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JUST WHO IS THIS TOM JACKSON ?

Tom is a designer from London. A designernow based in Melbourne. With three yearsof experience working in London (plus stintsin Dublin, Ireland and Spain) he has decided to finally embrace his own dreams to make it big in Melbourne. Tom spent several months working inMelbourne back in 2007, he fell in love withyour city and always harboured ambition thatone day he would return! Tom was settled inLondon but always knew he would come back to Melbourne sooner, rather than later. Having worked for global ad agencies and national newspapers, launched a brand new phone network, awarded by D&AD and

soaked up new European cultures, he finally thought now was the right time to up sticks and make a long term move to Melbourne. So he handed in his notice. Packed his bags. Said his good byes. And landed on the 11th of December.

He knows it’s a gamble. But where’s the funin not trying? He’s not daft. He’s utterlycommitted to whatever job is in hand, Tomis dead set on carving out his own corner ofMelbourne for years to come. In for the longterm, he intends to immerse himself in theAustralian lifestyle, the studio culture andmake friends for life. Because he’s now livin’ the dream!

JUST WHO IS THIS TOM JACKSON ?

AND WHY IS THIS PAPER IN MY HANDS?

3Oh, and another thing...(stuff about Tom)

That picture is from my space in London.

Because Tom is coming to Melbourne to live,and to work. To make famous work. To makework that we’ll want to shout from therooftops about.

So you’re reading this because Tom wants towork with you and be part of your team. Hewants to get in front of you and show you whathe can do. He’s in Melbourne now and ready tohit the ground running.

GraduationMay 2011Having graduatedwith a degreein Graphic Artswith Honours, Iwas faced withactual adult issues. Taxes, jobs and making something of myself. I spent a few months on a placement at Jelly, but now it’s for real. So the day after graduation, I took the leap and moved to London with a cool £9,000 owed to the government in student loans, nojob and the scaryprospect of living inthe Big Smoke. Shitgot real!

D&AD Graduate AcadamyJune 2011Awarded byD&AD for my“Innovation forIllustration” withDiesel, I was pickedto attend the firstever “Grad Acad”.This involved 100creative studentsfrom across theUK to take partin workshops,briefs and talks.A stunningexperience, withbucket loads learntand a new networkof creatives.

48 Go ConquerSept - Dec 2011Having impressed Telefonica’sBrand Manager within my first week of project work, I was given the opportunity to lead the creative for the launch of their brand new phone network, 48. Working inboth Londonand Dublin, Ideveloped thebrand identity aswell as art directingtheir campaign,which included a60 second TVC,OOH boards andprint work. A hugesuccess for myfirst large scale,commercial project.

TBWA\LondonOct 2011 - April 2012Winning a place on their graduate scheme “Young Bloods” after several rounds of interviews and briefs, I teamed up with a copywriter and worked on brands such as Visa, Adidas, Nissan and Game.

Sevilla, SpainMay - Aug 2012I took an opportunity to work as a Digital Media Designer for a young digital start up, with offices both in London and Sevilla. Amongst other things, I created animations for their clients having to work from an audio recording, and bring it to life through these moving visualisations. Sevilla also is a beautiful city, and improved my Spanish no end! Hablas español?!

The Independent, The i and The Evening StandardSept 2012 - Dec 2013On returning toLondon, I took ajob at these nationalnewspapers.Working under agenius CreativeDirector I was primarilyworking for the commercialside. I wasresponsible for thebranding of events,creative for variousclients on how theycan integrate theirbrand with thepapers, generatingdigital contentand producingsome layoutdesign. A hightempo, fast pacedoffice, learninga huge amountand growing agreat deal both asa designer and aperson.

The ‘Moment’Oct 2013In 2007 I workedin Melbourne, Ihad an amazingtime, and mademany friends. I toldmyself I’d returnone day. So that’swhat I intend ondoing. I fell in love with your city, it’s a place I feel I’d beable to grow andcontribute to myown life and othersaround me. It’s agamble, but if youdon’t ask, you don’tget. So here’s to it!

Birmingham International9th Dec 2013With a bag packed full of undies, socks, these newspapers, abunch of big ideasand ambitions…I’m off !See you later then, England.

4A professional timeline.

These are some highlights of my professional life. Here’s to many more!

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BBQBecause it’s usually too wet in London to spend more than 5 minutes eating outside.

Explore your cityI’ve lived in Melbourne before, but that was years ago. I want to see it all!

Get to grips with the AFLI went to seeGeelong at theTelstra Domewhen I was inMelbourne last. Ienjoyed it. But Ididn’t understandwhat was going on.This time, I willlearn, and enjoy. Go Geelong!

Love the MusicI was in awe of theMelbourne musicscene on my firstvisit. I want to getmy ears fully involved thistime around.

Make artThe art scene, verymuch like the musicscene, is one of thebest in the world.So I want to visitshows, meet artists,collaborate and dogood things withgood people.

See your countryEvery opportunityI get, I want totake trips aroundAustralia and trycover as much asI can.

Make the best work possibleI’m ultimatelycoming toMelbourne to workand live. I planon making the bestwork, famous work,work we’re all madpleased about.Let’s shout fromthe rooftop and tellthem how greatit is? Enjoy it

What’s the point if you’re not having fun? I want to be proud of what I’m doing, in my own little corner of Melbourne. Cheers.

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5The Aussie dream!

These are the goals. It’ll happen. Just no promises on the AFL one.

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6And also...

Here are some more personal highlights, from nappies...

T O M I N T H E U K

P E R S O N A L M I L E S T O N E S

W H Y I S H E C O M I N G H E R E ?

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Age 5, Age 8, Age 11, Age 16, Age 18, Age 20,

Age 25,

Age 8,

Age 17,

Age 18,

Age 19,

Age 25,

Born: 2nd August 1988In: YorkLived: London

ambitions to travel to space. discovered typography.grew long hair.knew design was the one.travelled the world.got first actual real paid job for design work.

moves to Melbourne.

go on first holiday with parents to Spain.go on first holiday with mates, to Amsterdam.visit and work in Melbourne.return to England, and realise it wasn’t the one.decide now’s the time.

A little bit about...

7... to beards!

I won’t lie. There’s a lot of hair.

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Learn, meet, explore, listen, adventure, laugh, work, draw, paint, jump, swim, surf, eat, drink, smile, befriend, high five, play, enjoy, dance, run, stretch, bounce, watch, socialise, back slap, sing, love, read, sketch, doodle, kick, clean, breathe, greet, make, look, observe, ride, satisfaction, recover, write, open mind.

Repeat.

T O M I N A U S T R A L I ATouch down: 11th December 2013In: MelbourneLives: Richmond

A little bit about...

8Work and that...

A whole range of works, but I also spend a lot of time doing illustration.

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ClientDiesel

ProjectProduce an idea to provide innovation with illustration for Diesel’s Music website.

SolutionTo create the “Make|Create” mobile phone app.

When you download a song from the Diesel Music website, you also download an illustration pack, which you can use the Make|Create app to design your own illustration before uploading via the app itself, and to share on social media with friends.

H E R E I S A S M A L L S A M P L E O F M Y W O R KS O M E P R E T T Y , S O M E F U N C T I O N A L

S O M E D I G I T A L , S O M E P R I N Tb U T A L W A Y S A N I D E A

S O P L E A S E T A K E A L O O KA N D G E T I N T O U C H !

9Animation?

I can do that too!. After Effects is my favourite of all the CS. Too fun!

ClientThe Virtual School

ProjectAnimate an audio tutorial of various educational explanations. For example, this is a screen shot from “The Atom”. I had to bring these audio explainations to life - make these topics engaging for the learner.

ClientESI Media

ProjectCreate a mural for their office interior.6m x 2m.

10The Newspaper Club

... are the wonderful people behind the printing of this.

Go Conquer.

ClientSelf Initiated

ProjectI wanted to document my first 18 months as a design and creative professional through an age old classic medium, the newspaper.

Client48

ProjectDeveloping brand identity, as well as art directing and contributing creative to their launch campaign, through a 60 second TVC, plus print and OOH.

The above are some screen shots from the TVC.

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ClientD&AD

ProjectProduce the print & digital imagery for the President Lecture Series featuring the founder of design collective Tomato, John Warwicker.

ClientCitythinking

ProjectDevelop their visual language through iconography and animation to be used for their external communications.

IconsTaking their key points, as ‘urban thinkers’, and producing icons to maintain the Citythinking brand and ideology.

Like what you see?

Please, get in touch!Details on the back.Many thanks!

GET IN TOUCH?

www.heytom.co.uk

jackson.thomas2@gmail.com

@elTeej

tomjackson1988

(This was made before I got my Aussie number sorted! Fill in the gaps, if you will!)

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