Paul Brazier – Curriculum Vitae

Pre-press employment

Letters Editor

The Argus
Crowhurst Road
Brighton BN1 8AR

A number of clients went out of business owing me money. It proved impossible to replace them so I took part-time work in the pre-press department of the local paper to tide me over

When the letters editor position fell vacant, I was offered the job. However, I found I missed design work immensely and a significant change in my circumstances recently has meant I have been able to return to my real love – design

Freelance

Built several large web sites for artist and writer friends and, after the demise of Interzone, launched Quercus-SF, a new way of presenting fiction on the web and in print.

Completed a project in 2000 for International Airport Business on their 400pp+ full-colour illustrated technical guide, Airports, Airlines, Airplanes

Produced Crime Time magazine until it ceased print publication and went on-line only and 127 Gazette, the newsletter of The Cavalry and Guards Club until a bean counter became chairman

Senior Designer

Mercury Asset Management

33 King William St, London EC4R 9AS

Design-led the Group’s R+A before take-over by Merrill Lynch. Designed and produced an eight-colour book, Strategic Asset Management, which describes Mercury’s financial philosophy incorporating 73 graphs

Input design ideas and practical feedback for Mercury’s web site. Designed and produced full colour marketing brochures and report and accounts for several different funds, and the company’s internal newsletter, Bridges (now Bullseye).

Oversaw and implemented corporate visual identity and produced all printed stationery. Initiated migration of all literature to electronic media via PDF. Specified and installed all Macintosh equipment in use. Recruited more designers (department was six strong). Set up full archiving, back-up and disaster recovery system.

Design Manager

Merlin Publications, Hove

Designed and produced Merlin’s national newstand magazine, Home Business, and their subscriber-only title, Capital Success, from home. As the company expanded, moved in-house.

Specified, acquired and installed a complete Macintosh studio. Interviewed and appointed designer/operators to use the system. Launched Merlin’s new national newstand title, Your Business.

Devised and implemented workflow system both within the computer network and physically within the office.

Diamond Graphics,
Clerkenwell Green, EC1

Freelance
Various Macintosh-based assignments

Sub-editor, technical author, graphic designer and typesetter on an ad-hoc basis for clients ranging from Dorling Kindersley and Sterling Publications to local design associates Hill Rae Smith.Worked on the national daily newspaper ad campaigns of B&Q, MFI, and Wickes. Designed, wrote and produced two manuals for computer programs from scratch. Published own magazine, SF Nexus

Typesetter

Central Southern Typesetters, Hove

General jobbing typesetting, with particular in-house service to Bridgewater Design working on coffee-table books

Typesetter/Assistant Studio Manager

City and Guilds, Britannia St WC2

Complete in-house origination service for C&G, including all syllabus pamphlets and exam papers

Before I became involved in pre-press, I had many other jobs, but was never unemployed for more than three weeks, and even held down part-time jobs while studying for my degree

I spent a year in Sudan teaching English to sixth-form girls

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