Professional Identity
Orlaith Conlon OUIL602/ PPP
C.V Orlaith Conlon Creative Picture Maker ART PARADE | SALTAIRE,UK | GALLERY & SALES ASSOCIATE | JUNE 14- CURRENT I single-handedly manage this independent craft gallery every weekend. Spread over two floors I use my interest and passion for craft and craftsmanship to inspire my customers and help grow their passions for the handmade. In our supply of jewellery and art prints I endeavor to learn about the processes behind their creation and materials used to help me give my best customer service. STARBUCKS | LEEDS, UK | BARISTA | APRIL 13- MAY 14 In this role I ensured prompt service by using an organised beverage routine and maintaining a calm and efficient demeanor during the many busy periods. I also drank my weight in coffee. KENNEDY ART | DUBLIN, EIRE | SALES ASSOCIATE | SEP 11- SEP 12 I acquired specialist product knowledge of artist materials, which ensured a high level of confidence when answering customer queries. I was the sole organiser of tutored workshops held within the gallery, this included sourcing and booking artists, promotion and customer organisation. I also coordinated gallery exhibition events that included, labeling and organisation of all artwork, entering artwork onto a database and assisting in hanging the artwork.
Creative Presence 1/5
I’ve kept things as simple as possible, in previous years I’ve been far too ostentatious with my logo but the advice I’ve been given this year is too let the work speak for itself. I’ve paired the ink drawn logo with a little ‘me’ doodle for a little added impact whilst still maintaining a minimalistic aesthetic.
THE ADELPHI/ THE DRY DOCK | SEP 08- SEP 11 I delivered pleasant and professional customer service with an honest enthusiasm for great food, wine and ale. I used a point of sale till system to delegate orders between floor, bar and kitchen. Delivering full table service to diners with a confident and enthusiastic knowledge of our menu. I also dealt with general domestic and account management.
EXHIBITION & CREATIVE INVOLVEMENT SHOWCASE SPECTACULAR | LEEDS CORN EXCHANGE | NOV 15 I managed a team of nine fellow students from various courses within Leeds College of Art for a period of 4 weeks to prepare for and present a successful group exhibition at this two day art and crafts event. OFF THE PAGE | COLOURS MAY VARY | MARCH 15 As part of a group exhibition with my second year illustration peers we organised a three week-long exhibition within the design focused independent shop Colours May Vary, the focus of which was the employment of traditional printing methods. My role was to organise the bar for our opening night and along with my four team members we successfully managed to secure drinks donations from Crabbies and ran a vibrant and popular pop up bar on our exhibitions opening night. VIVARIA | NORTH BAR | APRIL 15 I was asked to be part of this group exhibition at Leeds North Bar and was given a new brief to complete on the theme of ‘Vivaria’. It was a great opportunity to exhibit my work along side Artist’s whom I have admired, and to also meet more of the Leeds creative community. WORK IN PROGRESS | LEEDS COLLEGE OF ART | JUNE 15 As a fringe event to the third year end of year show at Leeds College of Art, first and second year illustration students were given the opportunity to exhibit successful pieces from thier year. For this event I worked in a group of five other students to design the vinyl wall stickers and posters. A high point was the selection of my own hand-drawn type as the main title vinyl for the exhibition.
| EDUCATION | LEEDS COLLEGE OF ART B.A (Hons) Illustration Sep 13- Current
CONTACT ME:
LEEDS COLLEGE OF ART Access to Art & Design Sep 12- June 13
orlaithcatconlon@gmail.com
GCSE- 13 (A-C)
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| OTHER SKILLS | Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign CC.
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My creative CV is the same one I created at the beginning of the year but with my new logo as it still reflects me at this moment in time, it will need to be updated after the EOYS and graduation. Below is the colour reference palette for my branding, I believe colour way linking is very powerful and aim to only use these colours across all of my
Orlaith Conlon OUIL602/ PPP
Website
Creative Presence
2/5
My website is the highlight of my personal branding and took quite a considerable amount of time to achieve. I’ve taken note over the year of practitioner websites which I admire and they all had a similar tone, white background with a snappy logo and tiled images. Some advice from Ben which I took on board for this is that a tiled gallery is the most appeasing format for art directors to look through. I used squarespace after trailing websites on cargo collective and on wix. Squarespace won because of the ease of user interface. My main homepage also acts as my gallery and is very simple to edit so I plan to update it regularaly. I also made sure to include my email in the top header, this may not look very pretty but I don’t want people to have to search through my blog for my information, it need to be immediately accessable. I also managed to include clickable links to my Etsy, Instagram and Twitter on my homepage.
Orlaith Conlon OUIL602/ PPP
Gallery
Website Functions
Creative Presence
About Me
Sketchbook
I’ve divided my site into three main pages (and links) the ‘about me’ section was the most difficult to write as I wanted to get my personality across without being too much of a show-off, I decided to use my real picture as I remember John advising us that it always helps to put a name with a face, and I agree with this. I’ve also included a sketchbook page again as I heard art director and potential clients like the opportunity to look behind your work and into your sketchbook. My sketchbook is a large portion of my practice so I want to be able to showcase the best bits.
3/5
Orlaith Conlon OUIL602/ PPP
Online Presence
Creative Presence
My main on-line presence is through Instagram, Twitter, Etsy - with Instagram being my favourite of these platforms for its gallery quality and ability to snapshot through projects. Twitter is the one which I need to engage with more as I’ve heard so many people talk about how they get a lot of clients and networking through this platform. My Etsy is brand new and fresh, I’m excited to engage with this more after Uni when I have more time to put into listings and promotion, as I’m aware buyers won’t come to me. I’ve given it a really silly name which I need to change, I think I panicked when OrlaithConlon wasn’t available! I also have began using Behance and Linkedin last year. So far Behance has been the more profitable way of engaging with practitioners, at times Linkedin feels like a big room with everybody shouting but nobody saying much.
4/5
Orlaith Conlon OUIL602/ PPP
Promotional Postcards
Creative Presence 5/5
Along with my creative CV and business card I have a range of impactful postcards to send out to potental employers. I can audit this and curate the selection specifically fot each person so that for example a children’s book publisher doesn’t get a nudie lady image.