My CV

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Birmingham City University student studying: Media and Communications BA hons (Broad course)

Objective: I’d love to gain entry into a successful media company where my enthusiasm, passion and skills are recognised are utilized and developed to help me progress within the industry.

Experience:

March - May 2011: Production event: Print magazine editor and food co-ordinator Joint editor of a print magazine that was distributed to over 300 people Organised all the food for the event including money management, organizing chefs and health and safety Raised around £100 through fundraising to go towards the print magazine. September 2010: Writer and blogger for Fused magazine: Blogging: Organised two blogs for the magazine as well as generating my own posts to be included on the site. Research: Doing research into local events and exhibitions to provide ideas for other writers and to contribute my own articles. Writing: Several of my articles were used in both internet sites and also two of my articles were published in their September edition. Communicating with new writers daily and developing professional relationships with them. Emailing relevant local contacts to get information on events to aid magazine content. September 2008 – May 2010: FreakEd college magazine: Writer: In my first year in college I wrote several entertainment articles for the magazine which were all published. Organiser: Me and my friend organised two local gigs to raise money for the magazine which were extremely successful and generated £600 for both charity and the magazine. Editor: In my second year I took over the magazine and made editorial decisions, organised meetings, established contacts and connections and also organised the whole writing team. Contacted several people in regards to bands for our gigs, printers, people for advertising space and also local music venues. October 2006 – Work experience placement at Trilby Multimedia LTD: Learnt to use new software and techniques such as green screen. Worked within the business structure to generate creative content to represent the company.

Education and Qualifications:

2010 – 2013 Birmingham City University

BA (Hons) Media and Communication

2008 – 2010 King Edwards VI College, Stourbridge

A Levels: Film studies: A, English literature and language: B, Psychology: B, General Studies: C.

AS Levels: Philosophy: C

Key Skills level 3: ICT: pass and Communication: Pass.

GCSE: General Studies: A

2003 – 2008 Leasowes Community College

GCSE’S: Total of 10 including 1 at A grade (English literature), 5 at Grade B (including English language) and 4 at C grade (including Mathematics)

AS Level: 1 in English Literature: C

NCFE’S: Animation: Pass and Video Production: Pass.

Skills:

•  Research skills: essay research, research for articles via leaflets, tracking Twitter hash tags, library and the internet.
• ICT Skills: strong with words, blogs, internet explorer, Twitter, email and I have basic skills in some HTML, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign.
• Willingness to learn: I have a strong enthusiasm spurred by my current experiences in the media and my passion for what I’ve learnt.
• Teamwork: Extremely used to working in teams of varying sizes to generate fantastic results in a lot of different environments.
• Problem solving: Used to dealing with technological problems so always has some back up either written or virtually, used to working with a low budget within a set deadline.
• Communication skills: Can communicate with a variety of people in a suitable way. And I can produce a strong critical opinion within my work and I’m not afraid to communicate with new people with confidence and ease.
• Self-motivation: I can achieve a high standard of work alongside my job and developing my professional skills.
• Dependability: I’m rarely late and always plan ahead and if anything does ever happen I’m prepared with contact details to inform somebody.
• Creativity: can develop my own creative ideas within a team and individually to contribute to idea generation and also the final product. I’ve also had some of my photography published and won an award for my creative animation project.
• Writing skills: Had several articles published and distributed.

Interests

My variety of interests includes magazine journalism, new media, cinema, television, photography, the film industry, traveling and blogging.

References

Happy to supply references upon request