CV / Resume

Here is a copy of my CV to date 29th March 2009, just click to enlarge the image. The writing may be a little bit small and some contact details are blacked out so please email me and I will send you a complete copy thank you.

The bottom images are just a sample of how I use the graphics on the CV to personalize the CV to the specific job that I apply for, such as I try to find the companies own colour scheme and match my CV to it.

Business Card

These are the business card designs I had printed for my degree show. I designed everything except the flower which I am sure I could have done some thing very similar but due to time restrictions I chose to go with a pre drawn design. 

My end product was the white front with dark lettering and the flower motif back which I photo shopped the dripping words on to. I have blacked out my contact number but drop me an email to contact me further.

Urban Alphabet

Whilst in Charleston market I came across a guy selling photographs of bits of the city that formed letter shapes which he then put together to form words. I had not seen this idea before a thought it was great and it looked really good to create short words with in frames, for example one spelt home which could be a nice picture to have in your home.

The pictures I have put on this post of the alphabets are not the ones I saw nor are they my creation but they do illustrate want I am trying to describe. I would like to create my own urban alphabet perhaps in London.

However the picture at the top which says 'ASHLEY' is mine. I went to Charleston Zoo and with the urban alphabet in my mind I decided to try and find enough letter shapes to make a word. Which I did and I think work quiet well.

Charleston 09

So I've been in America for a while now and visited Charleston which is a very pretty "historical" town in South Carolina. The city has a really good feel to it plus it is on the coast in a very sunny part of the world, the sky is so amazingly clear and blue for most of the year. 

This pictures are not anything special as I did not have any good equipment on me they are more just holiday snaps, but I wanted to show just a little bit of how the place looks.

ps. Palm Trees are Great :)

Dustbin Baby

Not a huge claim to fame but over the summer I worked for a week as a location scout for Kindle Entertainment who in turn work as part of the BBC.

It was a production called Dustbin Baby which is now fully made and available to buy. It has become a good film with a rating of 7 out of 10 on IMDB.com here is the link;

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1325734/

Westfield - Shepherds Bush

Completely off of the media spectrum of work experience but I recently work as a logistic manager for Westfield to complete construction of their £1.8 billion project in Shepherds Bush West London. At the time it was Britons biggest building site and pulled in more than 10 000 workers every day.

I became a member of the logistic team due to concerns from the top management over meeting the completion dead line. I started of with over seeing all waste management in and out of the site, which I did for about 1 month until I was moved over onto the fit out delivery logistics. Again after about 1 month of doing that I was moved onto the merchandise delivery team all of which where promotions from the previous positions. 

I continued with the merchandise until we made completion on time and opened the shopping centre successfully. Westfield kept me on for another 2 months after opening as a retail logistic manager until the contract for the full time positions were given to another company.

It was a very positive experience for me where I learnt a great deal by shadowing and being involved with top end meetings and discussions on such a huge project, well worth my time and ended up earning me some great savings unlike most media jobs :)

... A link to there website just to show what it is, Westfield UK

New Guitar - Ibanez AEG20E

I started to learn how to play the guitar about a year ago. I thought it to be a much more productive way of using my time while I took breaks from writing the numerous essays I was writting at the time instead of watching TV. 

Now that I am just a little bit past the absolute beginner stage and knowing that I have stuck with practices and enjoy playing as a hobby I wanted to get something a bit nicer than the cheapest of the cheap guitar I originally bought. So this is what I decided on an Ibanez AEG20E even though it was not on my shortlist when initially researching, but I have grown to like it a lot and it does have many good points. The pre amp is pretty good with an in built tuner which is very handy, plus you can plug it straight into a deck with an SLR. It also kicks out a great sound considering it is a thin body but the biggest and best change is the lower action on the strings making every thing much easier to play.

All in all it was a good purchase and has made me practice even more than usual. 

Bit of Banksy

I know everyone likes Banksy's work but I do too so I thought I would post a little bits of his up here as I think here does create some interesting pieces which normally try to juxtapose normality or at least to make you rethink the way that you look at some things. 

Grad - BA hons

WerHey! I am now an official Graduate from Coventry University hopefully this photo proves it to everyone and I can now put this in my CV. 

Its a good feeling to have it all over with and know that three years of hard work and growing up have amounted to something. The only worry now is where to go from here...... to be continued I guess....