BIO
I am an early career researcher, I have spent the last ten years building and running a small multidisciplinary studio as well as developing a career in FE & HE education. My specialist area of research and practice is editorial design, branding and book arts.
I currently work at the University of Salford in Manchester and attend Northumbria University in Newcastle where I am a funded PhD candidate.
EXPERIENCE
Graphic Design Studio Demonstrator
University of Salford 2017 -
Course Leader Graphic Design
Wakefield College 2016 - 2017
Course Leader Graphic Communication
Newcastle College 2015 - 2016
FE & HE Lecturer Art & Design
Newcastle College 2013 - 2015
Technical Demonstrator
Foundation Art & Design
University of Sunderland 2012 - 2013
EDUCATION
PhD Communication Design
Northumbria University
January 2021 - January 2024
MA Communication Design
University of Salford
Distinction, Awarded September 2019
PGCE Art and Design
Teeside University
Merit, Awarded September 2015
BA Hons Graphic Design
University of Sunderland
1st Class, Awarded July 2011
EXHIBITIONS
Third China International Postgraduate Art Conference
Speaker & Exhibiting Researcher
China Academy of Art
Shanghai Institute of Design - Nov 2019
Full Time Basis - MA Art and Design
University of Salford New Adelphi - Sep 2019
Ghosts of the Restless Shore
Space, Place and Memory of the Sefton Coast
Contributing Designer
The Atkinson Gallery Aug – Nov 2015
The Resilience of the Wild
Contributing Designer
Customs House as a part of the Festival of the North East - 2013
Their Colours and Their Forms: Artists Responses to Wordsworth
Contributing Designer
Dove Cottage (The Wordsworth Museum) - 2013