Ian's Bio & Reviews

"The whole day was fantastic. Well paced and exceptionally planned. Felt at ease the whole time and the tutoring was thorough and thought out."

"Great facilities, location and course content"

"Friendly and approachable trainer which is great for feeling at ease. Classroom sizes were great."

"Vey professional, efficient and welcoming environment :)"

"The course was really good with relevant examples. Ian was super helpful and explained everything with no issues."

"Lovely office space, engaging and knowledgeable teaching, very relevant examples"

"Instructor was very good, knowledgable, clear and helpful with any questions. Class size is good. Food also great, lunch and snack options excellent"

"Relevant examples, useful guidance, examples of activities I will use day-to-day."

"Ian was a great trainer, and the course was really thorough and delivered in an easy to digest way."

"The knowledge was great and went through it at a great pace. Could easily follow along and ask questions where needed."

"Great resources to go alongside the course. Also Ian went above and beyond to go and research into any questions we had. Really great training"

"Super interesting course - lots to take away!"

"The trainer is very knowledgeable and organised. I really like the teaching atmosphere here."

"Really good environment and Ian was great. He was organised and methodical and worked through a lot of areas quickly but in a way that was easy to follow."

"Keeping the content interesting throughout (as this is sometimes hard when courses are online!)"

"Learned a lot and love that we can access materials after the session has ended. The training was tailored to our questions as well which was great!"

"Felt very welcome and Ian was a great tutor for this course, very patient and made sure everybody felt confident"

"Diverse topics, great knowledgeable trainers, great training assets amazing learning atmosphere"

"Ian went at the perfect pace - really patient, clear and friendly. I have learnt lots and always love coming to MediaTraining, such a great experience from start to finish."

"I had used XD briefly before but Ian explained so many things I didn't know existed, it was fantastic especially for an intro course."

"It was a really great experience and I look forward to working with you."

"It went at a great pace and i learnt a lot"

"Thought it was a really good course. Enjoyed having a wide range of examples to learn about a number of different techniques and how I could apply it to my daily practice."

"It was a great course and Ian was really knowledgeable - it was a really helpful course"

"Welcoming everyone, making us feel comfortable and answering any questions. The breaks were at good times."

"Taking questions and giving relevant examples. Really friendly environment, and also the food was great! I've learned a lot and I'm really glad to have taken the course"

"The course was everything I expected it to be, the venue is great and the trainer and the team were fantastic. Many thanks!"

"Very professional yet sociable/hands on training session- very enjoyable."

"I loved dipping into all of the different adobe products such as photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator. Ian has been a great teacher and really helped with any questions I had on how to do specific things."

"Facilities were fantastic and course pacing was spot on. Ian was very helpful and explained everything in great detail throughout."

"Ian was a great teacher and I feel I have really got to grips with the essentials of InDesign upon completing this course. Thank you!"

"I really enjoyed the practical nature of the course and found the tips and tricks that we were taught throughout especially helpful. I also appreciate the links to resources that we can access after completion of the course."

"I liked the pace of the course, nothing felt rushed, and Ian was very patient. I appreciated the regular breaks! I also really liked the refreshments throughout the day."

"Ian was so knowledgeable and taught the course in an easy to understand way. Never felt rushed and was happy to answer any questions. Thoroughly enjoyed the course."

"Have had an incredible experience, highly recommend. Venue is clean, spacious with great music. All team members I came in contact with were friendly. Lunch and snack offering was amazing!! Ian was so lovely, patient and a wealth of knowledge. Thank you all for the course!"

"Very knowledgeable and friendly! Lunch was also delicious!"

"Awesome course, trainer, good times for breaks and lunch, decent lunch. Thanks!"

"Adapting from in-person to online course when it was necessary and also allowing me to change course at the last minute. I'm very impressed and grateful."

"Really engaging sessions that are a mix of learning content and physically trialing the new skills learnt in programs. Great introduction and pace for a range of levels in graphic design. Great facilities and access to programs, with examples ready to use and loaded on the the desktops. Very organised and a knowledgeable trainer."

"Highly knowledgeable, friendly trainers, excellent technology, great location and great food/refreshments"

"Very friendly, helpful with great facilities. The tutor was patient and great!"

"Really great course, I learned so much. The pace was good, inspiring but also challenging. Thank you!"

"Really thorough information, explained clearly and at a good pace. Relevant for multiple uses which was really helpful. Clear instruction, really patient instructor who was friendly and approachable. Lunch was great and the breaks were well spaced out."

"Very friendly and knowledgeable. I feel like i can take a lot away from this and put it into my work. Giving instructions via zoom may seem challenging when you're giving technical training but the communication was excellent and any key points that needed to be repeated were done so. Any questions i had when relating this to my company were answered."

"Trainer was very knowledgeable, patient and got all the content across well. Food & refreshments provided were amazing!"

"Very clear explanations and answers to questions even beyond the immediate scope of the course (e.g. what might be intermediate tasks in InDesign, how to identify fonts and find images online). Lovely space, staff and food as well!"

"Explaining, demonstrating clearly, keeping attention focused."

"Explaining and being thorough. Everything was easy to understand and go through, the pace was also perfect."

"The course was ran at a really good place and I enjoyed being able to view what Ian was doing on the screen and follow along. I felt it was a really great overview of XD and it felt like we covered a lot just in the one day. Looking forward to being back at Media Training soon!"

"Friendly, good class-size, good structure. I liked the practices. Covered good range of skills."

"Working at a speed relevant for all students"

"The trainer Ian, and the training materials, were excellent. Lunch was delicious."

"Well thought out course plan and facilities. Would recommend and will be back in the future for an intermediate course"

"Really knowledgable and took the time to make sure everyone was on the same page. The classes were small enough for everyone to be able to keep up and not get lost or left behind."

"Well delivered and good interactive sessions"

"Great course, well broken up days, lots of practice with Indesign"

"Really clear instructions. we went at a good pace"

"Trainer was really good at taking us through slowly, making sure we all knew the steps and understanding them fully."

"Everything! Very informative course and all staff were friendly and approachable. Thank you."

"The entire day was really organised and I felt the overall course was effective and successful."

"Training, providing macs/pc's, nice amount of breaks, good small group size, providing services and guides after the course is over"

"Ian was very patient with us and very knowledgable. He was very clear with instructions and good with time management so expectations were managed well."

"Ian was really knowledgable and helpful when we needed help! I really enjoyed the course and learnt a lot in one day, thank you Ian and the team! :)"

"Really lovely, welcoming environment with great staff"

"Really detailed in training, made sure everyone was clear before moving onto the next topic as well as making time for any question at the end of each topic - centre team were really friendly and helpful as well."

"Ian went at a really good pace and we covered a wide range of skills and techniques so I feel suitably prepared to use InDesign at work."

"Ian is very knowledgeable and has a lovely presentation manner. He kept me engaged."

"The trainer was really engaging and clearly very knowledgeable. Good scope of content."

"The course was super informative, the office amazing and the tech was great. I really enjoyed this course and will definitely seek to learn more with you guys in future!"

"Everything was amazing from tutors to the course and the food!"

"Trainer was super friendly and clear. Staff were also very nice. The location is brilliant!"

"Very good course and Ian was very helpful"

"Great environment to learn and great trainer"

"Lots of detail and information - flow of course at a brisk pace."

"Knowledge of the trainer, the facilities, issues were sorted very quickly. he training course was brilliant and the facilities were top notch! The lunch and refreshments provided were lovely and social distancing measures are kept in place."

"Ian was impressive, really prepared with both learning materials (handouts) and practical tasks. The course gives you a great basic knowledge of Graphic Design, especially InDesign. There has been a good balance between theory and practice. As a person that never came into contact with graphic design before, I feel extremely happy with the course and the experience overall."

"The trainer (Ian) was very approachable and friendly - you felt comfortable asking him any questions or going over anything you'd missed first time. He has given me lots of good ideas that I'll definitely use at work. This course really usefully supplements Media Training's InDesign courses. I'd recommend doing it between your InDesign: Introduction and InDesign: Intermediate courses. The course is well paced, with well-timed breaks and lunch. Although I particularly liked your previous centre as it was so funky and full of character, the new centre is as good as it can be. Very spacious and airy, very clean, great views!"

"Liked all the little computer shortcuts and I liked having time in the course to be able to experiment and try it for myself. Also a very good class size, very friendly people and a lovely, comfortable, work enviroment."

"Great location, great food, great instructors"

"Teaching overall. Being patient with questions/ queries. One to one help during the course."

"Everything! Professionalism, hosting, food, quality content"

"It was great that it was a small group. We could ask lots and lots of questions even outside of indesign and the trainer explained everything in lots of detail."

"There was useful context given during the training, and it felt as though we covered a broad range of topics"

"Identifying my training requirements and providing appropriate training at a level at which I can take away and use."

"Ian explained everything really well. I was worried the course wouldn't be for complete beginners but I'd never even opened InDesign before and managed to follow along. Ian was also really great at solving any problems we had encountered by sharing our screens. Thank you!"

"Ian was a great tutor, really helpful and responsive and I learnt so so much!"

"Great - comprehensive, friendly and v helpful"

"Ian went through everything at a good speed - enough to keep you engaged but not so quickly you felt rushed/ didn't understand each step."

"Everything! Ian is clearly an expert in Illustrator, was friendly and engaging and willing to answer all questions. The course delivery was seamless and exactly on time, with no hiccups. A very professional and practical service - thank you!"

"Really useful and detailed course. I look forward to putting my training in to practice :)"

"It was my first Media Training course, and it sets a good benchmark."

"Taking it step by step and spacing it out over two days was good. There was a lot covered but I was able to take on board a lot of it. Also sending the prompt/support documents also helped as I was able to focus on what Ian, the trainer, was saying rather than having to take notes too."

"Great tutor and support. Very, patient - thank you!"

"Ian was great and really patient & knowlageble, thank you Ian! :)"

"Friendly and very skilled instructor with clear guidance. Helpful and made sure no one was left behind"

"Good examples and pacing, didn't feel like any time was wasted. Ian was great at finding time for everyones questions"

"Taking enough time to go through each step and making it clear and easy to follow! Thank you!"

"Great help and support going through all the steps"

"Knowledgable, Straight forward instruction. Good examples, quality assetts"