Ms Nickie Hirst

Ms Nickie Hirst

Head of Dept, Design & Creative Inds

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Biography

Head of Department of Design and Creative Industries at Winchester School of Art, Principle Teaching Fellow in Design, Senior Teaching fellow of the HEA. Her expertise and specialist design knowledge is graphic design, branding and interaction design.

I joined WSA as Programme Leader for BA Graphic Arts in 2018, have held academic and director level positions at The University of Greenwich, University of the Arts (UAL) and The University of the West of England (UWE). I have a Diploma in Professional Coaching and have been a mentor for the Aurora Leadership Foundation initiative for women and contributed to the Sorrell Young Designers Programme.

15 years of professional design experience working for Creative Agencies including Razorfish Sapient, Meta, Futurebrand, BBH and McCann London for clients that include Telefonica, The Economist, Natwest, RAC, FIFA, Boots and Audi.

 

Current practice-based research interests:

•Associations and structures of place - signs, lettering and typography
•Vernacular typography, kinetic typography