Hi, I'm Colin Stobbart, a self-employed graphic designer with a passion for creating advertising and promotional materials. My wife and I also design English as a Foreign Language textbooks for school children in Spain. With many years of experience in graphic design and prepress roles across Spain and the UK, I enjoy combining my skills in design and print to deliver high-quality work. Beyond my professional work, I have a strong interest in rugby, coaching various age groups over the years, and I enjoy playing the saxophone and guitar during my free time. I thrive in creative environments and love the challenge of working on diverse design projects.

Colin Stobbart

Hi, I'm Colin Stobbart, a self-employed graphic designer with a passion for creating advertising and promotional materials. My wife and I also design English as a Foreign Language textbooks for school children in Spain. With many years of experience in graphic design and prepress roles across Spain and the UK, I enjoy combining my skills in design and print to deliver high-quality work. Beyond my professional work, I have a strong interest in rugby, coaching various age groups over the years, and I enjoy playing the saxophone and guitar during my free time. I thrive in creative environments and love the challenge of working on diverse design projects.

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Hi, I’m Colin Stobbart, a self-employed graphic designer with a passion for creating advertising and promotional materials. My wife and I also design English as a Foreign Language textbooks for school children in Spain. With many years of experience in graphic design and prepress roles across Spain and the UK, I enjoy combining my skills in design and print to deliver high-quality work.

Beyond my professional work, I have a strong interest in rugby, coaching various age groups over the years, and I enjoy playing the saxophone and guitar during my free time. I thrive in creative environments and love the challenge of working on diverse design projects.

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Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
German
Advanced
French
Intermediate

Work Experience

Self employed at Colart Design, Madrid and Banbury
December 1, 2006 - Present
Managed all aspects of running a graphics design company specializing in designing English as a foreign language textbooks for primary school children in Spain.
Graphic Designer at Contraste MultiMedia, Madrid, Spain
January 1, 2006 - July 9, 2025
Designed all types of advertising, promotional and prepress material including filming and production of PMTs and Rainbow full colour proofs. Managed machine start-up for major printing jobs on printing press machines.
Graphic Artist / Pre-Print organiser at Cometa, Madrid, Spain
January 1, 1994 - July 9, 2025
Designed and prepared works for preprinting in a graphic design and pre-print environment.
Printer at Mac Printer, Hamburg, Germany
January 1, 1992 - July 9, 2025
Operated offset printing machines including Rotaprinter and AB Dick two colour head for all printing jobs received by the office.
Head of Silk Screen Printing section / Graphic Designer at Stickerei Snowden, Hamburg, Germany
January 1, 1991 - July 9, 2025
Managed silk screen printing operations including pre-printing setups, preparing colour separations with a PMT, and preparing light sensitive emulsion screens for printing on a variety of materials.
Self Employed at Upstage Publications, Eaglescliffe, Cleveland
January 1, 1989 - July 9, 2025
Operated own business focusing on design and print of theatre products. Learned to print and perform colour separations using PMT (Agfa Repromaster MKIII).
Self employed at Colart Design
December 1, 2006 - Present
Run my own graphic design company, responsible for all aspects of the business including designing English as a foreign language textbooks for children in Spain.
Graphic Designer at Contraste MultiMedia
December 31, 2006 - July 9, 2025
Designed various advertising and promotional materials including prepress work such as filming and production of PMTs and full color proofs; involved with printing press machine startup for big jobs.
Graphic Artist / Pre-Print organiser at Cometa
December 31, 1994 - July 9, 2025
Designed and prepared work for preprinting in a graphic design and pre-print environment.
Printer at Mac Printer
December 31, 1992 - July 9, 2025
Operated offset printing machines (Rotaprinter and AB Dick two colour head) to print all incoming office print jobs.
Head of Silk Screen Printing section / Graphic Designer at Stickerei Snowden
December 31, 1991 - July 9, 2025
Managed silk screen printing, including pre-print setups and color separations using PMT; prepared silk screens with light-sensitive emulsion for various items including handkerchiefs and parachutes.
Self Employed at Upstage Publications
December 31, 1989 - July 9, 2025
Managed all aspects of own business including printing and color separations using Agfa Repromaster MKIII; focused on design and print of theatre products.
Self employed at Colart Design
December 1, 2006 - Present
Managing and running my own graphics design company. Designing English as a Foreign Language textbooks for school children in Spain alongside my wife.
Graphic Designer at Contraste MultiMedia
December 1, 2006 - July 11, 2025
Designing advertising and promotional materials, prepress tasks including filming and production of PMTs, filming and Rainbow full colour proofs, and attending machine start-ups for major printing press jobs.
Graphic Artist / Pre-Print organiser at Cometa
January 1, 1994 - July 11, 2025
Designed and prepared works for preprinting.
Printer at Mac Printer
January 1, 1992 - July 11, 2025
Operated offset printing machines Rotaprinter and AB Dick two colour head, printing various materials.
Head of Silk Screen Printing section / Graphic Designer at Stickerei Snowden
January 1, 1991 - July 11, 2025
Operated silk screen machines; pre-printing set-ups including preparing colour separations using PMT (Agfa MkII repromaster) and preparing silk screens with light-sensitive emulsion and exposure for various products from handkerchiefs to parachutes.
Self Employed at Upstage Publications
January 1, 1989 - July 11, 2025
Managed all aspects of running own business; learned to print and perform colour separations using PMT (Agfa Repromaster MKIII); designed and printed theatre products.

Education

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Qualifications

Level 1 in Rugby FER qualification
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
Level 2 IRB
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Level 1 in Rugby FER qualification
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
Level 2 IRB
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Level 1 in Rugby FER qualification
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
Level 2 IRB
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011

Industry Experience

Education, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Non-Profit Organization
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