About me
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I am a highly experienced and accomplished designer/photographer/creative lead/manager with over 15+ years of exceptional achievements in the design industry, including more than a decade specialising in higher education marketing at Queen's University Belfast. My current role at Queen’s involves leading a talented team to create impactful visual experiences that boost the university's reputation and student recruitment through innovative campaigns and publications.
Photography is an art.
It’s about finding extra-ordinary
in an ordinary place.
Currently, I am a full-time graphic designer and photographer for Queen’s University, Belfast. Here, I get to work on a wide range of things, from the main prospectus, to campaigns and events.
Photography all started on Instagram, where I now have 4,000+ followers (no buying followers or bots involved – completely organic). Along the way, I have won a couple of competitions and even hung in a few galleries.
Since this is my website – I will show you some of the stuff that I take for fun, that has brought me to this point in my photographic career.
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This shot above won first place on Wex’s weekly Photographer of the year competition on Twitter. That year, I came joint 6th overall and was displayed in a gallery in Shoreditch, London for a few weeks and had flown over for the opening show. It also was the cover of Culture NI’s programme and I had an interview with them about how I got started in the design/photography world.
Check out my interview here.
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I love nothing more than a creative challenge.
We might have a lot more in common than you think.