nicole bonnie andrews cv
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NICOLE BONNIE ANDREWS [email protected]
Personal StatementI’m currently studying year two Product Design Technology with Professional Experience. I’m also the Product Design course representative. Ideally I would love to spend a year in industry. One where I can be creative with and have the right balance of artistic and technical. I wish to improve my skills like Solidworks, element finite analysis and concept sketching. At the end of my degree I’m hoping to do a masters in Man-agement. I work well in groups and in a leadership role.
Higher EducationUniversity Of Brighton: BSc (Hons) Product Design Technology with Professional Practise
Research: Collecting and analysis secondary/ primary research. Translating data into infographics. Creating visual reports. Ideation: Using multiple methods to produce sketches/ concept drawings of new relevant products. Using Pro markers for rendering. Development: 3D Modelling chosen designs within Solidworks, Reverse Engineering. Doing material analysis and detailed product costing.
Launch: Creating marketing for the product. Im-proving skills throughout the Adobe Suit Programs. Learning marketing/presentation techniques. Technology: Done a pasta bridge project, showing leadership roles. Learning basic Arduino. Creating circuits for use with Arduino’s. Finite Element Analy-sis within Solidworks. Creating precise Solidworks parts and running simulations under realistic mate-rial restraints and forces.
First Year Result: Research-2:1/Ideation-1:1/Development-2:1/Launch-2:1/Technology-1:1. Second Year Result: Research-1:1/Ideation-2:1/Developemtn-TBC/Launch-TBC/Technology-TBC.
EducationHighsted Grammar School For Girls (2007-2014) A Levels: Fine Art (B) Extended Project (C)
Borden Grammar School For Boys (2012-2014) A Levels: Design And Technology: Product Design
GCSE’s: A x6 inc. Mathematics, English Literature, Additional Science and Fine Art. B x2 inc. English Language and Core Science.
Work Experience
Bar Tender/Kitchen Assistant Priory Hill Club (Summers: 2014 to Present) Responsibilities: Communicating with customers with a professional manors. Opening and closing the bar on day and night shifts.
Receptionist (volunteer) Strawbridge Shop fitters (Part Time 2014)Responsibilities: Answering phone calls, commu-nicating professionally with customer. Filling out invoices. Emails and filing paperwork.
Achievements and HobbiesI’m currently running a weekly drawing group. This is to help my fellow course mates with their perspec-tive/ sketching/rendering skills. I do this through the course representative role. I also have a Golden Crest Award in Engineering . I gained this by creating a electronic thread counter for a conveyor company. Within a group of four where I was elected team leader. I also received a certificate for achievement in Fine Art.
Skills
SoldiworksCES Edupack2D Design V2
Marker RenderingConcept SkecthingFine Art
LeadershipGroup WorkOrganisation
InDesignPhotoshopIllustrator
ReferencesAcademic: Dr Eddie Elton, Lecturer, University Of Brighton, 01273 642672, [email protected] Priory Hill Club: Paul Shaw, Manager, 01795 510267, [email protected]. Strawbridge shop fitters: Maurice Andrews, Owner, 07557736996, [email protected]
[email protected] / [email protected] / 07788297821
For full examples of my work and examples of these skills please refure to my online portfolio.
Both of these jobs are in the customer services industry and from these I have learnt a number of valuable communication skills which I bring forward into my project work and group work. These have also improved my organisation skills. These skills transfer into my design work as I have a deep understanding of what makes people happy and believe I have a understanding of how customers think.
Second Year Changes:Each module follows the same rough format. The second year brief is a product for the ageing population.Development: Focusing less on material analysis and more on creating a product suitable for the user and there specific needs. Research: Included an literature review onto of first year format. Technology: Creating a bicycle light using an arduino to create an embedded microcontroller into a circuit.