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Industrial Design & Technology Student
Loughborough University
Oct 2011 - Present (13 years 1 month)
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Trainee Designer
VanBerlo
Feb 2014 - Aug 2014 (6 months)
Role: Primary task was to work with ongoing project teams on various design briefs for internal and external clients. This included regular group sketching sessions, CAD work, model making in the workshop and digital sketching using Corel Painter.
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Associate Producer
Microsoft
Jul 2013 - Feb 2014 (7 months)
Role: Working on Upload the International TV channel that is dedicated to gaming and allows people to make and share game related UGC [user generated content].
Producing short video clips (less than 5 minutes in length) at various external events for broadcast on 'Upload' - an app for Xbox One. Attended and produced video clips at the following events: GAME Managers Conference, Eurogamer Expo 2013, Gfinity 2013, the Xbox One Release UK, Titanfall BETA event.
I also helped with the production of other short clips including writing brief scripts and helping organise the shoots for clips such as Upload Outreach Program Update #1 and #2.
Responsibilities: Managing detailed schedules for the production of various projects, tracking production work, milestones and deadlines across teams to ensure work was completed by the deadline.
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Graphic Designer
Gaming Till Disconnected (Website)
Jun 2012 - Nov 2012 (5 months)
Role: Designing good quality logo’s and graphics for the website itself, including headers and characters for the site.
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Supermarket Assistant
Waitrose
Sep 2010 - Aug 2012 (1 year 11 months)
Role: Primarily working on checkouts but also on the shop floor. I helped run the warehouse and aided customers by working as part of a team to create a service of the highest standard.
Responsibilities: taking payments, handling cash and other monetary transactions, providing good customer service, being punctual, suitably prepared and well presented for my shift.
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Writer
Label Online - Loughborough University Magazine
Mar 2012 - Jul 2012 (4 months)
Role: A fortnightly blog discussing 33 ways to stay creative and the positive impact it can have.
Responsibilities: Present a new and engaging blog fortnightly to the Editor.
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Catering Assistant
John Lewis
Sep 2011 - Dec 2011 (3 months)
Role: Working in the Catering department as part of a team on various different counters serving food, preparing hot beverages, taking payments, clearing tables, communicating with the Chef and all members of the team to ensure prepared food stocks do not run low in high demand.
Responsibilities: similar to responsibilities in Waitrose but also included: safe food handling and hygiene, cleanliness at all times, basic food and hot beverages preparation skills.