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Cirriculum Vitae



I am a 21 year old product designer and graphics creator. I have three years of work experience in various roles. My aims being to collaborate as much as possible with other people and bring creativity and innovation to the forefront of people’s lives.



EDUCATION


DEGREE

Edinburgh University | September 2012 - May 2016

Product Design BA with Honours


A-LEVELS

Charter School | September 2010 - July 2012

French B, Design and Technology B, Media Studies B.


GSCEs

Queen's Gate School | September 2008 - July 2010

French A*, English A, English Lit B, Art B, Maths B, Graphic Design A, Biology B, ICT B, Physics C, French A-LEVEL A.



EXPERIENCE


INSTALLATION DESIGNER

Lateral City | September 2014 - Ongoing

A group project in which I was appointed the lead role. We designed a large installation named The Paper Trail which is currently undergoing planning on construction.


PRODUCT DESIGNER

Oxfam | September 2013 - March 2014

A group project, in partnership with Oxfam, to design an emergency response latrine - full-scale model built.


DESIGNER

Breakthemold | June 2013 - Jan 2014

My role consisted of recruiting designers and approving design products to go on the Breakthemold website.



LANGUAGE SKILLS


Born in London, England. I learned how to speak French from living abroad at a young age.


ENGLISH 100%

FRENCH 90%



SKILLS


Illustrator 90%

Photoshop 60%

Indesign 90%

Rhino 50%

Solidworks 35%




OCTAVIA COUTTS


octaviatcoutts@gmail.com | 07794879965