CV Workshop

Today graphics and advertising took part in a CV workshop with Jo Carter.

We got into groups and had to play along with a scenario Jo had provided. We had to shortlist 6 candidates out of 24 by looking at creative CVs through the eye of an employer. It was a great experience to switch roles and experience the process. I found it scary how quickly we perceived someone simply by looking at a piece of paper!

This workshop made it clear that employers are extremely busy people and will be put off by pages and pages of information as well as something that has a lot of design going on. Design is a matter of opinion so it's best to keep it stripped back and simple, lowering the chance of the employer not liking the aesthetics.

Absolutely no; comedy email addresses, information overload or over design.

Keltie Cochrane - Final Design

As a work based learning module, I was required to develop my industry practice skills by participating in the live brief provided by Keltie Cochrane. Getting involved with this has improved my design techniques and I have gained a further understanding of how briefs are tackled in the 'real world'. Ideas need to have a strong concept and designers need to be quick thinkers.

For my final design I chose to go for the grunge graffiti look and developed this using Photoshop: