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Name: Catharina Davison
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Age: 26

Professional knowledge: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, my hands.
Intermediate knowledge: Dreamweaver, Flash, Final Cut Pro.
Basic knowledge: After Effects, Pro Tools.




Square Circle Triangle
Graphic Designer (Jan 2008 - Present)
A multi award-winning design studio where I work primarily in print design, but also on web-focused strategies like site-design, templates, content and concept development.
SKILLS: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, print design, web design, design strategy, painting, hand-drawn illustration, still-life and model-based art direction, type-setting, photography, sewing, sculpture, origami.
CLIENTS: [yellowtail] wine, Casella Wine, Grab Denim, Walker CorporationSaville, Mirvac, Mimosa Fashion.

SHORT LISTED:

DESIGN/MULTIMEDIA
Extremely confident in Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Acrobat and Final Cut Pro. Competent user of Fireworks and After Effects. I have excellent, well-developed skills in typography, print and editorial design, branding and identity, information design, packaging, web design, interface design and print management.
I have strong multimedia skills in story-boarding, cinematography, sound production, lighting, online video capture, compositing, digital effects, online editing, interactive animation, motion graphics, output methods and time and resource management.

OFFICE
Expert in Word, Excel and Notes on PC and Apple Mac format.

Highly accomplished at designing corporate identities for freelance clients and at working on personal projects like my jewellery label, Cat Davison Jewellery, and online shop design shop Heat The Beat Boutique. I am fast and efficient at writing and researching information, sourcing pictures and structuring the layout of anything from editorial pages to websites and menus imaginatively.

COMMUNICATION
Strong conceptual thinker who can communicate complex ideas and thought processes through excellent presentation and language skills.Can consult with clients tactfully and with discretion and have a direct yet friendly approach when dealing with printers and fellow
designers. Can proof copy and listings pages and liase with sub-editors on ammendments. Skilled interviewer in Portuguese and Spanish who can translate back into English.

PROBLEM SOLVING
Capable at delivering strong creative and conceptual work to tight deadlines; tweaking designs at short notice to fit clients’ demands and at thinking up catchy headlines, editing copy to fit word limits and re-organising daily schedules quickly and with aplomb.

LANGUAGE & TRAVEL
Fluent in Portuguese with strong conversational Spanish and French. Have spent 10 years growing up in Thailand and India, and have lived and worked in Bolivia for six months and Australia for two years.





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