Career History

Here you will find a brief 40 years summary of my industry experience and training, I am 48 this year 2018—so yes; I knew what I wanted to do at 8.

What you will not see here are many years of work also done as a sole trader and contractor. It's only when you go through the scope of my small selection of works in my portfolio and speak with me, can you start to truly appreciate the range of my knowledge skills and experience.

Resumé

Seeking Employment: All-rounder
2018 Presently (3 months)

I am looking for a full-time position. I have been self-employed for two decades & want to prioritise what I have to offer a business. I want to spend my spare time focusing on my family & hobbies; not the everyday struggle of a "one-man band" business, working seven days with an 80+ hr week.

Freelance: Creative, Design, Technical & PR Consultant
Nov 2016 – Present (1 year & 7 months)

Design & IT consultancy; I respond to a businesses or individuals creative and technical workflow, design, creation and expansion needs, all the way to end production needs, marketing, promotions and distribution strategies.

Specialised client solutions consultant for visual design, workflow and information technology needs.

  • Provide design development to meet clients immediate and future needs.
  • Provide design concept solutions and end of project actualisation/ production.
  • Provide technical support and training for clients to easily access, contribute and manage projects.
  • Provide social media planning, instigation, streamlining and automation.
  • Provide Web services and specialisation.

Sorrento Community Centre: ICT Teacher/ Trainer
Jan 2013 – Aug 2015 (2 years & 7 months)
Adobe Creative Cloud, Social Media, Digital Workflow for Businesses, Software & Hardware - Teacher/ Trainer.

AppleTamer: Owner, IT Specialist and Trainer

Jan 2011 – Feb 2017 (6 years & 1 month)

Fixing computers, recovering data, set up and customisation of a multitude of Apple devices & peripheral devices, building networks for home or office. Complete system planning, purchase, build service, merging of existing data onto new devices, customisation & optimisation, organising files, installation and training, troubleshooting and repair.

Christov Atelier: Owner, Multiple Roles

Jan 1995 – Nov 2013 (18 years & 10 months)

Business Manager, Account Manager, Financial Officer, Creative/ Art Director, New Media Artist, Digital Designer, Graphic Designer, Desktop Publisher, Copywriter, Production Manager, Product Developer, SW/ Hardware Technical Adviser, Teacher/ Trainer.

Archi-FX: Owner, Multiple Roles

Feb 2003 – Aug 2013 (10 years & 6 months)
3D Artist/ Visualiser, Creative/ Art Director, Product Developer, Advisor, Technician, Business & Accounts Director.

Peninsula Training & Education Program: ICT Educator
Feb 2008 – Sep 2010 (2 years & 7 months)

ICT Teacher/ Trainer & Course Builder for people requiring information technology skills.
I obtained my Cert IV in Training & Assessment here to qualify as an ICT Educator.

Freelance: Digital Design Specialist.
Feb 1996 – Nov 2009 (13 years & 9 months)

Australia based: Art & Creative Director, Computer Graphic Artist, Desktop Designer, Typographer, Photo Montage Specialist, Advertising Specialist, Technical Advisor and Digital Trainer. Move from QuarkXpress to InDesign.

AGlen Eira City Council: Multiple Roles.

Feb 1995 – Nov 1996 (1 year & 9 months)

The Y Generation Magazine: Chairperson, Co-ordinator, Both Mentor & Trainer, Art Director, Graphic Designer, Desktop Publisher, Magazine Production Staff Director.

Studio Virtual: Studio Manager, A/V Editor.
Jan 1995 – Dec 1995 (11 months)

Studio/Floor Manager, Audio/Visual Artist/Editor, Technical Advisor. AVID and AMS audio sound desk trained.

Grade Advertising: Art & Creative Director, Client Pitcher.

Feb 1994 – Mar 1995 (1 year & 1 month)

Art & Creative Director, Client pitching, Computer Graphic Artist, Account Manager, Foreign Relations, Production & Technical Adviser.

New Media International: Art & Creative Director.
Jun 1994 – Sep 1994 (3 months)

Quarter year contract: Art & Creative Director; Computer Graphic Artist. Project work was to design & coordinate all PR & Print production stages of Pink Floyds 1994 Prague concert. Press Releases, Flyers, Posters, Billboards, Tour Vehicle Graphics.

Studio Oppolzer: Studio Operations and Floor Manager.

Jan 1992 – Jul 1993 (1 year & 6 months)

IT & Digital Design Expert, Studio Manager, Computer Graphic Artist,  Photo Montage Specialist, PrePress Specialist, Technical Adviser, Trainer.

Mystic: Multiple Roles.

Jul 1992 – Jan 1993 (6 months)

Six-month contract: Art/Creative Director, Computer Graphic Artist, Foreign Relations, Technical Adviser, Trainer.

Academy of Fine Arts (Prague): Multiple Roles.

Jan 1992 – Nov 1992 (10 months)
Projects Specialist, Prague Co-ordinator, Computer Graphic Artist, Video Artist Teacher for two projects:

P1. Piazza Virtuale - Van Gogh TV - Interactive TV 'Piazza Virtuale'

'Piazza Virtuale' was an interactive television project that could be received all over Europe via 4 satellites for 100 days during Documenta IX in 1992. Visitors to Documenta could beam themselves in via videophones and cameras that had been permanently installed in Kassel and other European cities to the live broadcast called 'Piazza Virtuale'. It was possible to use telephone, fax or modem to dial into the broadcast from home. The project aimed to transform the mass medium of television into an interactive medium that reverses the relationship of one broadcaster and many receivers.

P2. SIGGRAPH - International Painting Interactive - IPI

International Painting Interactive was an international project that connected around 100 digital artists from 14 countries on Silicon Graphics Workstations, to work together to create the worlds first collaborative digital art piece. A 10-minute presentation of the project was displayed on 25th July simultaneously in Chicago for SIGGRAPH and at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.

Radost Publishing House: Multiple Roles.

Sept 1991 – Dec 1992 (1 year & 3 months)
Creative Digital Director, Computer Graphic Artist, Desktop Designer, Typographer, Photo Montage Specialist, Advertising Executive, Technical Advisor, Foreign Relations. Operating prodominately with Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXpress.

Apple Computer Inc.: Apple CZ Head of Localisation & Documentation.
Jan 1991 – Nov 1992 (1 year & 10 months)

Duties: Leading a team to provide complete translation and customisation for OS7/8 software and print materials; all user-visible content and required system tasks.We were the gateway team for Apple Localisation & Documentation people from Slavic cultures.

Apple Computer Inc.: Apple CZ Creative Industry Sales.
Jan 1990 – Nov 1991 (1 year & 10 months)

Czech Republic: Responsible for advisory services and sales to creative industry and production industry businesses. Predominately Design, Advertising, Media and Printing businesses.

Apple Computer Inc.: Apple CZ PrePress & Print Specialist Trainer.

Jan 1991 – Nov 1992 (1 year & 10 months)
Responsible for training an enormous amount (85%) of primary Czechoslovakian Magazine and Newspaper institutions how to create, manage and output publication's utilising Apple Macintosh systems as the creative platform.

Mac Art Studio: Graphic Designer/ CEO.

Sep 1987 – Oct 1990 (3 years & 1 month)
Software/ Hardware Technical Advisor, Computer Graphic Artist, New Media Computer Designer. Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXpress.

Radio Parts Group: Graphic Designer/ Trainer.
Jan 1987 – Aug 1990 (3 years & 7 months)

Publication/ Catalogue designer, Desktop Publisher, Content Management and Creator. Training the catalogue design and production procedure, to the owners. Photoshop, Illustrator and PageMaker.

Ski House: Multiple Roles.

Feb 1986 – Dec 1989 (3 years & 10 months)

Clothing and Equipment Sales. Ski Technician. Internal and External Advertising. Window Display.

The Games Domain: Associate, in charge of Creative & Marketing.

Jan 1989 – Oct 1989 (9 months)
Branding, Stock, Technician, Internal and External Advertising, Window Display. Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXpress.

Stephen Judd Advertising Pty. Ltd.: Paste Up Artist

Mar 1987 – Oct 1989 (2 years & 7 months)

Junior layout & paste-up artist, creating bromides, typesetter, typographer, film corrector/ touch up artist.

 Avanti Pty. Ltd.: Digital Layout Worker
Feb 1985 – Dec 1987 (1 years & 10 months)

Digital typesetter, Digital layout artist. Creating Apple Australia orientated B&W print media advertisements after school in Mac Paint and Mac Draft.

Education, Training & Certification

New Enterprise Incentive Scheme Program

Cert-IV: Small Business Management

Graduated 2011

Peninsula Training & Education Program

Cert-IV: Training and Assessment

Graduated 2009

Melbourne School of Art

Cert-III: Workplace Training

Graduated 1998

Monash University: NEIS Program

Cert-III: Business Management

Graduated 1996

Academy of Film & Photography

Diploma in Visual Arts

Graduated 1992

Completed in Prague in Czechoslovakia; specialisation in film and photography; with a distinction in editing and print publications (POST Magazine).

The Academy of Fine Art

Diploma in Graphic Design and New Media

Graduated 1992

Completed in Prague; specialisation in motion media and a distinction in digital design and print publication (Radost Publishing House).

Apple Computer Inc.: Localisation & Documentation

Graduated 1991

Training held in Cork, Ireland

Apple Computer Inc.: Digital Print Technology

Graduated 1991

Training held in Dublin, Ireland

Box Hill College of TAFE: Computer Studies

Graduated 1990

Certificate: Short Course

Monash University: Advertising & New Media

Graduated 1990

Certificate: Short Course

Chisholm Institute of Technology

Graduated 1989

Computer-Aided Design: Certificate: Short Course.

Swinburne College of TAFE: Tertiary Opportunity Program (TOP)

Graduated 1988

Year 12 substitution with an Art and Design based focus.

John Gardiner High School

Year 9 and Year 11: Form Three to Five

Graduated 1987

Camberwell High School

Year 7 and Year 8: Form One and Two

Graduated 1983

Chisholm Institute of Technology

Computer Graphics: Certificate: Short Course (Age 12)

Graduated 1982

Camberwell High School

Form 1 (Year 7) and Form 2 (Year 8)

Graduated 1981

Caulfield Institute of Technology

Computer-Aided Design: Introductory course; attended and completed at the age of 8 years old.

Graduated 1978

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