About Alex
Alex Szabo-Haslam is a Sheffield-based creative designer and artist.
Alex has over a decade of experience providing commercial branding, design, and creative artworking for clients across the arts, education, and charity sectors — and for design agencies around the UK. Additionally he has worked on public art projects, crowdfunding campaigns, and produced silkscreen prints for a range of musicians and record labels including the Arctic Monkeys and Balkan Vinyl.
His work has been published in:
The Atlantic, BBC, Billboard, Core 77, Creative Boom, Creative Review, Design Taxi, DJ Mag, Electronic Sound, Fact, The Guardian, Mixmag, My Modern Met, National Geographic, The Shortlist, and Synthtopia.
When he had better hair Alex promoted dance and electronic music events with Altern 8, DJ Rephlex Records, Surgeon, Richard H Kirk, DMX Krew, Chris Liberator, Andrea Parker, Jerome Hill — and more.
Experience
Branding and Design
As an independent designer, and in roles for agencies, producing creative work for organisations including:
Appleyard Projects
Arctic Monkeys
Artfelt
Augur Project
Axis Architecture
B&B Press
Balkan Vinyl
Barnsley Museums
Beauchief Abbey Press
The Brand New Idea
The Cafeteria
Campbell’s Flowers
The Car People
The Children’s Media Conference
Creative England
Eizo
Fighting High Publishing
Haven
Jaguar Land Rover
Johnson & Johnson
Kada Research
LEO Learning
Light Up Festival
Maker{Futures}
Migration Matters Festival
Museums Sheffield
Nest
Notion
Of Menses and Men
Peacefrog Records
Peter & Paul
Petronas
PricewaterhouseCoopers
PrintAply
Propaganda
Renault
Rachael Clegg Artist
Royal Armouries Museum
Royal Mail
Sheffield DocFest
Sheffield Hallam University
St Luke’s Hospice
Social Art Summit
Sonardyne International
Spencer Estate Agents
SPARC
Storycatchers
Theatre Deli
Trakker
Tramlines Festival
University of Huddersfield
The University of Sheffield
Yorkshire Water
Photography Assistant
Assisting photoshoots with Nick Eagle, on location nationwide for a range of clients and TV productions:
BBC
- Angels of the North
BBC Sport
- FIFA World Cup 2022
- Tokyo Olympics 2021
- Commonwealth Games 2022
- England Women’s Rugby League
Fox Agency
FutureShock Wrestling
The Gate Films
Manchester United FC
Manchester United Women
Pablo
Remington
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield United FC
Sheffield United Women
Sky
Teaching
Working in secondary schools, colleges, and universities on a range of creative courses:
The University of Sheffield, Associate Lecturer. Branding workshop on the Cross Catalyst programme for academics (2022)
The Sheffield College, Associate Lecturer. Graphic Design, Journalism, and Media (2015-18)
Sheffield Hallam University, visiting lecturer (2015-2018)
The Sheffield College, Learner Support Assistant (2012-14)
Sheffield Springs Academy, cover supervisor / teaching assistant and BTEC Media Instructor (2010-12)
Art Projects and Exhibitions
Vista Tower, public art commission (2021-22)
Sheffield Print Fair, printmaking group show (2021)
Millennium Gallery, printmaking group show (2019)
Cutler’s Hall, Etsy Made Local (2019)
APG Works, ‘Up There’ silkscreen print group show (2017)
Theatre Deli, ‘Save Devonshire Street’ art auction (2015)
Art in the Gardens, Sheffield (2010)