Steve Gill:
Senior Designer

Joining us in 1994, Steve had already established a reputation at well-respected design agencies in Scotland. He provides a perfect combination of creative talent, leadership and project management skills, which he has applied successfully to many brand, annual report, bid document and website projects over the years for clients, which include: De Vere Group plc, Stanley Leisure plc, British Nuclear Group and Compass Group plc.

My Q&As

What is your role at Forepoint?

In DJ terms a beat perfect mix of: design creative; design implementation; team leadership; job management; client liaison; job costings; proposals; scheduling; admin (how we hate admin!).

What qualifications have you attained?

HND Graphic Design (Newcastle) with Distinction
Foundation Studies (Bradford)
Technics Music Academy (Manchester)

How long have you been at Forepoint?

Since 1994, yep man and boy! Never thought I'd stay in Preston but it's really not that bad! In general the Forepoint family are a good crack!

What is your best quality?

Dependable and a keen eye!

What is your worst habit?

Very sarcastic, sharp yet blunt!

My Pics

My interests

General

My beautiful babies, listening to music, DJing and club promotion, design, did i mention music? discovering classics cutz and new underground joints, most definitely not a mainstream man! DIY and the Gym (well an appearance now and again!).

Music

"There are only two kinds of music - good and bad".. but broadly: Deep House; Soulful House; Garage (As in US not UK); Broken Beat; Funk; NuJazz; NuSoul; D'n'B; Rare-Groove; Acid Jazz; Hip Hop... etc...

Films

Boyz in the Hood, The Usual Suspects, The Shawshank Redemption; New Jack City; Leon; Alien and Aliens, The Godfather 1 & 2, Goodfellas; Highlander; Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon; Sin City; Pulp Fiction; The Chronicles of Riddick; Batman Begins; Kill Bill (The first one); Lucky Number Sleven and something a little different C'etait un Rendezvous...

Heroes

Maybe not heroes but certainly inspirational: George Clinton; Stevie Wonder; James Brown; Prince; Daley Thompson; Linford Christie; Salvador Dali; Le Corbusier; Lil’ T; Lil’ Luca.

My links

• myspace.com/stevejalapeno
• >myspace.com/supafly
• helveticafilm.com
• traxsource.com
• piccadillyrecords.com
• juno.co.uk
• bbc.co.uk/1xtra/aaronross
• bbc.co.uk/1xtra/benjib
• southportweekender.co.uk
• apple.com