About me

I am an Illustration graduate with an interest in design, and would like to apply for your position of Junior Digital Designer. I have extensive skills in Photoshop and Illustrator; and have been exposed to programs such as Flash and Dreamweaver with a motivation to continue learning in these areas. I am enthusiastic and determined, picking up and developing new skills quickly.

Examples of my art work can be found on my website - *.

I have been interested in design since I attended an Art Foundation course at Oxford Cherwell Valley College in 2006. It was a broad course, covering most artistic disciplines, but I quickly decided that graphic design/illustration was the area that most interested me. I left Oxford with a Merit, and went from there to Southampton Solent University enrolling on the BA HONS Illustration course.

The Illustration course gave me essential skills in Adobe Creative programs, and other practical skills in physical processes such as screen printing, drawing and analogue photography however it was the studio environment that I found particularly valuable. It was a motivating and invigorating work environment, not only being involved with my own projects but assisting peers with theirs. We formed creative teams and conducted group critiques of each others work and worked on extra curricular projects together.

Our tutors were all practicing artists, providing us with genuine knowledge of the working environment. We were given regular projects, with briefs covering a range of areas such as childrens storytelling, editorial, digital design, creative writing and promotion. My tutor also provided me with one to one sessions on the use of Adobe Creative Suite. I also developed an enthusiasm for storytelling and sequential narrative. I began writing my own short stories, and a number of projects developed out of these.

I graduated from University in the summer of 2010 with a 2:1, and have since spent a year working as a shift manager in my local village restaurant and saving money for a three month trip to South East Asia which I returned from this June. Alongside this job I also worked with two separate businesses, laying out designs for websites and other promotional material. Details of these jobs can be found in my CV.