Chris Dawson
Date of birth: 25th September 1971
Full driving licence

Hillside
7 Cleveland Walk
Bath
BA2 6JS
01225 445505
chris@tallhat.com

Current position (September 2001 - present)
Freelance Web and Flash Designer and partner of tallhatDesign

Previous employment (August 1993 - September 2001)
Broadband Architect, Circle.com (UK)
[Web design. Some CD-ROM, iTV & Kiosk design]
Although the company has been through several changes of name
and brands, I was part of this company for more than 7 years.
I was most recently charged with investigating the broadband market
for Circle as well as a number of our clients with a view to setting up
a “Developing Media” division. Prior to this I was Head of Design,
responsible for 10 designers across the Bristol and London offices.
I was involved in pitch work (strategy and creative), design work for
live jobs, and overseeing other designers and developers.

Portfolio
www.linaker.biz - insurance company site design (2002)
VisitBritain Flash Spotlights [British Tourist Authority] (2002)
The tallhat puzzles - Flash game design (2001)
Orange 'O' Online Magazine (8 monthly Flash issues, 2000-2001)
open.visitbritain.com [British Tourist Authority foot and mouth site]
HSBC internet banking demo - Flash design (2001)
HSBC Open.... interface [Interactive TV design] (1999)
Adidas runners site design (live 1999)
www.peugeot.co.uk (live 1998)
Peugeot dealer sites - template design for national publishing system {example}
www.peugeot.co.uk/motorsport/ (2000)
Peugeot 206 campaign work - Flash design (live 1998)
www.visitbritain.com [British Tourist Authority] (live 1997, rebranded 2000)
Midland Bank web design work (1997)
Branding design for internet start-up - a health portal
Design for XML web publishing system for related Tourist sites (1999)
'IT for All' CD-ROM [National DTI/Government IT campaign] (1998)
Guinness St. Patrick's web campaign (1997)
Microsoft Euro '96 CD-ROM design (1996)
Original Microsoft UK website (live 1996)
Microsoft UK Intranet design work (1996)
Bristol Zoo voluntary web design work (1999)
www.tallhat.com private web site and flash game design (2001)
Barclays Bank on the original Microsoft Network (1995)
DHL Disk Mailer - Tariff calculator/screensaver/competition (1994)

Awards
DMA Direct Marketing Award (for Electronic Media) 1997 (for VisitBritain website)
IPA 'Best use of new media' 1996 (for DHL Disk Mailer)
Caples Interactive Design Award, New York (for DHL Disk Mailer)
Macromedia Site of the Day, August 2001 (for tallhat site)

Skills
Extensive Apple Mac, Windows 95/98/2000
Software:
Director 7 (extensive lingo, Shockwave), Photoshop 6,
ImageReady 3, Illustrator 8, Premiere, QuarkXpress 4, Dreamweaver 3/4,
HTML, Flash 5 (including actionscripting). (Plus template design [ASP/XML] experience
for database publishing systems)
Other experience:
Direction for Henry video post-production, on-site intranet design
work, Open.... interactive TV development, direction for
voice-over/script recording, photography and animation.
Teaching Illustrator 8 at a well-known Bristol Arts Centre (Watershed)
MapInfo mapping software (for online map applications)

Education
First Class BA (Hons) Graphic Design (Coventry University 1991-1993)
National Diploma, Foundation Art & Design (CGCHE, Pittville, 1990-1991)

O levels (Westwood's Grammar School 1982-1987)
Mathematics B Autumn 1986
Statistics B Autumn 1987
Additional Mathematics B Summer 1988
Chemistry B Summer 1987
Biology A Summer 1987
Physics B Summer 1987
Geography A Summer 1987
English Language A Autumn 1986
English Literature C Summer 1987
French C Summer 1987
Art A Summer 1987

A levels (Burford School & Community College 1987-1990)
Mathematics C Summer 1990
Chemistry D Summer 1990
Biology A Summer 1990
Art A Summer 1990

Interests
Dangerous sports (climbing, mountain biking, canoeing, skiing, boarding)
Travel, Photography, Collecting (and trying to play) strange
musical instruments.