Part I: Unformatted Resume
a. Read the document linked to below for clarification on what content to include and advice on best practices. This same content is also available on reserve in the library.
ResumeReading.pdf
b. Type all of the content you will include in your resume. You will need to consider how your content is formatted, but the primary objective of this assignment is to perfect the composition of your content, including: spelling, grammar, punctuation, wording, tone, accuracy. Consider the hierarchy of information you are presenting and how the structuring of your content helps the reader’s comprehension. At a minimum, your resume must include the following content:
- your contact information
- your relevant educational experience
- Your relevant employment experience
Part II: Biography
If a resume is summary of your career in non-narrative format, a biography (or “bio”) similarly summarizes and highlights your accomplishments and experiences, but in narrative format. A professional bio can serve several purposes, often different than what a resume might be called on for. But in general, the goal is to provide people with a better understanding of who you are. A bio will help a journalist (or blogger) understand your work, personality, and outlook, but it will also give them a starting point if they are writing about you (in many cases, the starting point is “copy and paste”). A manufacturer who produces your work will often want to include biographical information about designers in promotional materials, as will a gallery when exhibiting your work, conference when hosting you as a speaker, grant when announcing fellows, etc…
Compose a brief biography that can be used in the promotion of your professional career. Your bio must be written in third person and should be 1- 2 paragraphs. Some guidelines to follow:
- Don’t be funny, clever, inappropriate, or irrelevant
- Don’t start every sentence with your name (or he/she).
- Use descriptive language to emphasize objective facts about you and your work more so than to provide a qualitative assessment of your character or your work. For example:
Jim’s drawings are huge and they rule. instead: Jim makes large scale drawings and they have attracted an international following.
- Who – What is your name
- What – what do you do, what do your call yourself (artist, designer, craftsperson, maker, etc)
- When – how long have you been doing it
- Where – where are you from, where are you now, where are you going
- How – what is your approach, methodology, values
- How – how did you get here
- Why – why do you do this
- What – what significant things have you done
Part III. Portrait
In many cases a portrait accompanies a bio and is used for the same purposes. Take a photograph of yourself, or have one taken for you, that is suitable for professional uses. Consider what message the composition, lighting, content and styling convey to the viewer. Take a high-res image (at least 1500 pixels by 1500 pixels).
Deliverables
create a single post for all of your work this week. It should include the following:
- unformatted resume, zipped and uploaded in orginal document format (word, illustrator, etc)
- biography, entered as text directly in the post
- portrait photograph, saved as a jpeg, no larger than 700×700 pixels
- Be sure to assign your post to the “Assignment 2” category
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