CV...

Thought I'd go ahead & upload my CV on here - only just finished it, & haven't had a chance to get anyone else to read through it yet, so hopefully it's alright!
Fingers crossed & all that jazz...
(I've removed my address/phone number/etc - this is most of it though!)

 Work Experience:

DDB (Advertising agency – Paddington, London) I did work experience at DDB for two weeks. This involved helping out with the day-to-day running of the creative department, reviewing professional briefs as practice, and researching any obscure information that was needed.

Peter Cobb (PR Agency – Eastbourne, East Sussex) I was at Peter Cobb for two weeks as work experience. Whilst there I searched for & displayed press cuttings, wrote a couple of press releases, accompanied senior members of staff to a press launch and put forward ideas for a campaign the company was working on.

Moore Creative (Agency Simulation unit, undertaken at Southampton Solent) – A real client from Southampton set my group of five a live brief. I formed part of the account handling/planning team, while other members were the art directors/copywriters. I personally learned a lot, and the client was very enthusiastic about using our ideas and working with us again.

Education

2006 – 2009

Southampton Solent University, Southampton, Hampshire

 BA (Hons.) Advertising

2004 – 2006

Sussex Downs College, Eastbourne, East Sussex

BTEC National Diploma in Media Studies

1999 – 2004

Cavendish School, Eastbourne, East Sussex

9 GCSE’s at A – C, inc. English & Media.

Units taken at Solent University:

·         Lateral thinking

·         Copywriting

·         Agency Simulation

·         Brand management

·         Integrated marketing communication

·         Conceptual idea generation for advertising campaigns

·         Art direction with copywriting

·         Advertising strategy

Personal Skills:

·         I am proficient with; Photoshop, Word, PowerPoint and Excel

·         I have basic HTML and Dreamweaver knowledge

·         Punctual time keeping

·         People Skills – the ability to work as part of a team, or independently if needed

·         An excellent telephone manner

·         The ability to think about solving problems creatively.

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