Neil Bartle

Background

About Neil Bartle

About me? Well. Since I was a teenager obsessively listening to the soundtrack of 'CATS' whilst on my paper round I have been a fan of musical theatre. Little knowing that this obsession with one particular show would lead me to having a long career in arts marketing with the company that designed the iconic branding for the show I was so obsessed with, and many other iconic West End and global productions. My career started as a typesetter/paste-up artist creating artwork on art boards (yes, I am that old!) for all kinds of print from business stationery to magazine pages and corporate brochures ready to send off to plate makers. With the advent of DTP I made the shift to PageMaker and QuarkXpress, enthusiastically embracing the new technologies but retaining the eye for detail that I had developed as a paste-up artist. After working for a couple of years working I travelled around the globe. I learnt a lot about myself, other people and cultures during this time. It was a major period of development for me personally and has given me a love of travel which I enjoy to this day. Upon returning to the UK I started at Dewynters as an artworker, and I have never left! This job has given me a great sense of pride and achievement. Seeing my work all over London and the UK, whether it was posters on buses and tube stations, on roadside billboards, adverts in newspapers and magazines, or leaflets in mail shots, it always made me smile. Indeed, seeing my work in airports when travelling to other countries proudly made me think 'I did that'. With the advent of the internet I quickly realised that this was the way forward and wanted embrace the new technologies and marketing opportunities as soon as possible. I moved from print into digital, helping set up Dewynters' fledgling digital department by creating the early static banners and then moving onto designing and building websites. The digital world presents endless opportunities for learning new technology and techniques which are constantly evolving and I have worked across most elements of this field. I am currently specialising in creating engaging animated HTML5 banner and responsive HTML email campaigns. My love of travel has continued and I have been lucky enough to have visited many countries including Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Nepal, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, USA, Canada and many European countries, but a personal favourite was visiting the Falkland Islands. I love a challenge, learning new things and (without wanting to sound too cheesy) making the most of life.