“Graham has been outstanding in taking the strong visual brand identity of Time Out and interpreting it for the digital age. Graham has an excellent eye for detail, engages and understands our users and has been instrumental in developing our mobile offering.” October 7, 2010

David Pepper, MD Digital, Time Out

I love LinkedIn, and not just because you can get people to say nice things about you!

LinkedIn makes the chore of maintaining a CV a thing of great ease and pleasure, but for me the vital ingredient is recommendations. Very few Designers I know are really taking advantage of this feature and yet it offers great value as a little seal of approval and an insight into previous success. More than the tradition “testimonies” that you’d see on portfolio sites, recommendations seem more genuine – or at least you can verify the identity of the person writing the glowing review. In future, if LinkedIn becomes the ultimate “go to” place to check out prospective employees and contractors, recommendations may be as essential as letters after your name or yellow pencils* and industry accolades.

Request your recommendations now before everyone is asking for them and it becomes as acceptable to ignore requests as it is to ignore invites to play Bejewelled from Facebook!

* One day… pleeeeeeease

“Graham produces fabulous design work for the Time Out website timeout.com. During his time with Time Out, the quality of the design of everything we do digitally just keeps getting better and better. Nothing seems to throw him off his stride.” June 24, 2010

Tony Elliott, Chairman/Founder, Time Out Group Ltd