mark vasey

I am a Freelance Graphic Designer and Illustrator. I grew up in St. Albans and studied Art and Design at Ware College and Bournemouth University.

With 25 years experience I have obtained a wealth of knowledge and a variety of skills, and possess excellent technical skills in design for print, 3D, art-working and illustration.

2022 Mar – 2023 Nov: Caring commitments

2021 – 2022: Piccadilly Greetings – Illustrator, Designer
Greeting card designer and illustrator, creating cards from illustration to print.

2020 – 2021: Freelance Designer & Illustrator

2018 – 2020: Commerzbank – Senior Graphic Designer
Producing corporate design work for internal clients, financial publications, corporate brochures, print deliverables, ads, photo re-touching, interactive PDFs, HTML mailers, exhibition stands, and meticulous adaptation of the brand guidelines. I also introduced 3D graphics to Commerzbank.

2015 – 2018: Credit Suisse – Senior Graphic Designer
I was the sole designer for the majority of my time at Credit Suisse. I improved client relationships, increasing the volume of work leading to additional employees being hired. My roll involved producing financial brochures and marketing deliverables, including all Graphic Design support for Credit Suisse.

2014 – 2015: Goldman Sachs – Senior Graphic Designer
The roll involved designing corporate deliverables to follow Goldman Sachs’ brand guidelines, supporting the Events and Marketing team and internal banking clients.

2009 – 2014: Commerzbank – Senior Graphic Designer

As above for 2018 – 2020.
2009 – June: Barclays Capital – Senior Graphic Designer
Designing corporate brochures, adverts, flyers and display exhibits to brand guidelines.

2007 – 2021: Freelance Illustrator
Artwork published for Tesco, Next, Birthdays, Woolworths and UK Greetings.

2006 – 2007: Dresdner Kleinwort – Graphic Designer
Designing corporate advertisements, brochures, flyers and HTML mailers.

2002 – 2006: International Greetings plc – Graphic Designer
My role at IG was to design and artwork greeting cards, gift wrap, tags, crackers and packaging. IG is one of UK’s largest supplier to blue chip retailers which gave me the opportunity to work with some premium brands.

1998 – 2002: Clock Ltd – Junior Graphic/Web Designer
My first graphic design job built a great foundation. I worked across a wide range of materials for print design, web design, Illustration and 3D.

1992 – 1994 - Ware College of Art & Design, BTEC ND 3D Design
1994 – 1996 - Bournemouth & Poole College of Art & Design, BTEC HND Industrial Design.