NAME:

Simon Scott

DATE OF BIRTH:

13/03/1985

PROFILE:

Creative and enthusiastic, I have experience in many fields of design and production and I am confident in the fields of web design, furniture design and manufacture, and product design and manufacture, and proficient in PC-based graphic design. I have good self-motivational skills and good time management and feel comfortable working either on my own or as part of a team. I am a good problem solver and lend myself well to coming up with creative solutions to design problems. I have great interpersonal skills, a good sense of humour and I am an extremely fast learner.

SKILLS:

• Skilled in design generation and creative thinking.

• Experienced in the operation of woodworking, ceramic, and metalworking workshops used to produce finished products safely and efficiently.

• Sound computer hardware and software knowledge.

• Capable in 3D and 2D CAD.

• Excellent knowledge of web design and implementation.

• Proficient in the following software: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Design CAD 3D Max, Serif Webplus, Serif 3Dplus Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Freemind.

• Ability to hand-code HTML and CSS, of which I have a sound knowledge, and some JavaScript, XHTML, PHP, ActionScript and XML knowledge.

EDUCATION:

University of Lincoln, Lincoln
(September 2003 – June 2006)
BA(Hons) Furniture

The Sheffield College, Sheffield
(September 2001 – July 2003)
BTEC National Diploma Fine Arts & Design
Merit level

Nunnery Wood High School, Worcester
(September 1997 – July 2001)
11 GCSEs obtained
10 at levels A-C

EMPLOYMENT:

Woolworths Sheffield (P/T)
(October 2001 – August 2003)
Entertainment Retail Operative

Duties included: various retail tasks including, stock-taking and checking stock levels, keeping the aisles clean, tidy and accessible, as well as serving customers and meeting their requirements. I also had some input into the creation of window and store displays.

Worcester University (Temp)
(June 2001)
Office Data Inputter

Duties included: data inputting, printing, copying, and processing mailings in an office environment.

EXHIBITIONS:

The Ropewalk
(22nd July – 10th September 2006)
Barton-upon-Humber

New Designers
(6th July – 9th July 2006)
Business Design Centre, Islington, London

First
(22nd May – 2nd June 2006)
Lincoln Castle, Lincoln

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Three Peaks Challenge (Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, Snowdon) (undertaken in a week instead of 24 hours) with the Air Training Corps in 2001.

Walked the entire length of the Malvern Hills on the Ridgewalk Challenge in 1998.

Swam 1000 metres non-stop in 1995.

INTERESTS:

Art & design, playing and listening to music, film, socialising, walking, technology, computers.

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