Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt
1977 – 1980 Newport College of Art & Design
Vocational Graphic Design course.
1980 – 1982 South Western Printers, Caerphilly
Position: Junior Designer / Artworker
Working for local and national firms in the South Wales area.
1982 – 1984 Dragonfly Design, Cardiff
Position: Junior Designer / Artworker
Working for local and national firms in the Cardiff area.
1984 – 1989 Gilbert Advertising, Covent Garden, London
Position: Graphic Designer / Artworker
Working for local and national firms including Toymaster and Antiference.
1989 – 1992 AZ-TEC Designs, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Position: Studio Manager and Senior Designer
Working for local, national and international companies including JCDecaux and Air. Designing and constructing exhibition stands for Gulf Air mainly in the Middle East and India.
1992 – 2016 Wyattgraphics, Cardiff, Wales
Self-employed graphic designer working for local and national firms mainly from the tourism and education sectors. Preparing concepts and design/artwork using QuarkXPress, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash. Offering print management and in-house digital and large format printing. Work includes stationery, flyers, brochures, books, websites, adverts, logos and exhibitions.
Websites produced using HTML, Flash, PHP & MySQL databases.
Clients include Wales Youth Agency, Trecco Bay Holiday Park and Dragonfly Teacher Training.
At its height the home business had an annual turnover of £250k and employed 2 staff.
2016 – Retirement beckoning. Getting to know the people of Cardiff as a
taxi driver and playing the double bass with the Newport Orchestra and Highfields Church in Cardiff.
