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I am a person, not an organization. I was once a soldier, spent six years as a technology journalist and am now making my way into the world of marketing, community management and media… consulting.

I would like a kick-ass visually impactful résumé to best represent my personal brand, flavor and charisma. I want a résumé that stands out, and that tells the person, even from a cursory… glance, who I am and what I'm about. I want to elicit a reaction from people who receive my résumé, and ensure that it is the one they don't forget. Or the one they feel like sending around to their colleagues/friends because it was just that cool. I have seen a few résumés that were done in the infographic style, and I like those a lot. I've also seen several that mimic Google search pages, Facebook profiles or wikipedia pages and find those clever, but think there's a risk of them being slightly too gimmicky. I want to be taken seriously, but at the same time demonstrate that I have a creative flair, panache and my own inimitable style - without crossing the line to being seen as self-indulgent, or a primadonna. Fun but functional should be the goal here. I have a long list of accomplishments and skills and those speak for themselves, so I don't need to mask them or detract from them. The design should highlight them and show character, rather than overshadow. Since it's a résumé, I need to be able to add to it in the future without too much of a headache. Please note my attachments: My current (boring and super corporate) résumé, along with a list of more personal things about me and who I feel I really am. I've also attached some pictures and an anime style cartoon character of me I had designed about two years ago. While the résumé will be designed first and foremost for the web, (to email, upload to my website etc), I would also like it to be able to work as a hard copy, in case I ever need to print it out. That doesn't mean it has to ascribe to standard printing sizes/formats... but just bear in mind that it does need to be able to work as an offline résumé too. I am not averse to my résumé showing a sense of humor, but again, it needs to be subtle enough that it doesn't look like a huge gimmick.

Update: I found it earlier and it kind of blew me away:http://garethcase.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/gareth-case-infographic-cv1.pdfThe things I love about it the most (starting… from the bottom and working up...)The footer. I love it. Love the little icons, love the colorful phone number and call to action.I love the recommendation bubbles. I think those are neat and colorful and attention grabbing.I love the 3D social media icons that look like fallen dominos.I love the use of the mobile scannable barcodes. I have some youtube videos I'm proud of.... if you could make them into a scannable barcode and insert them, that would be neat. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYwyMYpVW3U and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhOZ0mX2DEw) I like the personality tag cloud. Mine could incorporate skills, random facts, etc.I like the blocks at the top that give the short summary in clean, clear black blocks. All in all... I think this is pretty neat. It's fun to look at... and I didn't get bored scrolling down through it.If you need me to fill in blanks for you.... or give you filler text for certain things.... let me know. I'm happy to help adapt my resume wording to fit the design, I don't want the design to force its way around the words. Does that make sense? Some examples of CVs I've seen that I also thought were neat: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Info…me/3074793 http://www.behance.net/gallery/Grap…me/1880331 http://www.behance.net/gallery/Resume/2615735 http://mistis.deviantart.com/art/Cu…e-10563373 http://hippiedesigner.deviantart.co…V-79784774 Although I'm very open to many other styles of possibilities... those are just ones that stood out to me so far in my basic google searches.... though I'm not sure any of them are a direct fit to ME. Hence this process :)

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