Dave currently works for design company 999
Dave started off his design career by attending a D&AD course at Manchester Met. University, he then went on to complete two placements: one at Flux Magazine and then one at Splinter in Liverpool. He enjoyed both placements however preferred the placement at Splinter.
Dave's whole lecture was to take us through his design career and give us as many useful tips that he could along the way. One his most useful tips i felt he gave us was to make sure we research the companies where you have been offered a placement. You will complete many different placements in your design career, some you will love and some you will hate, this is just part of the process of finding out which type of company you would prefer to work for.
After the placements above Dave was then offered a 2 week placement with Dinosaur. He was paid £65 for the 2weeks. Once completed the placement, Dave carried on visiting various design agencies, Dave then went on to bag a placement at Love which he then got offered a job there. He explained he found it a lot easier to get the placement at Love, now he wasn't a student, agencies would agree to talk to him. Unfortunately he then got made redundant, and went on to be a freelance designer for a few months.
Dave was then offered a job at RACE, he explained he did everything from tea making at race.
Dave then went on to work at Bruntwood for a few years.
In 2006, Dave then joined 999 design in Manchester, which was funny for Dave as he had actually gone to see 999 when he ad graduated and had not been offered a job.
Of all the lectures i have attended i would like to say that Dave's has probably been the most useful to me, as he seems to have gone through a lot of the same problems as i do, e.g not getting email replies and no-one wanting to talk to you because your a student!
Below are a few examples of Dave's work he has created over the years:
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