Andy Ashburner
28 year old designer making a name for himself in the London design sphere. Launching two Social Networking platforms in 2008 and looking for some technical expertise to get involved. View my design portfolio at www.caffeinehit.com for more abou...
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.caffeinehit.com |
| Industries: | Computing, Entertainment, Food and Drink, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Retail, Sports |
| Skills: | Business, Design, English, Entrepreneurship, Graphic design, Languages, Web design |
| Location: | London |
| Groups: | Seedcamp |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding team mates, Getting press, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Internships, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Shadowing, Trading services |
| Tags: | banksy, cocktails, design, mobile, music |
| Schools: | Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College |
FULL BIO
28 year old designer making a name for himself in the London design sphere. Launching two Social Networking platforms in 2008 and looking for some technical expertise to get involved. View my design portfolio at www.caffeinehit.com for more about me.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Seatwave.com |
| Position: | Senior Designer |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Design consultation. |
| Employer: | Socialight.com |
| Position: | Senior Designer |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Design consultation. |
| Employer: | Kindo.com |
| Position: | Senior Designer |
| Time period: | December 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Design consultation.
GUI design. |
| Employer: | Gooey Ltd |
| Position: | Director |
| Time period: | September 2007 - Present |
| Description: | User interface and community tool design, creation and development. |
| Employer: | Caffeinehit Ltd |
| Position: | Director |
| Time period: | August 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Design consultation
Web design, graphic design, logo design, corporate ID, style guide design, brand development, GUI design and SEO. Current clients include: National Geographic, MTV, Ministry of Sound, TrustedPlaces, Nokia and Paradise Poker amongst others. |
| Employer: | MTV |
| Position: | Senior Designer |
| Time period: | August 2006 - September 2007 |
| Description: | Designing and maintaining the MTV UK website
Designing and maintaining the MTV Flux website Working on special promotions, microsites and general GUI issues across the MTV websites |
| Employer: | Apple Corps Ltd |
| Position: | Senior Designer |
| Time period: | April 2003 - August 2006 |
| Description: | Designing and creating Beatles merchandise and artwork for sale throughout the world
Responsible for the Apple Corps Ltd corp ID Designing POS, packaging and marketing material for the Beatles brands Managing and developing the Beatles global branding and style guide Helping develop thebeatles.com, e-mailers and other online PR Working on concepts for new ‘Let It Be… Naked’ Album, The First US Visit and The Concert for Bangladesh |
| Employer: | Yahoo! |
| Position: | Promotions Designer |
| Time period: | April 2002 - April 2003 |
| Description: | Responsible for the promotional appearance of Yahoo! UK
Creating and structuring new homepage Designing Yahoo! format during major sporting events such as Wimbledon Representing the company when visiting potential sponsors e.g. BT, Vodafone, Nestle (Twix), British Airways, MG Rover, Subaru, HSBC |
EDUCATION
| University: | Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College |
| Time period: | 1999 - 2002 |
| Degree: | Graphic Design & Advertising, BA |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Football |
Andy's Startups (3)
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Caffeinehit Ltd
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Festivalhit
Festivalhit is a one-stop shop for festival-goers (initially in the UK). We aim to be the number 1 social networking website for music festivals within 12 months of launch.
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Gighit
New music promotion social network based around London and throughout the UK.
Andy's Contacts (12)
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Will Phipps
British, 29, BA (Hons) Economics, MA Music Business Management. Interested in Web 2.0, in particular the online music space.
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Patrick Mautsch
self-styled 'Visionary thinker' & start-up founder The rest is business as usual
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Kieran O'Neill
Bermudian, 20, startup founder living in London, working on web apps and enjoying life. Working on third company.
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Magnus Lynch
British 28, Cambridge grad medicine (2003) Completed MRCS, MRCP postgraduate exams. Currently graduate student molecular biology Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford. Coding experience: python,php,sql.