Simon Cole

Summary

Experience

• Cole&Co

  Owner / Design & branding consultant

  2010 - Current

  One-to-one consultancy providing creative direction, strategic design, digital artwork and print/production. Core competencies include: Identity creation & development, marketing campaigns, outdoor advertising, printed literature, online presence, branded collateral.

• Suburb Design Limited

  Co founder / Creative Director

  2003 - 2010

  Co-founded Suburb as a partnership with Phil Parker in Feb 2003. Recognising the significant contribution made to the business by Senior Web Developer Danny Daley, we invited him to join the board of directors when the company switched to Limited status the following year. Having established offices in the hearts of both London and Manchester during those 7 years - with up to 14 full time staff employed across both sites - Suburb has either secured or been instrumental in working on numerous high profile accounts, with many types of organisations and brands, most notably: Agent Provocateur, Premier League, Lulu Guiness, Bruntwood Estates, Manchester Pride, Sony Ericsson, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc, Manchester International Festival, Together Trust, Skinny Cow (R&R Ice Cream), Abbey Road Studios, ITV and BBC. In 2009, I took the option to sell my share in the company to set up my own design and branding consultancy (Cole&Co), leaving Suburb to pursue a business model that focuses exclusively on digital media projects.

• Various

  Freelance Design Director

  2001 - 2003

  Working with various NW agencies including A&NG, Barrat Dixon Bell, Race International, Thompson Design (Leeds), True North. Client projects included: Bruntwood Estates, Burberry, The Co-op Group, Design Yorkshire, Grosvenor Casinos, Imperial War Museum Manchester, Langtree Group, Reebok, Marketing Manchester, Moorhouses Brewery, National Starch Food Innovation, Ocean Spray, United Biscuits, West Yorkshire Playhouse.

• CSC

  Design Director

  2000 - 2001

  In house design department (Vybe). Clients included: BAE Systems, Sainsburys.

• Brown ID (now Enterprise IG)

  Senior Designer

  1998 - 2000

  Corporate and FMCG brands. Clients included: Coca-Cola, Levis, Mars, MB Games, Telewest, Unilever.

• Sonicon (now Traffic)

  Senior Designer

  1995 - 1998

  Predominantly music industry. Clients included: The Echo Label, EMI Records (Capitol, Chrysalis, Parlophone), Zomba.

• Intro

  Designer

  1994 - 1995

  Predominantly music industry. Clients included: EMI Records (Parlophone), Island Records, Telstar.

• Mainartery

  Designer

  1992 - 1994

  Predominantly music industry. Clients included: BMG (Arista Records), Cooking Vinyl, EastWest Records GmBH, Polygram International, Sony Music, Warner Music

• IP Design Associates

  Junior Designer

  1991 - 1992

  Traditional design & artwork studio (pre Apple Mac).

Education History

• BTEC HND Graphic Design

  Kent Institute of Art & Design (Medway)

  1988 - 1990

Clubs and Associations

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