CV Design Task

During this session we began updating our current cv’s I first began updating my traditional cv and then went onto designing one. Below are my updated traditional cv’s.

The link above was my traditional cv to begin with.

The second link was slightly updated, after speaking with my tutor David he advised me that my CV looks a lot neater when the type is in bold rather than underlined.

The final CV is my updated traditional CV. Following my tutors advice, I believe this CV is a lot more neater and cleaner to look at. I then went onto looking at other design cv’s to help me gain inspiration to design my own. The ones I looked at and collected are placed below. I also annotated what I admired and didn’t like about them.

I also had a look at the design of these cv’s as I admired the layout. It looked modern and more like an ‘ad’ rather than a cv and that’s the look I wanted to go for with mine. more in particular I went for the design seen in the bottom right corner as I admired that one the most and would like my cv to also look like that. I then began creating my Digital Design CV in adobe illustrator CC.

I began with creating an outline using the square shape tool at the top of my page and filled it in black, I then created a box and used no fill to only have the outline. I placed my name and my title using the front avenir next and aligned it to the right.

Here I am seen resizing my text.

I then placed a square shape to show where my image will be placed.

I then placed my image into the box.

Here I am seen placing a box filled in black in this I will place my skills. I used the font Avenir Next in Bold.

I then created a box where I would place what my skills are and the different languages that I can speak.

I chose to fill the shape in with the colour mustard as that colour goes well with black and it’s also my favourite colour.

Over here I am placing some text again using the font Avenir next. I placed the word softwares as I am going to explain which softwares I am most aware of and good at.

Over here I placed a guide to make sure all my text was in line and I continued to use the typeface Avenir next. These three softwares I believe are my strengths.

Over here I am seen placing a basic line, whilst increasing the point size this line will measure how familiar I am and in my opinion how good I am using that particular software. Below I am seen placing two of the same lines and grouping the shapes.

I then chose to add the languages I know as that is also a skill and would be considered useful in a workplace.

Over here I am seen looking for the character play option using my main menu. Below are the images of me placing my languages text. I then went on to creating a circle shape and filling it in black to show my levels and knowledge in the languages. I used the shape tool and the colour filler to fill in my shapes. I then sized them down and placed them along side each other, whilst grouping them so they stay together.

I then began typing the information on my traditional cv out, regarding my education and my work experience. I continued to use the typeface Avenir Next. I also made sure whilst placing my type I aligned my text with the sides of the page.

I drew out a box and filled it in black. In this I will place my contact preferences. I also used the email, phone and instagram icons that I used for my business cards in my cv. I used the circles I drew out for my language skills levels and changed the colour to mustard to use as bullet points against my form of contact.

Below is my final cv design.