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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

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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 Caffeinehit Ltd

  • Festivalhit 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.

  • Gighit Gighit

    New music promotion social network based around London and throughout the UK.

Andy's Contacts (12)

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  • Will Phipps Will Phipps

    British, 29, BA (Hons) Economics, MA Music Business Management. Interested in Web 2.0, in particular the online music space.

  • Patrick Mautsch Patrick Mautsch

    self-styled 'Visionary thinker' & start-up founder The rest is business as usual

  • Kieran O'Neill Kieran O'Neill

    Bermudian, 20, startup founder living in London, working on web apps and enjoying life. Working on third company.

  • Magnus Lynch 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.