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 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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236 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 (1 year 9 months)
Dinghy Racing Instructor
RYA
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry
August 2005 – September 2011 (6 years 2 months)
- Teaching a range of ages, from youth to adult as well as disabled people, to learn to sail. It has been particularly rewarding to see many of my students becoming equally enthusiastic about sailing.
- Patience and personable skills are key to teaching, it’s very important to be able to explain things in clear concise way to which everyone can understand.
Work Experience
Remarkable Group
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry
December 2010 – December 2010 (1 month)
I undertook a weeks work experience over the Christmas holidays within their Digital & Creative department, to gain insight into how various companies run.
- Concept ideas
- Wireframes
- Uploading images to a clients CMS
- 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.
1st Mate
Artemis - The OC Group
July 2010 – August 2010 (2 months)
Looking after clients and teaching them to sail while sailing round a competitive race course during Cowes Week.
- Responsible for preparing the boat and equipment each morning and packing up again in the evening.
- Looking after 4 clients - to help them get what they want out of the day.
- Ensuring all damages/sail repairs are reported and fixed ready for the next days racing.
- Acquiring daily race information including: course, start time, start position, tides, weather foracast.
Technical Advisor
PC World
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
December 2009 – January 2010 (2 months)
- Working on the Tech Guys desk, dealing with bookings, returns and technical questions.
- Developing my personable skills from dealing with a range of customers.
- Increasing my technical knowledge from working side by side with the Tech Guys.
Work Experience
Molinare
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry
September 2009 – September 2009 (1 month)
- Gained insight into the industry, observing many of the processes and phases involved in post-production.
- Observed a number of clients including their Dubbing Mixer, Sound Designer, Online Editor and a number of Special Effects Artists.
- Performed duties as a runner, delivering tapes and documents to different companies around the local area as well as running errands for clients.
Activity Instructor
Go Ape!
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry
August 2008 – September 2008 (2 months)
- Working directly with the clients, providing guidance in both safety information and general confidence and awareness.
- Specialist knowledge required to give group briefings and to guide and supervise my clients through the course.
Customer Advisor
PC World
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
February 2007 – April 2008 (1 year 3 months)
- Working both on the tills and on the shop floor.
- Using personable skills to greet and serve customers, providing them with a positive shopping experience.
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 develope 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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