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Brad is a multidisciplinary visual communicator with 20 years of creative industry experience. Specialising in print, digital, video and out-of-home art direction, Brad delights in working with book publishers, brand managers and creative directors to help bring their design needs and beloved products to life. Brad is available for creative work across all publishing genres but he’s also happy to provide art direction and design on select advertising, apparel, editorial or marketing projects. Please feel free to get in touch to discuss your creative needs.
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Work Experience
Book designer at B.G. Design
July 1, 2024 - PresentBrad believes that book publishing is where the craft of storytelling, commerce and creativity join forces. With in-house and freelance book cover art director experience, Brad is perfectly positioned to bring any publishing project to life.
Having worked across multiple categories and genres, for both Australian and international titles, Brad is adept at designing trade paperbacks, hardback editions, illustrated coffee-table books, collector’s edition jackets, your next bestsellers, backlist revitalisation, revamped or updated covers and stylish B formats that give great books a second life.
Brad works closely and collaboratively with the publishing team to produce beautiful and commercially appealing book covers and internals. He is passionate about using his design expertise to assist publisher vision, market and product knowledge to win over consumer hearts. Best of all, Brad’s experience with both Publishing and Marketing departments, respectively, means he designs with product and promotion in mind.
Marketing Art Director at Simon & Schuster Australia
July 1, 2021 - June 28, 2024During his three years art directing major advertising campaigns for Simon & Schuster, Brad worked across their adult fiction, non-fiction and children’s categories, in addition to designing seasonal campaigns and all business or consumer event collateral. Brad’s print, digital, video and out-of-home (billboards, bus shelters, lightboxes, retail signage, etc.) work included advertising for titles by Dave Grohl, Colleen Hoover, Britney Spears, Adam Silvera, Walter Isaacson, Archie Roach, Nam Le, Eddie Betts, Jock Zonfrillo, Kathy Reichs, Leigh Sales, Tracey Spicer, Sam Kerr, Sarah Di Lorenzo, Kate Mildenhall, Tom Ballard, Jennette McCurdy, Richard E. Grant, Don Watson, Anita Heiss, Ben Miller, Patrick Stewart and many more.
Education
Bachelor of Design, Visual Commuication at University of Western Sydney
March 1, 2001 - November 1, 2004Major: Graphic Design
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Media & Entertainment, Other
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