Nikki Curwen
Account Executive at 4T2 Multimedia
- Location
- Bournemouth, United Kingdom
- Industry
- Media Production
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Nikki Curwen's Overview
- Current
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- Account Executive at 4T2 Multimedia
- Past
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- Dinghy Racing Instructor at RYA
- Work Experience - Digital & Creative Department at Remarkable Group
- President and Co-Founder at Bournemouth University Sailing Club
- Summer Placement at Lighthouse Visual Communications Ltd
- 1st Mate at Artemis - The OC Group
- Technical Advisor at PC World
- Work Experience at Molinare
- Activity Instructor at Go Ape!
- Customer Advisor at PC World
- Education
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- Bournemouth University
- George Abbot Sixth Form
- Tormead School
- Recommendations
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9 people have recommended Nikki
- Connections
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322 connections
- Websites
Nikki Curwen's Summary
Specialties
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Objective C - iOS SDK
• HTML, CSS, PHP and MYSQL.
• Unity 3D - Javascript
• Flash – AS3
• Clait Plus Certificate - Microsoft; Word, Excel, Access, Project and PowerPoint
Nikki Curwen's Experience
Account Executive
4T2 Multimedia
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry
May 2010 – Present (2 years 1 month)
Dinghy Racing Instructor
RYA
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry
August 2005 – September 2011 (6 years 2 months)
Work Experience - Digital & Creative Department
Remarkable Group
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry
December 2010 – December 2010 (1 month)
- Concept ideas
- Wireframes
- Client site updates
- Setting up an SMS gateway for an appointment based website, using PHP and MYSQL.
President and Co-Founder
Bournemouth University Sailing Club
August 2009 – October 2010 (1 year 3 months)
As president I undertook the following roles:
- Organising weekly sessions - arranging enough boats/equipment and transport for the number of people attending each session.
- Updating the union website so students can purchase session tickets and find out all the relevant details.
- Liaising with the Union team to organise payments for boat/equipment hire, membership and events. As well as keeping track of the clubs money and expenditure.
- Applying for funding within the union/alumni fund in aim of purchasing University boats.
- Organising Club Socials
- Organising and running freshers fair to advertise the club to new students and encourage new members.
Summer Placement
Lighthouse Visual Communications Ltd
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry
June 2010 – September 2010 (4 months)
Over the course of my time at LVC I worked closely with their small team of experts, and gained an invaluable insight into the industry and how various teams work together towards a project.
- Creating flash banners
- Updating clients websites
- Reconstruction of an existing CMS AIR Application for Thomson Cruises.
- Reconstruction of existing showcase presentation using AS3.
- Acted as a runner for Risperdal Consta video shoot.
- Attended client meetings for Thomson and Multaq to run through appropriate projects and instruction of use.
Technical Advisor
PC World
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
December 2009 – January 2010 (2 months)
Work Experience
Molinare
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry
September 2009 – September 2009 (1 month)
Activity Instructor
Go Ape!
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry
August 2008 – September 2008 (2 months)
Customer Advisor
PC World
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
February 2007 – April 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Nikki Curwen's Education
Bournemouth University
2.1, Interactive Media Production
2008 – 2011
Final Year:
- Minor Project: To pitch my Major project dragen's den style.
- Major Project: Using Objective C to develop an iPhone application to inform sailors about their boat's top attainable speed and sail selection.The criteria used to measure speed and sail selection are based on various wind strengths and points of sailing.
Dissertation - Concept vs. Gameplay: An evaluation of the criteria for success of concept and gameplay in the smartphone gaming market (10,000 words).
Member of the London and Bournemouth Grad Show committee.
2nd Year:
PHP/MYSQL Project - An online showcase site which allowed users to:
- Login/Register
- Edit Profiles
- Upload Images/Videos/Documents/Audio
- Comment and rate
- View and email other members.
Games Project - "Heatwave"
Group project based in Unity, creating a 3D lava-boarding game with a website containing game content and high scores.
Activities and Societies: President of the University Sailing Club, Member of the Snowboarding and Rock Climbing Club. Member of the Bournemouth and London Grad Show Committee.
George Abbot Sixth Form
A-Levels, Maths, ICT, Geography
2006 – 2008
AS Levels: Physics, DT Resistant Materials, Photography, General Studies
Tormead School
9 GCSE's grade A/B, English x2, Maths, Physics, Biology, Chemisty, Geography, DT - Resistant Materials, French.
2001 – 2006
Nikki Curwen's Additional Information
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- Interests:
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Sailing, Snowboarding, Climbing, Exploring and Photography.
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- Honors and Awards:
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RORC Series Points 2011 - 3rd IRC 3 and 6th Two-Handed
Cherbourg Race 2011 - 1st IRC 3
Fastnet Race 2011 - 1st two handed J105
Attended Selections for Artemis Offshore Academy 2010.
1st in IRC 1 in RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race 2010.
Member of the British Keelboat Academy 2009-10.
Sport Scholarship awarded from Bournemouth University 2009-11.
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