Venn joined Shift at the end of 2010 as a talented and passionate Junior Designer and has quickly advanced and proven himself as anything but junior, except in age.
Voted "Rookie of the Year" at Shift's 2010's Christmas awards, Venn has worked on a number of large projects since he started, including newzealand.com and the Heart Foundation redesign.
Design is easy. All you do is stare at the screen until drops of blood form on your forehead.
Marty Neumeier
While his formal education is in Computer Science, Venn is a self-taught graphic designer and illustrator. His commercial and personal works have been featured in various art and design publications such as Computer Arts, Advanced Photoshop, Digital Arts, Layers and Semi-Permanent.
When Venn isn't using Photoshop shortcuts with a speed that dazzles even the most seasoned of designers, he is teaching himself new programming languages which give him an advantage when designing for the web.
