Photograph of David James Ross, taken by Hannah Fox

David has been running courses for creative business startup for several years, working for a range of clients including Banks Mill Studios, a creative business incubator in Derby, De Montfort University’s Innovation Centre, Leicester’s LCB Depot, and Creative Greenhouse. His current work and previous projects cover a wide range of topics within the area of graduate and creative business startup.

A personal development professional for twenty years,  David was formerly Programme Leader for Career Management Studies and a Senior Careers Adviser at the University Of Derby, and has taught Professional Practice and Branding and Marketing to BA (Hons) Commercial PhotographyFilm and Video Production and Web Design and Multimedia since 2005.

His wide range of professional experience means that he is versatile and adaptable to different projects and he offers a range of services, including training and content development.

One of David’s current professional interests is social networking and social media, and although he won’t be jumping on every new platform, he can be found on Facebook.

As you’d expect of someone who’s worked with a wide range of people and clients, he’s picked up the odd testimonial and has a few friends and associates.

And as the person who wrote the words behind the Artybollocks Generator, he’s recently been experiencing the weirdness of ‘going viral’, a story he shares as part of his social media workshops.