As preparation for creating my cv, I have researched job listings for my desired community of practice, which is the advertising industry, to identify skills and competencies they require. I have noted my findings down in the list below. I can use these to form the type of cv which would be most suitable.

List of requirements;

  • Experience of delivering creative solutions across multiple platforms, from brief to completion
  • Understanding of target audience
  • Enthusiastic
  • Persuasive
  • Highly organised
  • Strong communication skills
  • offer new idea clearly and effectively
  • good working knowledge of Adobe packages
  • Strong portfolio of work demonstrating strong typography and layout skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
  • Problem solving
  • Time management
  • Follow existing brand style guidelines
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Team player-creative collaboration