Profile
I have always been interested in communicating complex ideas and information through the use of alternative methods to writing, as a result of the challenges of dyslexia. On my work experience at school as a car mechanic I learned people skills and confidence. This helped me learn how to communicate with people (such as the boss, colleagues and customers) with different skills, interests and backgrounds. At school I thoroughly enjoyed working in the Art Faculty, then my interests were greatly stimulated by my year at the Kent Institute of Art and Design, which has broadened my horizons by the use of different media and software. This also greatly assisted me to improve my drawing skills. Since then I feel my abilities have developed greatly during the two years of HND at TVU (King’s Road Campus, Reading) and after a gap year I decided to study for a further year in order to complete the BA.
I’m looking forward to being given the opportunity to develop my visual communication skills, with the stimulation of a professional working environment.
Experience
Freelance, QP Consulting 11/2006 - 08/2007 www.qpconsulting.co.uk
I created a corporate image including logo, website and layouts for this small consulting company for the pharmaceutical industry.
Education
University
BA (Hons) Graphic Design (Visual Communication) (2007-2008) (2:2) Thames Valley University
As part of my major project I looked at how people are judged solely on their external appearance, through the use of anonymous off- and online questionnaires. Please find the results on my website; http://www.tiredbees.com/portfolio/design/ba/major/major.html
HND Graphic Design (2004 - 2006) (Merit profile) Thames Valley University
ND Graphic Design (2003 - 2004) (Merit profile) Kent Institute of Art & Design
Evening Classes
ASS Printmaking 1 (2007) Thames Valley University
Secondary school
A Level Graphics (C) and AS Level Graphics (C) (2001 - 2003) 8 GCSE A to C in Maths, English, Geography, History and Double Science (1999 - 2001) Axton Chase School
Skills
Knowledge
Visual communication and web design, typography and layout, pre-production and planning, usability and navigation, photographic processes (both digital and traditional), video editing, animation (stop-frame and drawn on film), printmaking processes (Intaglio, Planographic and Relief).
Technical
Flash (and ActionScript 2),
Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamwaver, RapidWeaver (plug-ins Blocks,
Collage, RapidBlog, RapidCal and Sitemap) HTML, PHP, JavaScript,
Quark, InDesign, Word, Powerpoint, Keynotes and Pages. Current and
previous versions.
Mac OS X 10.3 -10.5 / installation, configuration and
troubleshooting to a high technical level
Windows 9x -XP / installation, configuration and troubleshooting to
a high technical level
Running my web-site on my own Windows Server using
IIS www.tiredbees.com
Communication
Listening, constructive criticism, verbal expression, experimental communication, concept development and interactive design.
Interests
My interests are not confined to the Arts. For example I have a great interest in personal computing and I manage my families home networks and provide computer support to various friends and relatives. I have built my own computers as well as several for members of my family. It takes great patience, as they don't always behave as expected, and when they go wrong you need considerable problem-solving and diagnostic skills. Over the past 3 years I have been lucky enough to own a iMac G5, an iBook G4 then a PowerBook G4 and iMac Ai/SO. Owning Macs has enabled (and on occasion, forced) me to learn a great deal about them. I spend a lot of time investigating new innovations such as the latest processor developments, 'bus' technologies and graphics cards. My Technical abilities also extend into high-end Hi-Fi and I have a good understanding of the physics behind it as well as the music I play on the system. I also love to relax by playing real times strategy games.
References
Phil Hawks
Sally Castle
Sandra Bax
References available upon request.
3.1.1 Monday, 18 August 2008
