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Steven Smith Curriculum Vitae

Student address

9,001, Singer Hall, Canterbury Street,

Coventry,

West Midlands,

CV15NR

Home address

13 Tawny Sedge,

Kings Lynn,

Norfolk,

PE303PW

Phone Number

07584134387

Email

Smiths73@uni.coventry.ac.uk

Work Experience

June 2009 September 2011

Debenhams - Sales Assistant

Following 2 weeks of work experience at the store in 2008 I was employed straight after I graduated

high school. Responsibilities included assisting and serving customers, handling money, cashing up

cash register at closing time, using the online ordering service point for customers. After a year I was

giving extra responsibilities in the form of a cash register key which allowed me to override cash

imbalances when cashing up, open the cash draw with no transaction, and approve of certain

actions such as out of date returns.

Education and Training

September 2011 Present

Coventry University

I am currently studying an undergraduate degree in Games Technology including an Advantage

module in Smart phone apps: From concept to design and market.

September 2009 June 2011

Springwood High School Sixth Form

I continued on in springwood high school to their Sixth form where I achieved 3 GCEs, a D in History,

and two Cs in Maths and ICT.I also gained a pass in the young enterprise module.

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September 2004 June 2009

Springwood High School

In secondary school I achieved 7 B grade GCSEs in English language, English literature, Science,

Additional science, Music, German, and History. I also achieved 3 A Grade GCSEs in Maths Additional

Maths and ICT

Personal Skills

I am a hard working and percent person, I am capable of working in a team which I showed during

my Young enterprise module at Sixth form which involved creating a company as a group, for our

company created and sold customizable stationary such as calendars and notebooks and end of year

photo books . Also during the activity led learning portion of my university course, where as a team

we developed a 3d Etch-a-Sketch using the programming language processing. In the Activity Led

Learning I also showed my ability to lead a team as i was leader for the week that we were required

to write an academic report on procedurally generated graphics.

I have the ability to perform public speaking, as part of the young enterprise scheme I delivered a

pitch in front of a crowd of over a thousand people.

I hold a clean driving licence since I passed my driving exam in the summer of 2011.

Personal life

My entire life I have been interested in to video games. My earliest memories were of playing sonic2 on the Sega master system. As I grew older I became fascinated by the design and development of

the games. This is ultimately the reason why I decided to start programming. My favourite games

include Starcraft 2, Heroes of Newerth, and Battlefield 3.

I practice and perform the Cello achieving a grade of 4 and prior to university I performed with many

local orchestras since the age of 9.