Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Marketing Myself - To creative CV or not to creative CV?

I've spent a little time considering whether or not I should make myself a creative CV or not. I looked at a few online, but most of them just look like a regular CV with a bit of colour slapped on there.

Consider our good friend, Name Surname, for example

While I think this looks fine, I'm not very interested in making my own CV like this. For one, I think it's a little pointless to have both a creative CV and a normal one - they seem to function pretty much the same to me. As long as my regular CV is legible and concise, I don't think a creative CV like this is for me.

There are also CVs I found that fit more into my idea of what a "creative" CV might look like. They incorporate the artists' practice a little more into the aesthetic, while still communicating the key points.



I think I would be more inclined to put together a creative CV like this, as it incorporates a little more personality. However, I feel that I have my portfolio for that, so again it feels a little redundant to make my CV in this style too. I can see myself leaning towards this more if I fall towards the illustration side of my career, but while I am still working in different mediums (stop-motion and illustration), I want to keep my CV as clean as possible, while having my work stand out in my portfolio. 

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