About me

Dear Sirs/Madam,

I saw your job advertisement online, from the Creativepool website and I am very interested in this position.

After reading through your job description I feel I am a brilliant applicant for this role, as I have an excellent design history background,

I am very creative, motivated, hardworking, a conceptual thinker with plenty of enthusiasm for design.

I am a graduate from Coventry University, where I have just completed my degree in Graphic Design.

I am now very excited to get out into the workplace as soon as possible.

I have studied Graphic Design for over 5 years now, as well as gaining live experience on design placements.

I have an excellent knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator as well other design software and HTML coding and experience within Adobe Dreamweaver and Flash.

I also have very good knowledge of Photography, being an owner of Canon SLR.

I believe I can bring lots of skills into your company, and I feel I have the creativity and originality you desire for this role.

I'm a keen team player with the ability to manage multiple design briefs at any one time, and see them through to end result under pressure.

I am extremely organised and very flexible.

Very familiar with the printing process, and the print side of design. I have had previous work experience at Pollendine Printers, Stoke-on-Trent,where I set up and prepared documents for print, checked files for amendments, created flyers, invitations, business cards for clients.

Proofing advertisements, checking spelling and grammar, and amending any designs.

I really enjoy that aspect of design, and I have had experience within designing book covers, brochures and editorial page layouts.

As well design skills I also have excellent customer service and communication skills, using the telephone and being highly organised. I am very used to working with clients on a one-to-one basis and my team work skills are excellent.

This would be a fantastic and exciting opportunity for myself, and I would love to hear back from you.

Please find attached a copy of my CV and a few examples of my work.

Thank you for taking the time to review my application.

Kind Regards,

Melissa Lilley