Silverfish Design

Earlier this year, I started making applications to diversify projects and gain some momentum. Soon after, I discovered that my regular resume just wouldn’t cut it. I felt that I had to pep it up so it’s noticed.

Given my background in architecture and diverse skills, it was diffcult to translate that into visuals. It was clear that I had to make separate timelines for academic and professional milestones, since they overlapped. A joint timeline would be just too much noise.

Here are a couple of first drafts:

Once I had the timeline figured out, the geography needed to be worked in. That’s where the vertical staggering came into picture. I assigned red tones for professional milestones and green tones with academic. Blue toned milestones are internships, so contrast to both (professional/academic).

Other information like interests and key skills had to be worked in since it helps understand what my primary skills are, without having to go through a list of 20 skills. Here’s the resume mini-site for the final product. I intend to revisit this sometime around mid-2011, based on new projects and feedback on this infographic.

Inspirations: Michael Anderson’s resume, Stephen Gates’ resume