Infographic Resume
Not everyone knows it, but I supplement my writing income with a fair amount of graphic design work. I've been a graphic designer since the wee days of Adobe Illustrator and, ahem, PageMaker — and was the creative director for a local ad company around the time my first books started coming out.
And though I don't often post publicly about my design work, I thought I'd do so today.
Why? Because my friend Josh Wood gave me an interesting project last week. Inspired by this, Josh asked me to turn his regular old resume into an infographic. Josh has an impressive resumé to start with, but it becomes much more dynamic when you pull it out of the standard format. Not sure what interviewers or hiring committees think of these kinds of things, but they've got to be attention-getting, and in an increasingly visual culture I can see things moving this direction.
Anyway, here's where we ended up:
Josh's whole post, about how to become more employable, is worth reading.
And if you're wondering — yep, I'd be happy to produce one of these for you (or anyone you know), if you're interested. Just get in touch and we'll talk.
