

1999 – present

Various short term contracts for creating and updating a wide range of websites, email campaigns and printed flyers. Clients include: The Union of Brunel Students, London United, Invincible Magazine, Salisbury Pubs Group, Peter Collyer Arts, Wiltshire Online, Calne Music & Arts Festival and Fitness Therapy UK.

Digital Skill Sets

Software

Extensive knowledge

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Dreamweaver
  • Fireworks
  • Homesite

Also has experience

  • Flash
  • FTP
  • InDesign
  • SSH/Telnet

Languages

  • XHTML/CSS
  • Javascript
  • PHP
  • XML
  • Optimized email code
  • Wiki code

Standards

Aware of the issues surrounding accessibility and usability.

Transferable Skills

  • Able to work without supervision
  • Good with clients, deadlines and budgets
  • Communication: written, verbal, visual
  • Can work as part of a multi-skilled team
  • Able to use PC & Mac