Profile for Oli Sutton



Oli Sutton is a freelance Senior Web Designer and Art Director with 8 years’ of experience delivering innovative and effective creative design projects for a large variety of high profile clients. His work focuses primarily on art direction, design and production of on-screen digital media, leading client projects from conception to deployment. With a full understanding of front-end digital requirements and design, Oli combines artistic ability, editorial judgement and technical flair to deliver original, innovative and entertaining on-screen campaigns and sites.
Some of his key projects include:

Film / Art Director and Senior Designer for Red Bee Media, a prestigious BBC project www.redbeemedia.com

Art Director and Senior Designer for Red Bee Media, a prestigious BBC project www.espnstar.com

Winning conceptual design layout for 2Entertain www.2entertain.co.uk

Favoured conceptual design, art direction and template design for Nike sponsored London Football Coaches Association www.lfcacoaches.co.uk

Design for Virgin’s Premium Economy site which was recognised as 'Best Business Campaign' and 'Campaign of the Year' 2007 www.alotmorespace.com

Highlight of the Year” interface design for online music & video sales for Nokia

Oli has also worked with respected design agencies including Start Creative, Haygarth and Avenue A Razorfish UK. He is willing to work with agencies or clients directly.

An experienced and credible team leader, Oli is capable of using a tactile approach to manage / art direct designers and developers as well as copywriters, whilst motivating and developing project teams to deliver supreme service and quality. With a proven ability to build sustainable and profitable client relationships, his focus remains always on the delivery of quality customer focused account management, collaborating with clients to identify and implement services which address identified needs.

Oli has excellent knowledge of the whole creative process including art direction, conceptual design, corporate identity design, usability design, interface design, production management, as well as a full understanding of the capabilities of back-end development. He has advanced skills in:

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Director
Virtual PC
Dreamweaver
Flash
Swift 3D
Fontographer
Premier
MS Office

As the son of an architect and an artist, Oli’s creative talents stem from an artistic environment. He is a passionate photographer and also writes his own dance music, using Cubase. Oli currently lives in London.
For further details, feel free to download Oli’s CV or surf through his recent portfolio of web sites, banners and photography on this site. And if you have any questions then please contact Oli.