Creative c.v

Creative C.V

I have been researching creative C.V's online in order to gain some inspiration for how I may choose to layout my cv. What I aim to do first is make sure I have all the important contence written down before deciding what layout or style I would like to use for my creative C.V.

I understand a creative C.V is way of selling yourself not just by the words on a document but by allowing myself as someone looking for work in the creative industry to show more about myself and my creativity than just my qualifications and achievements.


On my conventional C.V which is more precise and straight forward, I have a personal statement which is the length of a short paragraph. However while I have been researching creative C.V's I have noticed the personal statements tend to be slightly shorter than this and are more precise and more so just relevant to the persons creative qualities. Seeing as though a creative C.V is more experimental and more about showcasing the person as a creator, I understand why the personal statements on these C.V's tend to be shorter or more to the point. I personally prefer this concept as I feel the creativity of the C.V itself will speak a lot about the person without there having to be a lengthy personal statement. 

I chose to create my creative C.V on photoshop. When searching online for inspiration I found many creative and imaginative versions. Many examples were made for there creative careers such as graphic designers and other roles within the creative industry. I felt this would explain why so many had elaborate texts and images. 

http://gurucareers.com/creative-cvs/

For photography, although I want my C.V to look creative I didn't want to make it too much about the deign, and distract away from the actual contents of the C.V. For photography a creative C.V would not need to to show my talent in illustration or graphics so although I had considered incorporating these kind of experimental aspects. I wanted to keep it fairly simple but still show an element of imagination.

First Attempt

I tired to use some experimental text and a slight bit of colour the make the C.V look creative but at the same time I wanted to keep to black, white and grey colours so the design was not too different to the style I have branded myself with on my website and business cards.

I feel for a first attempt it is one which I am happy with. Its something which isn't too abstract and still does the job in terms of communicating my kills across to a potential employer while showcasing the fact that I am also creative. Depending upon what job I go for I feel I could make this creative C.V more exciting and adventerous if I felt that would be suitable for the company I was going for a job in. Over all however I am happy with the outcome of this C.V and I am proud to say I created it myself as appose to getting any external help from working with anyone who may be better at designing such as a graphics or illustration student for example. 

Final Design

After creating my first design for my creative C.V on photoshop, I gained a much better idea of how Id like the C.V to be laid out and what information I wanted to include. I then chose to create another C.V using the basic ideas I had gained in the first attempt. For my next and final design I chose to loose the colour lilac as it did not tie in with my branding at all. I chose to use black and white and this time I included an image to give more of a feel that this creative C.V was that of a professional photographer.

Although I do still feel this design is rather basic, I feel much happier that it portrays me in a more professional way. The use of font and the colour scheme defiantly portrays myself as a photographer, and an individual. The web addresses on my C.V have changed from the first attempted C.V to the other as I own two domain names and during this process I have decided to use '.com' for my website seeing as though '.com' is the more recognised domain extension on the internet.