This short blog will detail the research that went into developing my cover letter, portfolio, C.V., and business cards. The role I have chose to research is a generalist, I stumbled upon this job type a few weeks back in a documentary about VFX.
I liked the idea of a generalist as it allowed one person to do a vast variety of jobs, I liked this as it would ensure that your job would never get stale. Although this also meant that my portfolio and supplementary material would also have to display how I am also able to work in a variety of roles as well. Generalists are also recommended to have some background in photography and compositing, although my experience in these are light, I feel with some time and work I could certainly grasp it.
I tried to ensure that my C.V. included evidence of work in a multitude of mediums such as 3D Modelling, Texturing, lighting, and rendering. This highlighted an issue to me, I had never tried my hand at rigging, I believe it would be ideal for me to work on this in my free time to better round out my skillset.
C.V’s have always been daunting for me for the sheer fact I feel uncomfortable complimenting myself, this was a great learning experience as it taught me to evaluate all the skills I have obtained throughout my year of education and how they may be helpful to a potential employer.
I have seen many business cards over the years, none of which that stuck with me! I felt that this would be an opportunity to use some of my skills such as graphic design, 3d modelling and rendering using the unreal engine, A mini portfolio or sorts. I feel I might have put too much time into my business cards although I am very proud of how they turned out.
Through research I found that C.V’s for roles that were more creative such as game development or graphic design tend to be more creative themselves, throughout my years of education we were always taught to create our C.V’s on white paper with a mildly stylised header. After some research I found that I was free to experiment in this department. I felt this was a tricky one as if my C.V. and cover letter were too flashy, they may be off-putting to potential employers, so a fine balance had to be made.
I have found some beautifully crafted portfolios that greatly helped me improve the presentation of mine to make my work seem appealing while also better displaying the quality of my work. I found the portfolio of Hugo Peters, a guy i came across on reddit to be beautifully made and it really inspired me.
https://hugo.fyi/#