C H R I S K E L LYU I / U X D E S I G N E R

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148 Carrer De Rocafort, 4a-2aBarcelona, 08015

+34 600 62 89 04chris@ckelly.tv

www.ckelly.tv

Y E S Y O U ! I ’ M TA L K I N G T O Y O U !Dear Sir/Madam

Before I start, a little prelude. I love this industry. I love being born in 1984 at the dawn of tech nation and I love designing digital products. I have worked in film mostly and an awful lot of jobs in retail but I wanted to impress upon you a deep, true and lasting love I have for UX.

Forgive me for a general cover note. It goes against a personal belief that things should be as personalised as possible. You will however understand that after two bootcamps in Barcelona and Christmas break with family, I am applying to as many companies as possible for as many positions as possible in the realms of UX/UI and design.

You know, I want my work to speak for itself. In particular, my most recent upload in Behance, available now for viewing at behance.net/ckellytv. I would encourage you to view my wider portfolio of talents at ckelly.tv which includes virtual tours. photography, catalogues, large format print designs, motion graphic animation, Wordpress websites, film work, photography and game art.

As an artist knows, harmony is a difficult chord to strike. It takes synergy, patience, a great sense of timing, freedom of expression and ultimately, dynamic. I believe I possess all these attributes and hope that the company I work for can draw these qualities out of me. I also believe I could make a very sincere impression and I work quickly and adapt to circumstance.

I would encourage you to contact my references who will vouch for me that I am a dedicated and extremely hard worker and If I do not know the answer to something, I endeavour to learn the skill. I also come from a business family who have instilled in me a strong business acumen and I am a people person at heart.

My goal is to become a specialist designer who absolutely excels in the position he has been given. I wish to swiftly learn the company flow, adapt myself to it and make an impact in as effective a manner as possible. I sincerely thank you for taking the time to read my C.V. 

Yours sincerely,Christopher Kelly

Date 14th February 2020

C H R I S K E L LYU I / U X D E S I G N E R

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148 Carrer De Rocafort, 4a-2aBarcelona, 08015

+34 600 62 89 04chris@ckellytv

www.ckelly.tv

A B O U T M E

Hi! I’m Chris Kelly, a UX Designer based in Barcelona. I have a natural curve towards the humanities and I have a very sincere passion for people. I care about intrinsic human values, drivers and motivators and believe this reflects in my work by creating stories that connect with people on an emotive level through user centric design. My goal is to work as part of a team of small interdisciplinary multi creatives where my background in film, television, print and motion graphic design may reach its optimum potential. My main ability is that I am extremely adaptive and it takes me little time to understand new programs or softwares. I’m quite a social guy but I love to zone in and carve out a vision and I love to skate and play chess. so if you would entertain the possibility of an interview, I would very much look forward with great gratitude to that encounter.

VA L U E S

HONESTY:  I am an open book. Adaptive in my nature but absolutely straight and absolutely honest. With few exceptions, I can read people’s behaviour extremely well and I often quickly get a general sense of what drives a person.

COMMUNICATION:  I believe in the power of inter departmental communication. On film sets, often, hundreds of decisions were made in tandem with dozens of various factions on set. Every person needed to be working towards a common vision. This has impacted my thinking dramatically when it comes to team work.

D E S I G N S K I L L S

W O R K O V E R V I E W P E R S O N A L

Name Chris Kelly

Birthday 9th November 1984 (35)

Relationship Single

Nationality Irish

Born Belfast, UK

Languages English

C O N TA C T

Phone +34 600 62 89 04

Website https://ckelly.tv

Behance behance.net/ckellytv

Linkedin linkedin/in/ckellytv

S O F T WA R E

Illustrator

After Effects

XD

Sketch

Figma

InVision

Wordpress HTML

CSS

Premiere Pro

Audition

Photoshop

O N L I N E

instagram.com/ckellytv

vimeo.com/ckellytv

imdb.me -/chriskelly

twitter.com/ckellytv

2018-2019

Art Department Assistant

Rippleworld Productions

Galway, Ireland

2017

Set Dresser

Misfits & Co. Productions

Belfast, UK

2017

Art Department Assistant

Wee Buns Films

Belfast, UK

2016

Actor

BBC

Belfast, UK

2017 - 2019

Company Director

Thirty Six Zero Media Ltd.

Belfast, UK

2019

Freelance Graphic Designer

The Hudson Bar

Belfast, UK

2019

Senior Graphic Web Designer

Talbot Textile Upholstery & Supply

Belfast, UK

RESEARCH DATA ANALYSIS

USER TESTING

PROTOTYPINGUI

2008

Floor Runner

20th Century Fox Productions

Belfast, UK

C H R I S K E L LYU I / U X D E S I G N E R

Address

PhoneEmail

148 Carrer De Rocafort, 4a-2aBarcelona, 08015

+34 600 62 89 04chris@ckellytv

www.ckelly.tv

R E L E VA N T W O R K E X P E R I E N C E

APRIL - DEC | 2019 SENIOR GRAPHIC WEB DESIGNERMad About Fabrics, Belfast, Antrim, UKSet up and launch of new Mad About Fabrics Wordpress E-Commerce website, shot and edited video, created promotional competitions, ran instagram accounts, ran social media marketing campaigns and created newspaper / magazine advertisements.Skills: Illustrator, Wordpress, Google Analytics, InDesign, After Effects

JAN - MARCH | 2019 FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNERThe Hudson Bar Belfast, Belfast, Antrim, UKWorked with the rebranding of The Hudson Bar Belfast. Created theme concepts, produced flyers, new signage, and  large format prints and vinyls.Skills: Illustrator, Lightroom, Photoshop

JULY | 2017 - DEC | 2018 COMPANY DIRECTORThirty Six Zero Media, Belfast, Antrim, UKBecame a Google Trusted Photographer and set up a photography business which put businesses on Google and uploaded virtual tours which consisted of dozens of 360 photos.Skills: Google My Business, Google Analytics, Photoshop, Photomatix, Premiere Pro, Photography

APRIL - JUNE | 2018 ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANTNever Grow Old, Galway, IrelandConsistently drove props from Belfast prop stores to location in Galway and assisted in the construction of stage sets.Skills: Driving, Set Building, Set Derigging, Administrative Duties, Budgeting

JAN - MARCH | 2018 SET DRESSERViking Destiny, Belfast, Antrim, UKMostly shot on location in Ballymoney. Set up and derigged over eight sets during filming and built an entire cave scene singlehandedly which featured prominently in the filmSkills: Set Building, Set Dressing, Set Derigging, Construction and Design, Sourcing, Research, Budgeting 

SEPT - DEC | 2017 ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANTZoo Belfast, Antrim, UKShot in over eight locations throughout Northern Ireland, consistently set up and derigged dozens of scenes and was responsible for key props including featured props. Skills: Driving, Deliveries, Set up, Set Derigging, Props

JUNE | 2016 ACTOR37 Days, Belfast, Antrim, UKDemonstrated the role of an assassin in Justin Hardy’s 37 Days. Featured prominently in first two episodes of BBC Mini Series surrounding what lead up to the first World War.Skills: Script Interpretation, Research, Gun handling, Actioning and Execution of Cast Member.

MAY - NOV | 2008 FLOOR RUNNERCity of Ember, Belfast, Antrim, UKWorked in the production office and on set of featured production, City of Ember where I was responsible for inter departmental communication in a major feature film with dozens of departments comprised of hundreds of film industry professionals.Skills: Deliveries, Driving, Administrative Duties, Sourcing

C H R I S K E L LYU I / U X D E S I G N E R

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PhoneEmail

148 Carrer De Rocafort, 4a-2aBarcelona, 08015

+34 600 62 89 04chris@ckellytv

www.ckelly.tv

E D U C AT I O N

2010 - 2011 MA EUROPEAN CLASSICAL ACTINGUniversity of the Arts, London, United KingdomCentral St. Martin’s School of Art & Design, Drama Centre London. Training included 2 months at Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, Moscow / The Globe Theatre London.Grade: Pass

R E F E R E N C E S

John LeslieArt DirectorWee Buns FIlmsElmwood House Belfast, BT9 6AZUK

+44 (0) 7710 603 333john@weebunsfilms.com

Claire CunninghamManager Mad About Fabrics 18 Dargan CrescentBelfast, BT3 9JPUK

+44 (0) 7872 587 885claire@madaboutdfabrics.com

Peter LaveryBusiness OwnerThe Hudson Bar14 Gresham St, Belfast BT1 1JNUK

+44 (0) 7870 999 901peter@dannyboy.ie

2008 - 2009 MA FILM PRODUCTION AND SCREEN CULTUREUniversity College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandTraining included working with Panavision, Ardmore Studios, Bray, Dublin, in the cinematic techniques of production, aspect ratio and camera exposure Grade: 2:1

2003 - 2007 BA(HONS) ENGLISH LITERATURE AND FILMManchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United KingdomDegree included a cross comparative dissertation of Irish and Russian Literature in the field of society, politics and thematic preoccupations.Grade: 2:2

2019 UX/UI DESIGN BOOTCAMPBarcelona Code School, Barcelona, EspañaTraining included Sketch, InVision, Multiple Iterations, Wireframing, Protyping, Journey Maps, Heat Maps, User Persona, Stakeholder Interviews and User Testings Grade: Pass

2019 JAVASCRIPT FULL-STACK BOOTCAMPBarcelona Code School, Barcelona, EspañaTraining included HTML5, CSS, Javascript, React Native, Mongo DB, Cloudinary and Node.JSGrade: Pass

C H R I S K E L LYU I / U X D E S I G N E R

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148 Carrer De Rocafort, 4a-2aBarcelona, 08015

+34 600 62 89 04chris@ckellytv

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M A D A B O U T FA B R I C S : R E D E S I G N

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N O R A’ S W E AT H E R

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Z O L Z A R : I N T E R S T E L L A R WA R S

This project   began as an exercise in understanding React. Zolzar was an attempt to utilise simple JS math.random functions in order to eff ectively produce an outcome based on selection. Something to consider, moving forward, is the necessity to foremost create within the gameplay, intriguing and enjoyable logic before establishing any type of story within which the game is set which in this case was an interstellar galactic war between aliens, robots and humans.