ABOUT

My name is Dave Ashby and I am a freelance digital designer based in Bristol.

I design and build inspiring digital projects for small and large businesses including design agencies. My main focus is online things, such as websites, app design and animation. However I have a very wide range of creative skills and in many cases, can offer everything my clients need under one roof.

Design is my life and I love what I do, spending 80% of my time designing, building or learning something new to improve my skills. Take a look at my services page and you’ll see what I mean.

“Dave is without a doubt one of the hardest working creatives I've worked with. He manages to juggle multiple projects, both professional and personal, with (quite frankly ridiculous) ease, always producing top notch work."

Dan Fitzpatrick
Social Media Executive

“Dave is one of those designers who
understands what you want- rather than
one who just ticks the boxes of your brief.
He isn't actually a lizard."

Kirk Hullis
Digital Engagement Manager, Healthspan.co.uk

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PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

At a glance

After my studies and getting my 1st class degree in Graphic Design, I started my design career as a print designer, but at the same time was learning web design and coding. Over the years of working for various design agencies, I moved my focus to online design. I’m now a freelance Digital Designer.

Liquidlizard Freelance

Since April 2012, I decided to go fulltime freelance to give me the time to work on my personal projects such as my clothing brand. I still work for design agencies and small businesses creating all kinds of design projects as a designer for hire.

Proctor & Stevenson

Well known design agency in Bristol who design campaigns for very large clients such as Panasonic. They create all types of media for on and offline campaigns. My role was senior web designer mostly designing websites and mobile app work.

TeamRubber

Digital social media agency split into 3 companies (RubberRepublic, Delib, Viral Ad Network) specialising in creating campaigns for large well known clients such as Paramont and UK Councils. My role at TeamRubber was lead digital designer creating all the visual design work.

Debut Sport

Sports and leisure supplier for UK distributors such as Argos, Toys R Us, JJB Sport and Tesco. Not a design agency but a production company that makes toys and games and then markets those products to the UK markets. My role as senior designer was to create launch campaigns, design products and online advertisements.

The Filter

One of the first social networks that recommended music, films and web clips based on the things you watch and listen to. The company was part owned by Peter Gabriel and my role was lead designer to help build a brand for the company and design a world class social website with all the online marketing that was needed to promote the website and company as a whole.

Bluepoppy

Design agency based in Bristol who created campaigns for all types of clients of different sizes. My role here switched between a print and web designer depending on the project.

Em5

Print design agency. Mostly handling local corporate projects and a monthly magazine. On ocassion I built corporate websites and flash advert animations but my main role was print design on brochures, leaflets and the magazine.

IMS

London based print agency. As lead designer I designed and laid out all the printed materials for various small companies and local businesses.

I play plenty of games on and offline, usually involving
zombies or strategy.

I try to cook when I can. I think chinese or pizza is my favourite. Btw, I don’t like coffee! Weird I know.

I sometimes watch a little TV, usually the sci-fi, cartoons
or comedy genres. No drama please!.

Used to play guitar, now I just listen to it. My friends are
in bands. I tour, I watch, we hang out. It’s all fun.

I often go on photography tours around the south west and upload the results to my flickr account.

I love to learn and am always practising new skills,
usually something art related.

I do love a good film. I especially like the animated ones and Pixar is my absolute favourite.

I’m making a graphic novel called ‘Afterdark’. It’s my goal in life to bring it to life....slowly but surely.