Billy Coulson 

 
Career Goal Statement: I hope to have a career working on the marketing side of a business creating
websites, CD-ROMs, Logos etc which get awareness from potential customers, i am also interested in
working in videos production/editing.

Home: 10a The Avenue, Canvey Island Essex, SS8 0AJ Mobile: 07830290832
Term: 58 Somers Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5 4PX
Email: Billycoulson@yahoo.co.uk Nationality: British

Education:
2007 – Present Portsmouth University – Bsc in Entertainment Technology

o 2:1 predicted
o Subjects include Managing and making video, Understanding, Producing and
Managing Multimedia, Effective animation and scripting and Digital image:
Software Hardware and Processing.
o In studying for my degree I have used a variety of different design software
packages, have learnt how to successfully manage projects, and have had to
develop my ability to work independently and to tight deadlines.

1999 – 2006 Chalvedon School & Sixth Form College

o A levels: Business (C) Media (B) Geography (D) English (C)

o 11 GCSEs (5xB grades, 5xC, 1xD) including English Literature (B) English
Language (B) and Maths (C)

Work experience:

July 2005 News of the World – Work Experience

o Varied range of duties including: Interviewing, Coming up with angles and leads
for stories, working on newspaper layout and editing, being part of the newspaper
printing process.

May 2006 Colin Chapman – Part Time Employment

o Work as a labourer doing a variety of different jobs in the building trade

o Basic skills in electrical work

July 2008 Whitmore Way School – Part Time Employment

o Employed as a Learning support assisted where I worked with infant school

children teaching then basic academic skills like spelling, grammar and simple
maths.
o Attended school trips to assist the teachers.
Positions of Responsibility:

 Prefect of Chalvedon School and Sixth Form College – chosen by senior staff

o Member of a group of senior students who supported the members of staff in the
day to day running of the school
o Formed part of the organisational team behind official and social school events
o Represented the school at official functions

 Break dance Teacher

o Taught Children aged 10 and up basic Break dancing skills.

o Responsible for organising training sessions and social events for members of the
classes.

 DJ
o Organised parties for all ages and all occasions.
o Was in charge of the overall running of the function suite when parties were
booked.

Interests and Achievements:

 Awarded school academic achievement prizes for four consecutive years

 Sport: Cross Country running, athletics, football, gymnastics and Break dancing

 Music: Resident DJ and have done my own live radio shows

Additional Skills

 Highly IT literate: proficient with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word.

 French: basic knowledge from GCSE

 
 Project Management and time based planning (working to deadlines)

 Skilled in Macromedia Director, Adobe Photoshop and Avid Media Composer