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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.
Skills
Experience Level
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Language
English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
German
Advanced
French
Intermediate
Work Experience
Self employed at Colart Design, Madrid and Banbury
December 1, 2006 - PresentManaged 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, 2025Designed 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, 2025Designed and prepared works for preprinting in a graphic design and pre-print environment.
Printer at Mac Printer, Hamburg, Germany
January 1, 1992 - July 9, 2025Operated 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, 2025Managed 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, 2025Operated 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 - PresentRun 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, 2025Designed 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, 2025Designed and prepared work for preprinting in a graphic design and pre-print environment.
Printer at Mac Printer
December 31, 1992 - July 9, 2025Operated 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, 2025Managed 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, 2025Managed 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 - PresentManaging 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, 2025Designing 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, 2025Designed and prepared works for preprinting.
Printer at Mac Printer
January 1, 1992 - July 11, 2025Operated 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, 2025Operated 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, 2025Managed all aspects of running own business; learned to print and perform colour separations using PMT (Agfa Repromaster MKIII); designed and printed theatre products.
Education
Qualifications
Level 1 in Rugby FER qualification
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009Level 2 IRB
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011Level 1 in Rugby FER qualification
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009Level 2 IRB
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011Level 1 in Rugby FER qualification
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009Level 2 IRB
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011Industry Experience
Education, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Non-Profit Organization
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