Narrative
version of the resume
Standard
resume is an effective way of presenting the potential
employee's skills in a legible form. However, this
form of resume has certain limitations to it. The
biggest limitation of a uniform resume is lack of
space for unique information and skills of a potential
candidate. Because of this reasons, I decided to add
short article, specifically targeted to highlighting
my special skills and presenting detailed information
about my career as a graphic designer.
One
of the important highlights on the nature of my skills
is the fact that my knowledge comes from the practical
experience, comparing to the most of my colleagues
on the market. My skills as a designer are based on
the actual working for fare ten years
in the industry, as well as view of the production
process from the inside.
Versatility
is another specialty of my skills. Besides practical
nature of my experience. I was working as a designer
for big corporations, contemporary
agencies and small traditional companies.
My responsibilities were connected to print
and ad production, book
produce, pre-press preparation and
Internet based projects, from a small
presentation websites to full-sized yellow pages online.
DUe to the different nature of the companies, I was
working for, there were a different functions I was
performing. I was working as a part of a team
and as a manager of a department,
in some cases I was consulting on
the main direction and style of the design and in
different situations I was taking a responsibility
for a project from the beginning to the end.
Self-employment
is an important part of my working experience. Because
if it, I had a chance to take a snapshot of the graphic
design from a different angle. Working as a freelancer
helped me to develop communication skills,
and better understanding of client's needs,
as well as relation of specific task to it's
general goal. Also it sharpened my knowledge
of industry's business side.
My
interests in life go far beyond my main profession
and some of them helping me much in developing the
effective designs and advertising concepts. Before
I started to work as a designer, I was planning to
become a journalist. I had few publications
in the local and citywide newspapers. This experience
was very helpful in understanding and developing the
designs and concepts for mass media, such as newspapers,
magazines, ets. I believe that the development of
contemporary and effective styles and concepts for
the advertising materials is virtually impossible
without the knowledge of marketing
and psychology. I am continually
expanding my knowledge and understanding of this fields,
and implementing this knowledge in my designs. Due
to my overseas origin, my clientele shows the diversity
of different cultures. During the past ten
years, I was working with clients from Italian, Japanese,
Jewish, Polish, Russian and other communities and
was learning and understanding the specialties and
the specific needs of these groups.
Besides
the general highlights, which, I believe, can be important
and helpful for every position, there are the specific
skills, related to special fields of graphic
design. For instance, talking about my pre-press skills,
I can discuss the experience of putting together and
preparing for a print house the 1,200 pages directory
in three different versions (for New York, New Jersey
and Florida). |
