Simon Griffee
Date of Birth
2 April 1978.
Imaginary Lines
Born in South America, living around the world (dual British & Brazilian citizenship with current passports. Italian permanent resident with driving license.
Languages
Fluent in English and Portuguese, good Italian. Diligent cursing in Spanish and French.
Work Experience
2005–Today Rome, Italy & USA
Hypertexthero, freelance designer and photographer. Working on variety of print and web-based projects. Member of the Guild of Accessible Web Designers.
2003–2004 Rome, Italy
Designer at Acotel, telecommunications company. Responsible for client-side accessible website design, mobile interface design, ads, brochures, business cards and identity design.
2002–2003 Rome, Italy
Freelance designer. Clients: Food and Agriculture Organization (biotech focused LAN website; identity; iconography), World Health Organization (water law and standards focused website stylesheet), Amimar Marble (logotype), Aurelia Gardens Hotel (website, photography), American Overseas School of Rome (AOSR) (printed publications), European League for Middle Level Education (advertising).
2000–2001 Rome, Italy
Designer at EuropeanArtisans.com, e-commerce company. Responsible for website and graphic design promoting artisans’ products and crafts. Product photographer.
1999–2000 Rome, Italy
Sixth Grade computer teacher at AOSR. Computer tutor and technician at Alegi & Associates law offices. Counselor, tutor, singer at aosr summer camp, responsible for increased computer, sport and juggling skills and loud laughter of young pests.
1998 United Kingdom
Work experiences in London advertising agencies; Evans Hunt Scott, direct marketing agency, got away with racy headlines for flyers; IMP, ‘through-the-line’ agency, much free beer enjoyed thanks to Carlsberg account; Da Costa & Co, campaign for launch of Tom Clancy book invariably involving terrorists and special operatives in a world gone mad. // Apprenticeship at GGS Photography; assistant to photographers, graphic design training in tropical paradise Norwich, Norfolk.
Education
2000–Today
Self-taught in graphic design and standards-based web design. Champion of utmost clarity and simplicity.
1996–1999 UK
BA (Hons) Creative Advertising Design degree from Bournemouth University. Main focus was development of creative thinking and skills needed to devise successful multi-media advertising campaigns. i.e. copywriting, art direction, graphic design. // City & Guilds Diploma with Distinction in Beginning Photography course at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art & Design.
Tools
Computers (Macintosh preferred, Mac/PC expert), cameras (digital photography and workflow expert), Photoshop (expert), Freehand, Illustrator, QuarkXpress, InDesign, Textmate. Sharp in HTML and CSS, like a samurai. Working knowledge of PHP and MySQL, JavaScript and dynamic publishing systems. Web standards advocate and lover of the internet. Currently studying Python and the Django web framework.
Travels
Apart from living all over Brazil, in Tunisia, in Italy, in the UK and the USA, visited Belgium, Canada, France, The Netherlands, Greece, Malta, Norway, Spain and Switzerland. Completed the ancient voyage of Santiago de Compostela in 1999 after food-poisoning and much cursing of several saints.
Interests
Conversations, travel, photography, the internet, typography, nature, historic and contemporary graphic design, blues guitar, vintage aeroplanes, basketball.