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ANDRA DARABONT



Name: Andra Darabont
D.O.B: 17th March 2002
Occupation: Student
Location: Fishguard,

Pembrokeshire

Phone: 07539 225840
Email:151688@pembrokeshire@.

ac.uk

Problem Ambitious Team
Solver Worker
Digitally
Skilled Leader

Kind Skills

Hardworking

Bi-lingual
Creative

Education

Ysgol Bro Gwaun (Fishgaurd) 2013 - 2018
Pembrokeshire College (Haverfordwest) 2018 - Present
Andra is currently studying a Level 3 course in Creative Media at
Pembrokeshire College. In the future, she hopes to become a Film
director or a film producer.

Work Experience

June - August 2018
Ivy Bridge (Goodwick) - House Keeper - Ivy Bridge B&B
In Ivy Bridge Andra worked with a team of 2 other people servicing
rooms used by guests. Changing beds. hoovering, dusting, refilling
refreshment trays and helping out in the dining room.

CV

Personal Details:
Andra Darabont
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07539 225840
Personal profile:
I am a trustworthy, friendly, reliable person. I have a professional ap-
proach in many things in my life. I enjoy leading a team of people but
also enjoy working independently. I cope well under pressure.
Education/training
GCSE:
English: A
English Lit: A
Maths: C
Art: C
History: A
Welsh Bacc: Distinction
ICT: A
Welsh: A
Science:
Physics: C
Biology: B
Chemistry: A
Employment history/work experience:
Ivy Bridge Inn, Goodwick, Pembrokeshire: Part time, over summer (3+
months), housekeeping and helping in a restaurant environment

Achievements:

Played hockey for Secondary School
Entered the finale for Skills Wales Media competition and achieved
2nd place in the Media and film section.

Skills

• Good communication skills
• Computer literacy and good typing skills
• A good level of English spelling and grammar
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Good organisational skills and a methodical approach to work
• The ability to prioritise workloads and meet project deadlines
• Good team working skills.
• The ability to use your own initiative but also know when mat-

ters need to be referred to a supervisor
• Able to speak multiple languages:
• Fluent in English and Romanian
• Partially fluent in Welsh

Career Pathway 1 - Animation
Skills needed:

Creativity Attention Drawing
to detail skills

Computer Familiarity with Organisation
Literacy graphics software

What skills will I need?

• Communication skills - I will need to communicate with
clients and workers in order to be able to complete work to the
best of my ability.

• Work ethic – I will need to be at work on time in order to
meet my deadlines. I will also need to be able to work well
with others.

Qualifications needed:

• Artistic Portfolio
• Animation Degree
• Art Degree

Experience needed:

• 1 year for entry-level positions; 3 or more years for mid-level
or advanced positions

Job vacancies - Animation
• Job vacancy 1 – Animation

• East Midlands, UK - looking for talented Animators with at least
3 years of AAA games experience. This role will entail working
at one of the most exciting animation studios in the world,
working on a number of game projects.

• Experience in a variety of animation styles,
• Salary: £23,000
• Creative skillset that can adapt to technical requirements,
• Strong understanding of human anatomy,
• Practical knowledge of current 3D software (Maya, 3DS Max

and Motionbuilder),
• Ability to communicate with artists and technical team mem-

bers,
• Experience of creating animation networks,
• A strong and diverse portfolio of different animation styles,
• A self-motivated team player with good communication skills.

• Summary

• Advantages –

• The job offers opportunities to work on many different game
• Permanent position
• Job is in a renowned animation studio
• Career development

• Disadvantages –

• Far away – no support from Family and friends
• Living in England can be more expensive, especially for a person

living alone
• 3+ years of animation experience is needed

• Job vacancy 2 – Animation

• Worchester, UK - West Midlands based client seeking a Senior
3D Animator to help take the business to the next level whilst
continuing their high levels of delivery of quality.

• £40,000.00 - £45,000.00 per annum
• The successful candidate will manage a visualisation team that

is growing and are responsible for producing animations and
product renders of the highest quality. You must be highly skilled
in product and environment rendering, retouching, animation
and moving image editing. CAD exposure is a HUGE plus for this
position.
• The ideal candidate will be talented with artistic flair and a proven
track record of producing top-quality 3D visualisations and ani-
mations with an in depth knowledge of work-flow & production
pipelines. They will poses an advanced knowledge of 3D Studio
Max and V-Ray, with a strong working knowledge of the Adobe
Creative Suite.

• Summary –
• Advantages –

• Get to manage a team of people – high position in the job
• High salary
• Will be able to use my skills

• Disadvantages –

• Far away from friends and family
• Living alone can be expensive

• Job Vacancy 3 – Animation

•
• Oxford, Oxfordshire - We are looking for a knowledgeable and

engaging educator to teach Games Art & Animation modules and
common content in SAE HE programmes under the guidance of
the Programme and Academic Coordinators.
• Salary: £28,000
• Key Responsibilities:
• Facilitating learning through a variety of methods;
• Planning students’ learning experience through lesson plans and
deliverable course material;
• Timely marking of assessments, providing useful and on-going
feedback to students;
• Engaging in recruitment and outreach events through the year.
• Requirements for the Games Art and Animation Lecturer Role
• Essential Criteria:
• Master’s degree in a related field, or Hons degree and a PG Cert
Education/HEA Membership (enroute to qualification with de-
monstrable evidence of satisfactory progress), and/or significant
industry experience;
• Teaching experience, including the creation of session plans and
preparation of materials;
• Experience in Games Design production pipeline and relevant
software (3DMax, Maya, ZBrush, Mudbox, Substance Suite,
Adobe Suite). Highly proficient in texturing, modelling (high and
low-poly);
• Outstanding communication, interpersonal skills, be a collabora-
tive and flexible team player;
• Must have rights to live and work in the UK.
• Desirable Criteria:
• Ability to create and build on industry links;

• Experience in Project Based Learning, Flipped Classroom and
other contemporary forms of facilitating learning, using technolo-
gy in learning, including Virtual Learning Environments;

• Specialisms including Unity, C#, C++, A.I., Game Optimisation,
Mobile Development (Android &/or Swift), VR & AR, Graphics
Programming;

• Ability to teach across other disciplines (including common
modules and from Film, Games, Audio, etc.)

• Summary -
• Advantages -

• get to teach my own class
• I am experienced in the programs I need to use

• Disadvantages -

• Far away from friends and family
• Living alone can be expensive

Summary of Animation:

The career involves creating pieces of animation for various things such
as movies, television shows, games etc. You would need knowledge in
animation and computers, you would also need good communication
skills so that you’re able to converse with your client and understand
what they want. I would need a qualification in animation for this job
as well as knowledge in ICT. I think this career would suit me because I
enjoy drawing and creating animations. I am also doing a college course
which includes animation as one of the parts of the course.

Career Pathway 2 - Photography
Skills needed:

Creativity Attention Technical
to detail abilities

Time interpersonal Organisation
management skills

Qualities:

• Honesty – I will need to be able to be honest with my employers
and co-workers

• Responsible – I will need to be able to be responsible for my
actions in the workplace.

• Creativity – I will need to have a certain amount of creativity to
be able to work in this field.

• Patience – I will have to be patient to be able to take good photos
especially when working with clients and such.

• Eye for detail - I will need to be able to notice detail and take it
into account when taking photographs.

Qualifications:

• Artist portfolio
• Photography degree

Experience:

• Level 3 course in art and design, or photography

Job Vacancies:
Job Vacancy 1 – Colwyn Bay, Wales –

• £16,500 - £20,000 a year
• We are an ecommerce business in the beauty niche, based in

Mochdre. We are looking for a Graphic Designer & Photographer,
to create high quality designs and images for us to use across social
media, email marketing, on our website, product packaging, flyers
and elsewhere as required.
• You will be responsible for ensuring graphics and assets are available
for all stakeholders. Regular meetings will be held with our market-
ing manager, to ensure you’re kept up to date with our marketing
calendar.
• Experience in graphic design and photography are essential for this
position.
• We are a small but fast-growing business in the beauty niche. We’re
looking to hire people to join us on our incredible journey, and to
help us give our customers the best experience when shopping with
us. We’re an industry leader in what we do already, and we want to
keep diversifying the business to serve as many new customers as
possible. In the pipeline at the moment is lots of brand-new product
development and launches, new website launches and much more.

• Experience:

• Graphic design: 1 year (Required)

• Summary

•

• Advantages

• Closer to family and friends than moving to England.
• I have had experience with photography and graphic design

• Disadvantages

• I need to make sure that all graphics and assets are available for
all stakeholders

• Low pay compared to average

Job Vacancy 2 – Nottingham England

• Salary – £18,000
• Are you excited by being the best that you can be, constantly

seeking ways to improve in order to make each of your photo-
graphs better than the last, to agreed deadlines? We’re looking for
someone who will love producing exciting photographs that are
fresh, original and bring to life our established worlds and char-
acters. The ideal candidate will need to have the insight required
to present the miniatures in the most appropriate way. You will
also need the drive to seek constant improvement and innovation,
obsess over the accuracy and suitability of your work and be thor-
ough when checking details. In addition, you will enjoy managing
your own time effectively and be organised enough to coordinate
resources with your colleagues. You will be required to deliver
miniatures photography that increases the quality of our publica-
tions and promotes our miniatures range. Working as part of the
Warhammer 40,000 photography team, your day-to-day work will
range from composing huge, set piece photographs on beautifully
crafted terrain boards to taking detailed, single figure shots on a
white background. You will need to understand the principles of
good photography and have a good working knowledge of Adobe
Photoshop. We know what makes this job hard is the relentless
drive for more and better! To succeed as a Warhammer 40,000
Miniatures Photographer you have to be the kind of person who is
dedicated to constantly improving their skills and knowledge.
• Working at Games Workshop - At Games Workshop we are
looking for people who will do their best to understand the needs
of the company and to put those needs first when they are at
work. Because of this we believe that what you are like, hence the
attitude you show to work and the way you choose to behave is
even more important than your skills or experience.

• Summary

• Advantages

• I have friends in Nottingham that I can stay with
• Good salary

• Disadvantages

• Far away from parents and other friends
• I won’t have any help from other people, I’ll be working solo

Job Vacancy 3 - Cardiff, Wales –

• £17,000 - £20,000 a year
• You will need to develop a studio with the setup, workflow, equip-

ment, software and hardware to enable shooting a minimum of 45
images per day for Escentual.com.
• Shooting and directing portrait, creative and lifestyle images,
videos and livestreams. All images to be shot in accordance with a
shoot guide that you will develop with the head of creative, demon-
strating excellent technical understanding, attention to detail and
consistent quality.
• Regularly reviewing all images and videos to ensure they are of
the highest standard, identifying and actioning reshoots where
necessary.
• Contributing to and leading imagery reviews, demonstrating com-
petitor awareness and being proactive in presenting opportunities
for improvement.
• Successful delivery of projects set by the Senior Management Team
to enhance visual aspects of Escentual.com.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with team
members and other departments.
• Ensure the studio space (including all photographic equipment and
props) is maintained.
• To understand the end-to-end process for each visual element.
Editing and selecting shot sequence through your chosen software
and workflow and ensuring the best selection of images are pro-
cessed in a timely manner throughout the day.

• Ensure all daily shoot targets are met to the highest standard and
conduct re-shoots where necessary.

• Perform quality control on all images to ensure that they are
consistent in colour and styling before putting into folders.

• Develop and maintain digital photo assets and structure to be
archived or accessible easily, and develop file size specification
guidelines.

• Meeting personal targets and daily/weekly deadlines.
• Manage process of product images on shoot day, in an organised

manner.
• Prepare shoot set up and check daily that all equipment is func-

tioning, testing appropriate lighting, on product type and flagging
any issues.
• Supporting events with any ad-hoc projects when required.
• What you’ll need: Skills & Behaviours
• Excellent photographic/technical understanding.
• Proven experience photographing still life/beauty products of
similar quantities is essential.
• Experience of shooting model imagery.
• Experience of working with various types of lighting, both contin-
uous and flash.
• Confident in meeting daily targets and handling a high volume
of products.
• Experience working within a fast-paced studio environment to
exacting deadlines.
• Ability to art direct and also take direction, working well alone
and in a team.
• A perfectionist with exceptional attention to detail.
• Good interpersonal skills and a team player.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced studio environment and be
adaptable and responsive to rapid change.
• Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability
to multitask and work under pressure.
• Proactive, with a willingness to go the extra mile.

• Summary
• Advantages

• I will get 28 days holiday (almost a month) and statutory bank
holidays.

• It is very close to home and ill be able to visit easily

• Disadvantages

• Low pay compared to average
• A lot of requirements for the job – meaning it may be harder to

get the job

Summary of photography

This career involves taking photographs of different landscapes, objects,
people etc. This can be done for companies or establishments or as a self
employed person. Some qualities that are needed are being good with
people and having good communication skills as sometimes you maybe
photographing people and not places. I will need a Photography degree
and an artistic portfolio. This career would suit me as I enjoy photogra-
phy and have taken a course which involves photography. I am confident
in my photography.

Career Progression
Career: Animation
Action plan

Action Plan

Action Timescale How will I know I
have completed my
Apply to an Anima- Possibly a week to task?
tion University create the appli- When the appli-
cation. cation has been
Finish Creative 2 Years (2018 – sent off
Media course L3 2020) June 2020 when I
at Pembrokeshire will have handed
College 3 years (2020 – my final project in.
Study Animation 2023)
Course in Uni- 1 year (2023 – After I have earned
versity 2024) a qualification in
Find some work animation
experience When I have spent
a year working in a
work environment

Living Costs

Living in shared accommodation would benefit me more as i would
be able to have more money left over in case something happens and
I am in need of money. Especially that I am from a different country
and may need to fly home at any time in case of an emergency.