AD5804 - CV development

The lecture we had with Peggy about how to create a strong Creative CV has been extremely helpful and inspiring. I already had a CV that I have used to find part-time jobs in the past (I am currently employed) but that is something completely different to the kind of CV I need to find a job in my field of study. However, I have decided to use that as a starting point and look critically at it.

This is my current CV (not up-to-date):

I have started to revise it and I immediately found a crucial error: GENERIC STATEMENTS

However there are also a few motivated statements:

Of course there is very little I can save from my old CV, since it is not very relevant to the field in which I want to pursue my career (hopefully...). So I made a list of things I should include in my creative CV:

• International background, used to live far away from home, great adaptability, independent

• Multilingual, Italian mother tongue, English advanced speaker, basic knowledge of French and Spanish

• Volunteering experiences:

-Teaching English in the Sunkoshi Boarding school in Nepal and taking pictures for the NGO “Creative Nepal” (2016)

-Took part in a project in collaboration with the charity “Gloucestershire Young Carers” taking pictures documenting the life of a young carer (realised a magazine spread and a photo-film for university). Still collaborating with them

-Took part in an Eco Project in Samothraki, Greece living in a self-sufficient community working on regenerating the ecosystem of the island (photo project) (2018)

• Student Ambassador (2018) and Course Rep (2017- ongoing)

• Working experience in different countries including Italy, England and Ireland

• Several experiences in the catering sector, customer service, great communication, working under pressure, used to work in a multicultural environment

• Grade A in my studies

• Co-founder of the Society “Green Team” and current vice-president

• Passions and interests: sustainability, self-sufficiency, alternative communities, cooking, hiking, history of art, rural crafts and cultural traditions

• Researches and contacts assistant for an acclaimed documentary photographer

• Gallery invigilator at Fours Corner, London

• Student of Photojournalism and Documentary Photography: familiar with Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Premiere, Darkroom, meeting deadlines, finding contacts for projects and great communication with people

Those are things that I believe are relevant to the kind of jobs I will apply. The idea that I want a potential employer get of my persona is: a flexible, determined and independent person, with a creative eye, reliable, able to respect deadlines, extremely curious, genuinely interested, adventurous and seeking for challenges. Able to work at ease in a wide range of environments, in touch with different cultures and with strong communication and research skills.