About


Matthew Herivel
Graphic Designer


Hi. My name is Matt Herivel and I'm a designer, illustrator and art director originally from the island of Alderney in the Channel Islands - welcome to my portfolio site. I'm a freelance graphic designer living and working near Truro and Falmouth in Cornwall for clients locally around the globe. With my wife Dani I also run a small business combining interior and graphic design called Pixel & Mortar. Dani is a qualified and experienced Interior Architect.

If I'm not hunched over a sketch pad or scribbling away on a tablet I'm hanging out with my family and super hound, bobbing around on the twinny at my local break or getting out and about the beautiful Cornish coastline.

Outside of the 9 'til 5 graphic design I run an online store called Atlantic Supply Co. As well as our own work the site sells products from other independent creative folks with a love for the ocean. { Top }

Skills


Senior Designer
Art Director
Studio Manager
Tea fiend

It's always awkward giving yourself the old 'Weyhey! I'm smashing!' - I'm sure you'll make up your own mind with a browse through my work. What you do need to know is that I love what I do - creating relevant solutions and seeing them through from concept to finished product.

In the last 12 years of my professional life I've worked a range of positions from handling clients on a freelance basis to managing studios. Along the way I've working in most areas of graphic design, from concepting and art direction through to UX and wireframing. The bulk of this work has been done in the sketchpad and on most of Adobe's CS family. More recently I've taken up coding XHTML and CSS (with a touch of Javascript).

I also make a mean cuppa. { Top }

InDesign
Photoshop
Illustrator
After Effects
Dreamweaver
Flash
Fireworks
XHTML
CSS

OTHER NOTABLE

Adobe: Acrobat Pro / Premier Pro / Soundbooth
Google SketchUp
Microsoft Office (when push comes to shove)

Experience
& Education


When, what & where


2012 - present

FREELANCE DESIGN & ART DIRECTION

Cornwall

Areas of focus include, but are not limited to, brand development and website design with emphasis on user experience and information architecture.

2006 - 2012

SENIOR CREATIVE

TimeZoneOne - NewZealand

Extensive, full service brand and campaign creative for a variety of local, national and international businesses. Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, servicing clients all over North America.

2003-2006

STUDIO MANAGER / SENIOR CREATIVE

Channel Publications - Guernsey

Development of new in-house products, management of workflow and monitoring of deadlines across two studios (on different islands) including weekly publications.

2001-2003

MID-LEVEL DESIGNER

Channel Publications - Guernsey

Production of in-house publications. Brand development, advertising concepting and production. Project management.

2000-2001

FREELANCE ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN

Channel Islands / Cornwall

Project, finance and time management experience. Projects included various identity briefs, print advertising, sign writing, illustration and design for clothing and textiles.

1997 - 2000

BA (hons) DEGREE
ILLUSTRATION

Falmouth College of Arts

1996 - 1997

BTEC NATIONAL DIPLOMA
FOUNDATION ART & DESIGN

Falmouth College of Arts