Personal Details
Name
Mat
Residence
Canning Vale, Western Australia
Mobile
0431 463 455
Email
blackbird9@westnet.com.au
Aged
30 years
Education
July 2009
Responsible Service of Alcohol
SITHFAB009A
Clubs WA
July 2001 — June 2002
Bachelor of Arts: Design Honours
Curtin University, Bentley WA
Completed course weighted average: 73.50%
February 1998 — June 2001
Bachelor of Arts: Multimedia Design
Curtin University, Bentley WA
Focus on interface design.
Completed course weighted average: 81.56%.
Vice Chancellor's List, top 1% across all courses.
1997
Year 12 Graduation
John Forrest Senior High School, Morley WA
and School of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE), Leederville WA.
Subject Dux in Art, Applied Computing, and Technical Drawing.
Competencies
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Skills |
Adobe Illustrator CS5
Adobe PhotoShop CS5
Adobe InDesign CS5
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
Adobe Encore CS4
Corel Draw X4
VirtualDub
Macromedia Director 10
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Firefox
QuickBooks
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multimedia design
print design
web design
Lingo, HTML, CSS programming
image and video compression
dvd authoring
video formats and cabling, capture, and output
digital photo editing
photography
digital and freehand illustration
computer systems setup
internet connections and simple local networking
cd/dvd formats and burning
training and tutoring
research and reporting
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References
Live and written references available on request. These include current and previous employers, co-staff, and customers.
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Work History
November 2008 — current
Castle Lion t/a The Crush Group
Administration and Sales Support.
In-house graphic design for print and web.
Reception duties, cash handling and banking, account invoicing, inventory management, delivery and freight coordination, and tax reporting (GST and WET). Host or assisting to wine tasting events.
August 2007 — November 2008
South Pacific Tyres t/a Beaurepaires and Goodyear, State Office, Welshpool WA
Administration assistant, with extended duties.
Support to 3 retail managers, 4 sales managers, and 34 stores across WA.
Marketing support, including liaising with publishers and preparing design artwork from conception to print.
HR duties including employment advertising, support to accommodation and flight bookings, catering, and assisting with training.
Regular administration duties including reception, reporting, mail, managing consumables and special items, petty cash and some accounts payable.
May 2007 — June 2007
Westnet
Accounts department call centre.
Account enquiries and billing.
February 2007 — May 2007
Australia Post, Street Pillar Box (SPB) Revenue Recovery Project WA
Auditor.
Auditing of inbound mail, billing or return of underpaid mail, statistic collection, database additions and maintenance (SAP).
October 2004 — February 2007
Australia Post, Southern Retail WA
Sales assistant and mail processes role (Postal Services Officer). Other and higher roles frequent as requested (Postal Delivery Officer, Senior Postal Services Officer, Postal Manager).
Retail customer service, cash handling and banking, stock management and display, mail sorting (inbound and outbound) and delivery, store open and close, staff training.
March 2004 — October 2004
Cyber-Pro e-services, South Perth WA
In-house freelance graphic designer.
Design of materials for print, electronic distribution, and exhibition signage.
February 1998 — October 2004
Blockbuster Morley, Marmion, Mosman Park, Mt Lawley, Yokine WA
Sales assistant with manager duties.
Retail customer service, cash handling, debt collections, training staff, store open and close, preparation and display of new stock for rental and sale.
Various project-based freelance work including:
2008 Western Australia Police: Rural Watch, graphic artist for posters (24hr job).
2007 Old Mill Theatre, logo design.
2004 Western Australia Police, graphic artist for overseas presentation.
2003 Immortal Dimensions, Lingo programmer, with some SQL extensions.
2002 CRX Club of Western Australia, launching website designer.
2000 City of Joondalup, Lingo programmer.
1997-1998 Business Enhancement & Staff Training (BEST), illustrator.
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