What is a Creative CV?
Who are you writing it for?
Who needs to read it?
Who will actually read it?
What do they need to know?
What do they want to know?
Task 1
Identify a minimum of 10 designer's, studios or practitioners that you intend to contact with a view to organising a range of studio visits. In doing this you will need a full set of contact details for direct mailing. You will also need to familiarise yourself with their work their clients and the set up of their studio/practice...
Bezier Integrated Marketing Solutions (Leeds & London)
Contact Information :-
Chris Weston
Senior Art Director
Bezier, Golden House, 30 Great Pulteney St
Soho, London, W1F 9NN
Knowledge of Company :-
Bezier, are a design studio that cover a broad range of marketing and retail areas. They specialise in POS Displays and branding/advertising campaigns on a large scale. I have previously interned at their Leeds office with them twice for a couple of weeks each time, so I know how to get in touch with them and am familiar with some of the people who work their, particularly Chris Western, the Creative Director, who looked after me and got me involved with a few projects while I was there.
This is what they say ;-
With a strategic creative approach and through-the-line expertise, Bezier connects with shoppers using bold insight driven ideas that engage, motivate and trigger purchase.
From concept to completion, whether it's a one off promotion or a global campaign, experience or fixture,Bezier delivers effective retail solutions in-store and online.
Examples of their work :-
Sky Promotion
Russian Standard Vodka - Packaging Promotion
Batman : The Dark Knight Promotion
Love Creative (Manchester)
Contact Information :-
Chris Conlan
Managing Director
c.conlan@lovecreative.com
LOVE. 65 High Street, Manchester, England, M4 1FS
0044 161 907 3150
hello@lovecreative.com
Knowledge of Company :-
Love Creative are a branding and design agency based in Manchester. I found out about them by speaking with their ex creative director, Jono Brain, who passed me on the details of their current creative director in order to get in touch. I haven't yet been in touch with them, but really hope that I can sort out a placement with them in the not too distant future because their work is right up my street.
What They Say ;-
We bring brands to life by helping them find the most interesting things to say to their customers in the most interesting ways.
We do it using strategy, intuition and creativity to begin and continue conversations that are full of insight, ideas and personality.
By collaborating with other original creative voices we ensure that what we have to say looks and sounds even more irresistible to people.
We do it using strategy, intuition and creativity to begin and continue conversations that are full of insight, ideas and personality.
By collaborating with other original creative voices we ensure that what we have to say looks and sounds even more irresistible to people.
Examples of their work :-
Umbro HQ
Tailored by Umbro Product Packaging
Afflecks Palace, Manchester, Re-brand
Dr Martin 50th Anniversary
Jonnie Walker Whiskey House, Beijing
Not Now (Manchester)
Knowledge of Studio : -
Not Now is a five-strong, deliberately small, studio based in Manchester. We solve creative problems in a number of areas; spanning design, film, illustration and anywhere else we're needed. Started by a common ambition for something bigger, each project is an opportunity to not play safe.
I recently was involved in one of their exhibitions, entitled De-Feed. I feel like my work has synergy with theirs and that studio visits would be beneficial. They wouldn't want a long term internship as they are a very small studio.
Contact Info :
The Third Floor
66-72 Chapeltown Street,
Piccadilly,
Manchester,
M1 2WH
+44 (0)7914 301148
notnowdesign@gmail.com
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
66-72 Chapeltown Street,
Piccadilly,
Manchester,
M1 2WH
+44 (0)7914 301148
notnowdesign@gmail.com
Examples of their work : -
construct & deconstruct
Caps
Digital Blah Blah (Manchester)
Contact Information :-
Jono Brain
The Loft
22 Lever Street
Manchester
M1 1EA
jono@digitalblahblah.com
Knowledge of Designer :-
Examples of Work :-
WALO Branding
Ropewalks Liverpool Website
Various Artists (Adam Rix)
Contact Infomation :-
Various Artists,
Basement, 22 Lever Street
Manchester M1 1EA
+44 (0)161 637 1125
Follow us: @variousartists
Knowledge of Acency :-
Adam Rix. used to be Creative Head at LOVE. in Manchester. started a smaller company called Various Artists. With another ex-Creative Head at LOVE, Simon Griffin. A new smaller creative agency based in manchester who are doing some really great work.
Examples of Work :-
Umbro
Gola
Silver Cross Baby
Quibik (Leeds)
Contact Info :-
Qubik Design
5 Cricketers Terrace
Leeds, LS12 1ST
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 (0)113 226 0839
Mobile
+44 (0)797 721 5868
studio@qubik.com
Knowledge of Studio :-
Qubik is a graphic design studio founded in 2000 by Joe Gilmore. Specialising in typographic-led design for branding, print and digital media, the studio works with a variety of clients in the commercial and cultural sector. Their work includes design for branding, content managed websites, books, catalogues, brochures, posters, leaflets, signage and packaging. In addition to client-based work, the studio initiates and produces independent curatorial and publishing projects which focus on typography and graphic design.
They are very passionate about graphic design. Through developing collaborative relationships with clients and partners they aim to create original, functional and distinctive work that engages users, satisfies the objectives of the client and meets the high standards and creative innovation that are central to studio practice.
Examples of Work :-
Website for Grafik Magazine
Histoglass Brochure
Chromatologies Festival
Two Times Elliot (London)
Contact :-
James Horwitz
Creative Director
Placement available from Aug. 2013 for 3 months
Portfolios to:
Hello@2xElliott.co.uk
Knowledge of agency :-
Two Times Elliott is a design consultancy based in Notting Hill, London. A studio that I have been inspired by for a couple of years now. They create visually stunning peices of work with a strong concept behind them.
Two Times Elliott produces a diverse range of work across multiple disciplines including print design, identity and web. We help our clients communicate their message clearly and intelligently.
Examples of Work :-
Eastie Lookbook
Type Specimin Booklet
Elmwood (Leeds)
Contact Info
Knowledge of Company :-
Put simply, elmwood help brands uncover what’s special and different about themselves and tell the world about it. There’s the thinking and words in brand strategy and brand language through to the visual magic of corporate design andpackaging design. Their digital work brings all this together. They work on big brands and are based in Leeds a well as having offices in London and Singapore.
Examples of Work :-
The FA/England Branding
Met Office Branding
Anchor Squirty Cream Branding
OK200 (Amsterdam)
Contact Info :-
Duintjer CS
Vijzelstraat 72 / unit 2.25
1017 HL Amsterdam
Mattijs de Wit
+31 (0)6 412 411 47
Koen Knevel
+31 (0)6 28 25 29 81
email studio@ok200.nl
tumblr ok200.tumblr.com
facebook facebook.com/ok200
twitter twitter.com/ok200
linkedin linkedin.com/ok200
rss ok200.nl/feed
newsletter sign up
more work on behance www.behance.net/ok200
Knowledge of Company :-
OK200 is an Amsterdam based graphic design studio founded by Mattijs de Wit and Koen Knevel in 2010. They studied together at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. After graduation they decided that working as a team would realise their dream of having their own design studio.
The name OK200 is based upon a server response code which means: ‘your request has succeeded’. OK200 is a personal, headstrong, fast, authentic graphic design studio. They make no distinction between working for a big corporate company or a cultural institution. OK200 has experience in working on various projects, from website, to magazine, identity, to whatever you request.
OK200 is always willing to give advice, to help clients straighten their ideas and to make their brand stronger.
I got offered to intern with these over summer but they couldn't afford to pay me to live in amsterdam for a month and I'm pretty skint so this was really unfortunate.
Examples of work :
New York / Amsterdam Pop Up Show
Wayfinding / Signage
For further information, questions, remarks, collaborations or great music suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Studio address
Tolstraat 137-4
1074 VJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
studio@drawswords.com
+ 31 (0)6 481 806 75
skype: drawswords
Find DRAWSWORDS at:
Last.fm
Knowledge of the company :-
Drawswords designs for both cultural and commercial fields and works on projects such as visual identities, publications and editorial design, websites, music packaging, artist books and other printed matter like posters and flyers. The studio also initiates projects of its own, like the Langscapes collaborations with several well-known composers.
Examples of Work :-
Landscapes (Publication)
How To Survive The Hague (Publication)
Creative CV Examples
An interesting format for a CV which is a peice of work in itself. Helps show what kind of work the person likes doing and also shows some skills.
Pretty bad execution on this one, but a great concept nevertheless. Could have been better if done by a half decent designer.
Another interesting format to grab attention. Something a little bit different.
another really nice layout which is showing skills as well as the info-graphic showing areas of interest and expertise. This is a great CV in my opinion which would hopefully ant a studio to employ you.
This is a really cool idea too. Bold type makes it easy to understand when quickly looking at it, which is the most likely outcome. Clean layouts, Nice type and interesting format makes for a great creative CV.
Similar approach to the last and just a really nice format to work with which is a little bit different and may help make you stand out to a studio; A Newspaper.
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