CV - Research

Making a cv is something that can be messed up pretty easily judging by any previous attempt I've made at designing one.

So, here are some places I looked for help until I found my inspirational source:

The cv of Animator John Hedley

A cv of another animator from animark:

CURRICULUM VITAE


Mark Flynn

Essentials:

Age:
30

Location:
Leeds, UK

Email:
markflynn@animark.net

Skills

Autodesk

Maya
3d Studio Max
Character Studio
MotionBuilder


Adobe

Photoshop


Pixologic

ZBRUSH


Corel

Painter 7

Titles Released

PS2

Buzz Quiz sports edition (Nov 06)
Outrun 2006 : Coast to Coast
X-Men 2 Wolverine's Revenge


PC

Broken Sword 4


PSX

Treasure Planet
Stuart Little 2
Muppet's Monster Adventure
Eliminator

Employment

May '06 - Present

Shin'en Multimedia. Muenchen, Germany

Title:
Freelance Animator/Modeller

Role:
Modelling and animating main characters and boss's

Contract:
Not Released yet


Feb '06 - May '06

Kuju Entertainment Ltd. Sheffield, UK

Title:
Character Animator

Role:
Animation on player characters and prize cutscenes

Contract:
Buzz quiz "Sports Edition"


Feb '05 - Oct '06

Sumo Digital. Sheffield, UK

Title:
Character Animator, Concept Artist & Modeller

Role:
Character Animation for Broken Sword 4, Character Animation &
Modelling for Outrun 2, Concept art for demo's

Contracts:
Broken Sword 4 & Outrun 2006


Jul '04 - Nov '04

Argonaut. Sheffield, UK

Title:
Senior Character Animator

Role:
Character Animation for character and Boss characters

Contract:
Zorro - not published


Jan '04 - Jun '04

New Media Collective. Leeds, UK

Title:
Character Animator, Concept Artist & Modeller

Contract:
Various web projects


Nov '03 - Nov '03

R8 Games. Leeds, UK

Title:
Lead Character Animator

Role:
Rigging and Animation for all main characters

Contract:
Criminalympics - not published


Oct '02 - Jan '03

Genepool. Manchester, UK

Title:
Character Animator

Role:
Animation for in game characters

Contract:
X-Men 2 Wolverine's revenge


Dec '01 - Oct '03

R8 Games. Leeds, UK

Title:
Lead Character Animator

Role:
Rigging and Animation for all main characters & responsible for
scheduling and maintaining Animators workload

Contract:
Criminalympics - not published


Mar '99 - Jun '01

Magenta Software. Liverpool, UK

Title:
Lead Character Animator

Role:
Responsible for all aspects of character creation, including 2d content
design, low polygon modelling, texturing and animation, & responsible for
scheduling and maintainging animators workload

Contracts:
Muppet Moster Adeventure, Snoopy Mania, Treasure Planet,
Stuart Little 2 & Eliminator

Education

1996 - 1998

Ballyfermot Senior College, Dublin, Ireland

Course Title:
Multimedia Design

Qualification:
Diploma in Multimedia Design


1994 - 1996

Ballyfermot Senior College, Dublin, Ireland

Course Title:
Classical Animation

Qualification:
Diploma in Classical Animation




This pdf from the University of Arts in London is very to the point and helpful in exactly what needs to be there in a creative CV.

I like the complete simplicity and white space in this cv from Commercial Venture but the layout of the images is all over the place.

Then there is this cv from copywriter Daniel Headey. The simplicity and layout seem to work well, and although it stretches over far too many pages, the hand written style of it works well for me.


What I've gathered from this research is that CV's should be short and to the point, but also stand out and express the person who is sending them, whilst also being tapered somewhat to their recipient. I would think that a cover letter would be a better place to exactly pin point your audience so I'll take that into account.

It's alot of information to present but what I may need to show are:

name
contact details and address
skills
achievements
qualifications
where i've worked and references
and a description of who I am.

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