Date of birth
16/ 01/ 1990
Personal Statement
I am a photographer majorly
interested in fashion imagery and how fashion merchandising and trends are
constantly changing; being highly influenced by fashion blogging and social
media and ideas of identity through fashion. I am interested visual merchandising
and PR as well as customer service and have been working in customer service for
over five years in varied establishment and environments. I have been going to
the clothes show for nine years and am enthusiastic and eager to work in the
fashion industry.
I am looking for a job that will challenge
me and enhance my skills and
I am eager to learn within a creative environment. I am confident in my ability
to self manage and work in a team whilst being friendly and approachable to
customers. I have worked on projects collaborating with student stylists, allowing
me to become confident in my own ability to follow a brief set by a client.
Having exhibited in group photographic
shows at The Southampton City Art Gallery and Foto8 Gallery in London, being
part of the Curation and Marketing teams and working alongside other
professionals to organise and manage the production of an event to a time scale
with a specific client in mind. I am professional, personable and able to adapt
to situations that could be stressful. I have been student rep, showing that colleagues
and staff trust me to be professional and responsible.
I want to work as part of a team as
well as taking on responsibilities of my own and am willing to work hard to
achieve my goals. I want to work somewhere that lets my creativity thrive in an
industry I am interested and passionate about.
Key Skills
University has enabled me to become
confident in my own skills and develop myself into a vibrant and self-
motivated individual.
Technical skills
Confident using film and digital
media, excellent knowledge of darkroom practice, and post-production processes
used in Photoshop that can be transferred into all forms of printing. Digital formatting using
different formats of photography, maintaining of my own blog using basic html
coding.
Work Experience
Assisting professional photographers
I am punctual, helpful and use my initiative making me visually aware to
contemporary trends in fashion and photography. Working with stylists and
models shows I am personable and friendly. Good knowledge of how a studio
should be organised through my experience as university evening supervisor. Being
hand picked from a number of candidates shows responsibility and professionalism
when working with others. Collaborating with other
students I have become aware of virtual and social media and its importance in
contemporary fashion. Communication is a key factor to a successful collaboration.
I have been a key holder responsible for opening and closing procedures such as
cashing up and ensuring takings are correct. I have been in charge of
monitoring staff and ensuring all is running to schedule and correctly. I have
worked in stressful busy environments enabling me to deal with multiple staff
as well as working alone and managing this.
EducationSouthampton Solent University- September 2009- July 2012
BA (HONS) Photography- 1st Class Honours Degree
Treviglas community College- September 2006- April 2008
A Levels- Photography (A), Business (A), Art (B)
13 GCSE’s A- C including Maths (B), English (B), Double Science (BB)
Work Experience
2012
Whistlefish Gallery Newquay- Customer
service, retail assistant
Customer service, stock rotation and
restocking, opening and closing procedure, cashing up, key holder
Oxfam Newquay- Visual merchandising and window dressing, retail assistant and customer service
Oxfam Newquay- Visual merchandising and window dressing, retail assistant and customer service
Foto8 Gallery and
shop- Invigilation and Curation
Professional handling
of photographic work, press releases, invitation writing and collaboration with
gallery owners
Bargate Monument
Gallery- Curation Internship and Invigilation staff
Installing, curating
and Invigilation of a photographic exhibition
Rosy Maguire,
Southampton Solent University- Evening Studio Supervisor
Studio supervisor,
Darkroom assistant, working with staff and students, managing a professional
environment, guiding staff and students through evening procedures, closing
down photographic machinery
David Yeo-
Photographic assistant
Assisting with photo
shoots, light metering, using a variety of lighting set-ups, ensuring models
are at ease.
Student Ambassador
Showing prospective
students photographic techniques, collaborating ideas, trusted by staff to
represent the university, meeting and greeting, assistance and guidance on the
course and university
2011
Nina Sverdvik- Photographer
and Photographic assistant
Photographic
assistant, light metering, collaborating ideas with the photographer
Student editorials
Photographic
collaborations with student stylists, photography for a cover shot of student
publication
TCE- Erasmus Intensive
Project
Business skill
building/ sales and creative visual merchandising, working as part of a team,
project management
2010
Southampton City Art
Gallery
Student Exhibition
Curation, team leading, handling photographic work professionally, assisting
professional Curation team
Exhibitions and Publications
June 2012 ‘Fragments
of a Captured Past’ Foto8 Gallery, London
Solent Photography Degree show’
Hanover buildings, Southampton
February 2012 Southampton Solent Blog
December 2010-March 2011
‘Photography in the Collection’ Southampton City Art Gallery
April- June 2010 Student
publications
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