CONTENT FOR CREATIVE CV 5 FACTS I WOULD INCLUDE IN A CV // My name (Sophie Wilson). // Institutions of (creative/design) education- Telford College of Arts & Technology, Shropshire, and Leeds College of Art, Leeds, West Yorkshire. // Grade outcomes in creative/design practice. Finalising my two years at college BTEC National Diploma with Distinction, Distinction, Distinction, and completing my first year of the BA (Hons) Graphic Design programme with an overall outcome of 69%. // Contact details- Email: sophiewilsonillustration@hotmail.com Phone: 07846957340 Address: Flat 101A, Opal 3, Jacob Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 8BR. Behance: www.behance.net/sophiewilsondesigns // I speak French, and have a basic understanding of both Russian and German, with a passion to learn new languages (Italian, Spanish and Turkish). 5 STATEMENTS ABOUT MYSELF // I have a real ambition to travel around Europe, and am very open minded about working in various locations within the continent, as well as attending client meetings around the world if necessary within my career requirements. // I am an aesthetic and kinesthetic learner, which has influenced by specialism in Image based design (such as vector-based illustration and infographic design) which I hope to particularly pursue within my design practice. // I am interested by multiple disciplines which I believe influence my work, such as photography, illustration, and surface pattern design. // I love to learn new facts, information, skills and trivia- and this has certainly benefited me throughout my design education (as well as in pub quizzes). // I really embracing meeting new people through networking events as well as socially, and feel that I quite naturally get on with people and am able to talk to people with confidence and ease. 5 PRACTICAL SKILLS // A good design researcher with passion for learning new source information and design practice skills. I am very happy to put in extensive time to read up on information to enhance the design development of a project, which is born

from a love of reading and the aspiration to produce educational source material in my design practice. // I am a confident speaker, being able to happily talk to new people, clients, and employees, also by giving design, marketing and enterprise presentations. // I am very self motivated and hard working, with a firm belief that hard work brings good rewards, which I believe, and hope is evidenced in both my academic grades and portfolio of design work. // A great networker, with a passion my design practice and my work in the environment, meeting new clients and attending events to both promote myself and my work in a retail environment. // I believe I am a friendly and approachable person, being lucky enough to have lived in various locations in the United Kingdom throughout my life which has put me in the situation of having to meet new people and now build personal relationships with relative ease. 5 CREATIVE SKILLS // One of my particular strengths is the application of colour and how it is applied within Image-based design. With a direct interest in colour theory and the symbolism of colours, I have gone on to further this study within my design practice to create a self-initiated design project about the psychology of colour. // Good knowledge of the Adobe creative software at CS5 level- Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects and Illustrator, specialising in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign for my Image and Editorial work (my specialism within the industry). // Good experience and knowledge of working with print and within the print industry with digital, screen printing and letterpress methods of production, with outcomes created for both degree and retail outcomes. // A good ability for idea development. I am a conceptual and logical thinker with a very active mind in terms of design production. // I have a real interest in type as image design, and want to expand my creative and image-based conceptual design in combination with the more structured, editorial elements of typographic design. 5 PERSONAL QUALITIES I WANT TO PROMOTE // I am very ambitious, and always strive to work at my full potential and achieve the best results possible in all aspects of my life- whether it be in my design practice, or simply in day-to-day tasks.

// I am an optimist, and always look for the best from a situation. Positivity promotes productivity, and I believe that my optimism is the best character trait to be able to affectively achieve all that you aspire to. // I’m willing to take on a challenging brief- although my work and portfolio may have a more determined “optimistic” or playful style and character, I am more than willing to turn my hand to a more formal design outcome(s). // I believe I am loyal person, and feel truly dedicated to friendship and relationships (both working and personal), with strong family connections and firm friendships that have been maintained since a young age. // In a nutshell (cashews, please) I love life (it’s been said a few too many times as observations by others to be ignored). I believe that life is what you make it, and we all have a responsibility for what we achieve and get out of life. I hope and aspire for nothing short of brilliance.