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Previous Employers and Responsibilities
(In Reverse Chronological Order)
Aspire Ireland
February 2025 - August 2025

Greeting Card Designer

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  • Designed heartfelt greeting cards for annual holidays and special occasions, including Saint Patrick's Day and birthdays, which were then sold at St Anne's Park Market in Raheny, County Dublin.
     

  • Worked alongside a caring group of individuals who prioritised the organisation's message of inclusivity and the positive stylisation of their charming products most of all.

SVP - Vincent's Mullingar - Furniture
November 2024 - December 2024

Warehouse Assistant​

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  • Inspected the overall condition of antique furniture items and decided whether they should be disassembled and recycled or refurbished entirely.

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  • Removed metal nails from the fabric materials of discarded beds and chairs using various tools, specifically a screwdriver and hammer.

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  • Collected newly delivered wooden boards from nearby industrial outlets for manufacturing purposes.

Me, The Family Pet? Productions
February 2024 - March 2024

Freelance Artist

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  • Collaborated alongside a small, but immensely talented creative team in the development of captivating 2D comic strips and entertaining 2D animations, all the while adhering to style requirements and impending deadlines.

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  • Uploaded final strips and animations to various social media sites such as Instagram in a team effort to further promote "Me, The Family Pet?", an ongoing web comic series created by Jennifer "Jejo" Sleeper.

The Five Lamps Arts Festival
November 2023 - December 2023

Exhibition Invigilator​

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  • Ensured that the artwork on display remains in pristine condition and does not get touched or damaged by any visitors.

 

  • Handed out a comment book to curious visitors and encouraged them to write their overall thoughts on the exhibition.

 

  • Coordinated and finalised purchases of exhibition paintings with visitors by sharing contact information for further discussions and utilising digital banking systems such as Revolut for mutual transactions.

The Sanctuary
May 2023 - November 2023 

Assistant Event Coordinator​

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  • Registered class members at the reception area as they arrived and departed from the facility using memorisation software such as Microsoft Excel.

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  • Answered and engaged with reception callers relating to the temporary booking of the facility's rooms for various events.

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  • Utilised graphic design software such as Canva to create visually appealing brochures for upcoming yoga classes and mental health sessions.

Fighting Words
November 2022 - November 2023

Story Illustrator​

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  • Provided over twenty digital illustrations for published workshop storybooks, thus enhancing the visual engagement of students' creative outputs.

 

  • Contributed to the artistic development and eventual publication of a book containing a compilation of child written stories entitled "Story Seeds - Adventures Across Limerick & Beyond" by submitting a plethora of engaging digital illustrations, which accurately visualise the written material while also demonstrating my limitless creative potential in this field.

Colleges / Universities and Courses
(With Certificates)
Technological University of the Shannon
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Animation & Illustration
NFQ Level 8 (Honours) University Course
September 2017 - October 2021
Moate Business College
Further Education and Training Award in Art, Craft & Design
NFQ Level 5 Post Leaving Certificate Course
September 2016 - June 2017
Awarded on the 29th of October, 2021.
Awarded on the 14th of June, 2017.
 Technical Skills
Adobe Photoshop

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  • Conceptualised, colourised and refined a variety of dynamic characters and detailed backgrounds for post-college projects.

 

  • Removed specific figures and textures from numerous images and visualised them as potential subjects and / or surfaces for sculpture and picture frame designs.

Adobe InDesign

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  • Textualised and designed character biography and visual reference layouts for college projects.

 

  • Finalised layouts for sculpture and picture frame files with the essential inclusion of height and width measurements, estimated price ranges and visual references for 3D sculptors.

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  • Created heartfelt greeting cards that accurately reflect the cultural and personal importance of both annual holidays and special occasions alike, including Saint Patrick's Day, birthdays and so forth.

Clip Studio Paint

  • ​​​​​​Developed informative, visually appealing brochures to promote upcoming yoga classes and mindfulness sessions at non-profit meditation centres based in Dublin City.

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  • Inspected and enhanced the overall quality of rough animatics for 3D animated shows by inserting the designated frame numbers / codes into major sequences and environmental transitions for identification purposes.

DaVinci Resolve

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  • Devised and published character / world-building prologues and scripts with the aim of using them as narrative foundations for future animated series and film projects.

Microsoft Word

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  • Used self-made timetable sheets to register yoga class members as they arrived and departed from their scheduled sessions.

Microsoft Excel
  • LinkedIn

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