About me

My name is Joe Smith and am currently a Design student at Ravensbourne College in Kent (UK), currently in my final year.
My aims with this website are to showcase examples of my work, which has been created during the course and during work experience. I also aim to demonstrate my Design knowledge and experience, and also explain my ideas.
I am currently looking for work, ideally as a Junior Layout Designer (your preferred role here). Please refer to my CV for details on my experience and knowledge, and my contact details are listed in the 'Contact Me' section of this website.

Here's a short YouTube video of me talking about my work:

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Personal Statement

My name is Joe Smith and I am currently in my final year of studying (your course here) at Ravensbourne College. I'm enthusiastic, hard working and creative, and enjoy working both by myself and as part of a team. I am motivated and very keen to learn. I am especially keen on packaging and branding. My degree has made me become adaptable to a variety of new situations by creating projects that vary in subject matter and disciplines.

Interests

I have an active social life and enjoy travelling. I am currently trying to teach myself the piano and have recently learnt to ski.

Work Experience

Period: March 2008, for 3 weeks
Company: X5, London
Position: Interior Design Department
I obtained an experience placement, and worked within the design department. I worked on several high profile clients, such as John Lewis with some of my work being used in a pitch against other design groups, which we then went on to win. I thoroughly enjoyed my placement and learned a lot.

Period: 2003-Present
Company: Woolworths
Position: Sales Assistant
I have found this part time work vital in the improvement of my interpersonal skills, helping me to work well as part of a team, and also improve my communication skills by dealing with a variety of different members of the public and difficult situations. It has improved my confidence in speaking with colleagues and the public and I find this helps with college assessments and presentations.

Education

Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
(Your Course) BA (Hons)
(2nd Year)

London School of Art
B TEC Foundation

Birmingham Community College
A Levels, Art, Physics, Biology, A, A, C

11 GCSEs: Science double A*A*, Graphics A*, Art A,
English Lit and Lang A A, Maths A, Physics A, IT A, Maths B, German C.

Skills

I am experienced in the use of PCs and Apple Macs and am a competent user of Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. I have experience of HTML coding and Dreamweaver. I also have good knowledge of Flash.

I have worked in a variety of subject areas within my first two years at Ravensbourne, such as interior design, packaging design, branding, editorial, information design, web design and typography.

As I mentioned before, I am especially keen on Interior Design and recently completed a live project for a division of the RBS Banking Group where I had to create a brand, construct a branding guideline manual and formally present my brand to representatives from the company.

Commendations

2005 London Design Festival
Graduate work exhibited at the 'Of the Hook' exhibition curated by the class of 2005.

2005 FIM Valencia
Selected graduate work exhibited

New Designers 2005
Selected graduate work exhibited

RSA Design Directions 2005
Short-listed for the 'Redesigning States of mind' student award

Vitra showroom
Selected works exhibited in response to Vitra Brand 2010 Future work space brief