Education and Qualifications
City College, Norwich, in Association with Institute of Leadership & Management
Level 2 Certificate in Team Leading - September to December 2005
A short course covering all aspects of Team Leading, learning though lectures, semiars and group activities. A wide range of modules were covered including: developing yourself and others, dealing with conflict and monitoring the Team's work. A five minute presentation on a topic of my choice was part of the assesment structure, along with a written essays and ongoing tests.
Brighton College of Technology, Brighton, East Sussex
Basic HTML coding - August to November 2000
Ten week course learning the basics of HTML coding, and how to produce and publish a web page.
Including elements such as images, formatting, tables, frames, hyperlinks and forms. Also introduced to the way web publishing programmes, such as Dreamweaver, incorporate these basic elements
when producing web sites.
University of Newcastle, Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre, Northumberland
Documentative Photography - May to September 1999
Learning about the history of the documentary style through photography. Project work and
commissions included recording images of Blyth Quayside before major demolition and regeneration,
and photographing a weekend long ‘page to stage’ workshop at a local theatre. All of the images
were developed and printed by myself.
University of Derby, Derby
BA (Hon’s) Graphic Design - September 1994 to June 1998
Modules undertaken throughout the course to included Marketing, Photography, Typography,
Business Studies, Communication Skills, Computer Studies, Art History and Theory
The subject for my dissertation was the influence Gerald Scarfe had on the 1998 Disney film
‘Hercules’, and whether his style was revised for the younger audience as opposed to his style in the
film ‘The Wall’.
The major module for my final year was a study into the 1990’s marketing success ‘Alcopops’. I successfully demonstrated that given a different marketing strategy and a major image redesign, the drinks would appeal to a more mature base instead of the younger cusotmers they were critised for targetting.
Tynemouth Sixth Form College, North Shields, Tyne and Wear -
September 1992 to June 1994
A level
English Literature, Graphical Communication, Art and Design.
City and Guilds
Photography, Computer Aided Design using AutoCAD.
RSA
Spanish
St Benet Biscop RC High School, Bedlington, Northumberland -
September 1989 to June 1992
GCSE
Grade C and above total 9. Including Mathematics, English Language, and English
Literature.
Additional Skills
- Worked in a supervisory/managerial role
- First Aider at Work certificate
- Ability to produce Internet pages, using Adobe GoLive, Dreamweaver or HTML coding
- Use of design programmes on both Apple Macintosh and PC, including QuarkXpress, PhotoShop, Illustrator, Image Ready and InDesign.
- Qualified in black and white photography darkroom procedures as well as digital photography
- Full, clean driving license and private vehicle owner.
Leisure Interests
I am a qualified Open Water Scuba Diver, an interest which I took up whilst travelling in Australia. I dive
whenever I take a holiday, and completed my Advanced Divers course last year in Egypt.
I appeared as an extra in the BAFTA winning film “Elizabeth”, and would love to be in another film in
the future.
Last summer I bought a jet-ski, and have spent many weekends at the beach learning to stand up
on it!
References
Available on request. Please do not contact my present employer unless I have been shortlisted for
this position.