Training team

Our experienced and professional training team is vested in ensuring you understand Adobe software better.

Our focus is not on what you learn – but how you remember.

Our accelerated learning format allows you to digest more information by making it more memorable by emphasising how the brain works.

The most important factor about a training course is what you remember afterwards. That's our number one focus.

  • our experienced trainers have been delivering professional training for more than a decade
  • they have a vested interest in your learning experience

Certitec training team

Our professional training team

All of our experienced training instructors have been delivering Adobe training with Certitec for many years.

Jon Bessant

Acrobat, InDesign, InCopy & Digital publishing suite

Jon is our training director and manages our training team. He has been utilising Adobe software in the quick-print, newspaper and magazine print markets since 1987. Jon has presented at European Seybold Seminars and other events including Adobe Live, Digital Solutions, PIRA, Pre-Press Strategies and the Publishing Expo.


Alistair Dabbs

After Effects, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro & Photoshop

Alistair was a magazine production editor before launching a freelance career in technical writing within the fields of digital imaging and publishing production. For many years, he was the contributing editor for publishing tech at MacUser and went on to co-author a series of how-to books including 'InDesign Essentials' and the best-selling 'Digital Designer's Bible'. Adobe-certified since 2002, he specialises in digital and print production workflows, and was twice a finalist at the Digital Magazine Awards.


Terry Kendrick

After Effects, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro & Photoshop

A graphic and web designer and trainer, Terry has worked in the design industry for over 40 years. Building up a wide variety of design skills, his areas of expertise include: visualising, art direction, catalogues, database publishing in InDesign, and technical Illustration. He has specialised in digital graphics since 1991. Within six months he started to share his skills and soon found himself training others, alongside being a designer, and has done so ever since. Terry has since formalised his training qualifications and is also a CompTIA CTT+ technical trainer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“My trainer was excellent and I cannot praise him enough. The remote training went very smoothly from start to end and I will be booking more courses with Certitec in the future ...”

Jonathan Lewis

“Alistair was very knowledgable and happy to answer any questions people had. I learned a lot of new techniques over the two-day course!”

Rachael McClune

“Really good course overall. Was easy to follow along and Alistair did well at explaining the tools we were using and why. He also responded to all questions and made sure everyone was at the same point ...”

Caitlin Thomas

“Really enjoyed the course, Alistair was great, really knowledgeable and took his time to explain everything really thoroughly. Would highly recommend ...”

Daniel Redman

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