After a long career in the uncreative world of surveying I decided to venture into the exciting and ultra creative graphic design universe. Not wanting to peak to early with creativity I started my own business Kevin Arthur Design - no creative energy expended there! What a scary time that was with only a few friend/clients to kick start the business. Working from a home office in the idyllic setting of the Adelaide Hills surrounded by boutique wineries offered some stress relief.
Family reasons dictated a move from the picturesque Adelaide Hills to the coastal town of Victor Harbor on the Fleurieu Peninsula. Joining the local Victor Harbor Business Association proved to be a successful venture, meeting other small local business owners and being able to help them with their corporate look and feel aa well as development of their marketing materials. A lot of the businesses that I was able to help were startup businesses looking for an identity, being able to provide that gave me an great feeling of satisfaction.
An opportunity too good to be true ... which did turn out to be exactly that, meant that we were to move from South Australia to the most northerly capital city in Australia - Darwin, some 3,000 kilometeres away. The people I was to work for promised much but delivered little and I was taught if you can't say something nice about someone ...
Some things are planned other things just happen. As it turns out leaving my former employer was the best thing to happen to me. I am now fully employed at the Batchelor Institute as the Marketing and Communications Manager, with my existing business U:phoria Graphics running as a side project. I have a few clients that I am still more than happy to accommodate. I want to maintain this small and intimate client base because providing advise and sharing my experience is what I am about.