Chief Communications Officer Care Experienced Movement April, 2024 — Present Freelance Designer, Extinction Rebellion (UK) Sep, 2019 — Present Graphic Designer SSAT (UK) Oct, 2018 – Sep, 2019 Marketing Manager Vic Books (NZ) Apr, 2017 – Aug, 2018 Freelance Designer Double Denim (NZ) Oct, 2017 — Dec, 2017 Freelance Designer ClemengerBBDO (NZ) November, 2016 Short Course Design Tutor ACG Yoobee (NZ) Sep, 2016 — Apr, 2017 Festival Co-ordinator Independent Photo Festival November, 2015 Freelance Designer Sunshine Agency (UK) Sep – Nov, 2015 Design Placement Rose Design (UK) July, 2015 Design Placement Allies Design Studio (UK) June, 2015 Freelance Photographer Studio Constantine (AU) 2013 – 2016 Graphic Designer Intrepid Travel (AU) Jun – Oct, 2013 Design Placement Figtree | Prophet (UK) Mar – Apr, 2013 Multi-disciplinary designer, activist, maker and visual communicator with a passion for evocative and æffective storytelling. Since graduating from Kingston University, (2012), Paul has worked in an eclectic mix of global creative studios and agencies in Melbourne, Wellington and London – where he continues to explore the power of design within a variety of contexts and mediums. pauljohnnelson@live.co.uk +44 (0)75 9715 1879 Paul John Nelson The Care Experienced Movement The Care Experienced Movement is an organisation of care-experienced activists with a passion for radically changing the Children’s Social Care system and building a peer support network of care-experienced people across the United Kingdom. I joined the movement in 2023 and have helped to transform the identity and messaging to reflect our movement aims and objectives. careexperiencedmovement.com Care Experienced Movement — Identity Rebrand Care Experienced Movement— Identity Rebrand THE CARE EXPERIENCED MOVEMENT JOIN THE MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US The Care Experienced Movement (CXM) is a collective of Care Experienced People working together as activists to drive the change we need. We use our diverse lived experiences of the children’s social care system to support our community and create a better future for all care experienced people in the UK. We include people of all ages in the Care Experienced Community who have spent any length of time as a child (up to 18 years old) residing in a residential home, residential school, secure unit, supported accommodation, adoptive family, kinship care, guardianship care, or foster care, among other arrangements. We are developing a dynamic movement that is capable of having a substantial and lasting impact on all parts of the Care System, from individuals and institutions to culture and law. We believe: The ongoing failure of the UK care system to ensure the wellbeing of all children is an urgent Civil Rights issue that has been overlooked for too long. Care Experienced children are some of the most vulnerable people in the nation, and their treatment reveals a core of carelessness in our society. Care Experience can continue to cause substantial challenges for us long after leaving care, and whether we age out of the system as Care Leavers or depart in other circumstances, we should all have access to lifelong support. Care is fundamentally political, especially for those of us who have been subjected to the Corporate Parenting of the state, and care experienced people have not yet had adequate political agency or representation. Real change is possible, and we can support each other to integrate real care into the centre of our community, the care system, and beyond. CARE IS A VERB Within the Care Experienced Movement we are: ADVOCATING for ourselves and creating platforms to represent our diverse community. CAMPAIGNING for policy change and more accountability from the Care system. CONNECTING with each other to build and maintain a support network. CREATING art together and telling our stories. CONSULTING with professionals to offer support and advice. EDUCATING groups and individuals through training courses and online resources. OPERATING with caring and trauma-informed policies and practices. PARTNERING with related organisations to collaborate on projects. REDEFINING what it means to be Care Experienced. We invite you to join the movement for care experienced rights. Contact us at: info@careexperiencedmovement.com Vic Books & Café As designer and Marketing Manager for Vic Books, in Wellington NZ, I was in charge of consolidating and developing the existing brand guidelines as well as designing for a varied demographic across two sites (including two cafés). Vic Books — Summer Catalogue Vic Books — Marketing Material Saturdays, 11am at Vic Books, Kelburn Storytime with Baz Storytime with Baz Storytime with Baz Saturdays 11am Vic Books, Kelburn St rytime with Baz Saturdays 11am Vic Books Kelburn Storytime with Baz Saturdays 11am at Vic Books, Kelburn ANNA JACKSON HANNAH METTNER JAMES BROWN THERESE LLOYD Harry Ricketts Poetry Reading 31.05.18 / 5.30pm Vic Books, Kelburn Celebrate the release of Winter Eyes by Harry Ricketts at this poetry event. Including readings by Anna Jackson, Hannah Mettner, James Brown and Therese Lloyd. From 5.30pm Thursday 31 st May Vic Books, Kelburn VIC BOOKS MAY SALE May 7th — 11th Annual May Sale All are welcome! Kelburn & Pipitea Sustainability Week May 28 th — June 1 st BOO BO B BOOK BOOK S BOOK SA BOOK SAL BOOK SALE 139 Vivian Street, Te Aro Campus, The Atrium Faculty of Architecture & Design, VUW Pop up. Te Aro Campus Great Discounts Architecture Design Photography Fashion & much more Tue 17th & Wed 18th April 10am — 3pm Vic Books — Marketing Material Mesita Wine Bar — Brand Identity Mesita Wine Bar Freelance brand identity work produced for Mesita Wine Bar in Martinborough, New Zealand. Mesita - meaning ‘small table’ - is owned and operated by Alice Bordeaux & Hayden Gibbs and was born out of a passion for the small pleasures and comforts in life, particularly in food & wine. mesita.net Mesita Wine Bar — Brand Identity FIZZ Bedin Prosecco, Italy Mas Candi Cava, Spain Veuve Doussot Brut Sélection, France Palliser Estate Methode Traditionnelle, Martinborough Grava Sauvignon Blanc, Martinborough (2016) Palliser Estate Sauvignon Blanc, Martinborough (2016) Domaine Paul Boise Sauvignon Blanc, Tourraine France (2016) Big Sky Gruner Veltliner, Martinborough (2017) Onorevolo Pinot Grigio DOC, Treviso Italy (2016) Barbuntin Albariño, Rias Baixas Spain (2016) 9 / 49 10 / 52 10 / 52 11 / 54 12 / 55 12 / 55 9 / 49 10 / 52 10 / 52 11 / 54 14 / 60 9 / 48 10 / 49 10 / 48 10/ 48 Cambridge Road Nouveau, Martinborough (2017) Alexander Dusty Road Pinot Noir, Martinborough (2016) Castillo Armado Reserva Tempranillo, La Mancha Spain (2009) Cambridge Road Di Dove Sei, Martinborough (2014) Schubert Syrah, Martinborough (2014) WHITE RED 14C Ohio St, Martinborough mesita.net Yes We Cannabis Identity in support of New Zealand’s cannabis legalisation vote campaign – Yes We Cannabis. Shifting the conversation and broadening what is socially acceptable amongst New Zealanders, the campaign aimed to normalize and legitamize recreational use of cannabis. Yes We Cannabis — Campaign Identity Yes We Cannabis — Campaign Identity Photography Personal film photography taken whilst living in Australia & New Zealand between 2013 – 2018. Personal Photography — Yellow Gum Park, Melbourne (2015) Personal Photography Freelance Design Posters produced through commisions as part of the Autonomous Design Group (ADG) in support of a variety of institutions and causes. weareadg.org Autonomous Design Group — Conference on Environment & Identity in the Americas, Essex University Autonomous Design Group — Rent Strike London Editions Ltd. Founded in 2012, Editions Ltd. was an independent publishing imprint with aim of showcasing creative talent through limited edition printed ephemera. Editions Ltd. Independent Publishing Editions Ltd. — Identity Development Editions Ltd. — Stay Young Photography Zine Stay Young Ongoing submission based photographic project aimed at promoting and engaging a broad range of young independent photographers across the world between online and print platforms. Editions Ltd. — Stay Young Photography Zine Extinction Rebellion Printed collateral designed for Extinction Rebellion as Design Coordinator and Paint the Streets coordinator, to promote the single largest demonstration of mass civil disobedience within central London on the occasions of the International Rebellions from April 15 th and October 7 th , 2019. I also continue to develop my skills as Arts Factory and Design coordinator with XR in order to pressure governments to Tell the Truth, Act Now and enact a Citizens’ Assembly to deal with the climate & ecological emergency. Extinction Rebellion — Civil Disobedience WE’RE BEYOND FUCKED Extinction Rebellion — Civil Disobedience