David Nightingale Creative

David Nightingale Creative | Freelance Creative Artwork & Graphic Design
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David Nightingale Creative | Freelance Creative Artwork & Graphic Design
David Nightingale Creative
Freelance Creative Artwork
& Graphic Design
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About

With over 27 years of experience in the design industry, working at creative studios, web design agencies, event agencies, a global print management company, and even a print shop. Creating artwork for most sectors, including property and construction, pharmaceuticals, tourism and leisure, retail, finance, and education. As a freelance artworker, I continue to deliver high-quality artwork across all areas. In print, digital and motion.
I do these creative things
  • Beautiful typography
  • Considered layouts
  • Branding and logo development
  • Photoshop comps and visuals
  • After Effects animation and video
I have these tech skills
  • Brand consistent artwork
  • Retouching and colour correction
  • Paragraph and GREP styles
  • XD wireframes and prototypes
  • Scripting and automation
  • Efficient workflows
  • Digital asset management

If you’re looking for a freelance artworker, get in touch.

Studio info

Comms
Teams, Zoom, Google Hangouts, Slack, Phone.
Time
The jobs and projects I work on are all accurately tracked with time‑tracking software for precise timesheets and billing.
Files
Some of my regular clients share VPN or FTP access to their work server for easy file access.
Secure
Running up-to-date anti-virus and malware protection. Keeping all shared client files safe and secure.
Backup
All files I work on get backed up on a Raid server. And also securely to the cloud.
Fibre
Transferring files of any size is never a problem over superfast fibre broadband.
Solar

I’m solar-powered, using almost zero electricity from the grid. Carbon friendly. I also plant 20 trees for every invoice paid.

Clients

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“A true talent at artworking. If someone should write a book on the subject it would be David.”

Simon Iredale, Creative Director
Motionlab

“Looking for a Creative Artworker who can quickly integrate into your team, gets on with the project, has great attention to detail, with excellent technical skills, then David is your man.”

Simon Allman, Creative Director
Absolute

“Dave is the best Creative Artworker I’ve ever worked with. A very rare mix of creative and technical artwork skills. Bloody quick and a nice guy too.”

Dave Ellams, Head of Design
Conran Design Group

“Impressing both our own teams and the client he served, establishing good operational practises whilst maintaining excellent client relationships.”

Kevin Dunckley, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer
HH Global

“Bringing knowledge and experience to every project. Seen as the go-to person for high end and complex artwork challenges. People of David’s calibre are a rare breed.”

David Campbell, Creative Director
SLG

“His innovative design and creative skills set our products apart from our competitors. I would recommend his services to companies of all sizes.”

Chris Reid, CEO
Connect Group

“Hugely talented, diligent, accurate and extremely capable. Working quickly and smartly, utilising techniques to improve efficiencies. A great addition to any agency.”

Jules Shale, Managing Director
90 Degrees