deborah w

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Freelancer / Self-Employed

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Reviews: 3   from 2 Clients
 
Earnings:$1,340
Hourly Rate: $102

Jobs Won:2
Jobs Cancelled:1 Help? Longest Job:
3 months

Member Since:Oct 2010

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deborah w
 
Art director, illustrator, designer, lecturer, printmaker, mentor

St. Davids, United Kingdom
Illustrations for CADW

About Me

I am an international award-winning print and textile designer, illustrator and printmaker, who has worked as a visual journalist (design director and visual editor for newspapers and magazines) for more than 15 years in the USA. After recently moving to the UK, I've set up my own studio called Cheese + Pickles, where I can teach, design, illustrate and work as a fine art primtmaker in the Japanese art of Gyotaku. My design and illustration strength is producing smart concepts together with clean, elegant, and edgy design. I love work that’´s a bit on the funky side where an unusual graphic or touch of of colour does the trick. I'm a people person and I love helping individuals find and develop their own creative expression, be it in their design work, how they dress or how they decorate their homes. I lead workshops for various companies in creative thinking and conceptual problem-solving as well as brainstorming for groups and one-on-one. Working as a coach and mentor to young designersphotographersillustrators or jump-starting a team of people of all ages and backgrounds who desire to go to the next level is my speciality. You can see visuals to support this little summary of me at deborah-[Link Removed].

Areas covered: worldwide

Company name: cheese and pickles studio

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Employees at your company: 1

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by Mary M on 15 Jul 2011

Deborah worked in a prompt manner, and was quick to catch on what we wanted for our designs. Her work was excellent, top notch! We look forward to working with her again.
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Work Experience

15 + years as a visual journalist, trainer, mentor, designer, illustrator, conceptual and creative thinking workshop leader. Past-president of the International Society of News Design. Former deputy managing editor of The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia and corporate design director, Knight-Ridder Newspapers, USA.

Sep 2010
The Virginian-Pilot

Redesign of the entire newspaper and creation of new editorial sections and concepts.

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Sam Hundley
Deb Withey is not only a great designer, she's a wonderfully generous and insightful collaborator who inspires people to achieve great things.

Education

BFA visual communications from Syracuse University
Multicultural management post-grad fellowship, University of Missouri

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