Guy Thornbury-Phillips

Freelance Writer & Digital Designer

United Kingdom

Adaptable and organised freelancer with professional experience in blogging, editing, digital/print design & WordPress web design.
An avid follower of music, technology and culture.
(More work available on request)

Portfolio

Editing and Design Projects

About Face UK
08/20/2018
Business Cards

Postcard size business cards designed for marketing purposes for face painting company About Face UK.

About Face UK
11/15/2017
Banner

2m banner designed for marketing purposes for face painting company About Face UK.

About Face UK
03/10/2016
Leaflet

PR leaflet designed for face painting company About Face UK to promote professional adult face painting.

Issuu
01/21/2016
Raw Magazine

Monthly insight into a cleaner, more natural and efficient lifestyle. (Pages 5, 16, 17, 40, 50, 51 and back cover written, edited and designed by myself)

University
03/13/2014
Daily Mail front page

University assignment: Designing & editing a front page of the Daily Mail newspaper.

Website Design & Blogging

Personal travel blog designed, curated and edited through my travels of Central America
01/15/2018
Lost Traveller | A Travel Blog of Discovery

A travel blog about an amateur backpacking traveller sharing his journey to becoming a seasoned story telling nomad.

WordPress website
08/20/2017
Essence Transformation Coaching

Life coach website designed in conjunction with the clients needs. Involves use of videography on homepage.

HELPIMASTUDENT - Culture Editor
07/10/2016
A helpsite for students, written by students.

Student website created with fellow students/graduates. - Blog writing + leadership/organisation of fellow bloggers - Team website management with directors/editors - SEO, editing and proof reading

Published Articles

The Independent
07/17/2015
HitchBOT the beer-bucket robot set to hitchhike across America

Its gender is unknown, it stands at three feet tall, weighs about 25 pounds and has a beer bucket for a body. It can also, if conversation runs dry, recite the entire contents of Wikipedia. In short, there's no reason for American motorists not to give it a lift.

The Independent
07/14/2015
SAS soldiers died during training due to a catalogue of 'gross failures'

The three British soldiers who died during a selection test for the SAS were killed as a result of a catalogue of "gross failures" by one of the military's elite units, their inquest concluded. Lance-Corporals Edward Maher and Craig Roberts and Corporal James Dunsby died from the effects of heat exhaustion after a series of "serious mistakes and systemic failures", coroner Louise Hunt ruled in Solihull.

The Galleon
09/22/2015
Tinder Isn't Just For Sex Anymore

I'm not here to write about the experience of an emotional Tinder success story, but rather to show and explain how Tinder can aid you in finding that special someone. An online article in The Guardian this month titled 'Is Tinder really creating a 'dating apocalypse'?'

University Final Project - The Current State of the 21st Century Music Industry (4-piece feature series)

(written in the style of The Guardian Weekend magazine)
Surviving the Music Climate

Upcoming musicians need to be more creative than ever when it comes to living independently in the current music industry.

(written in the style of The Guardian Weekend magazine)
Social Media Knowledge

Musicians are bypassing the importance of social media and are in need of some advice.

(written in the style of The Guardian Weekend magazine)
The Vinyl Revival

Are they here to stay? No one knows yet...

(written in the style of The Guardian Weekend magazine)
Virtual Reality Music

The future of live music could ‘virtually’ change.