Gaganpreet Gill
Address: 31 Mayville Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 1NF
Email: gillg01@gmail.com
Mobile: 07783588143
Personal Profile
Currently studying towards a degree in Computer Games Design; who is highly motivated, keen and hardworking and continually achieves greater standards in studies.
Education
Leeds Metropolitan September 2008 - Present
BSc Hons Games Design
Module Studied: 3D Graphics, Editing Audio, Stop Motion, Games design, Visual communications, Animations concept, Games Asset Creation, Graphics and Design.
Leeds College of Technology September 2006 - June 2008
National Diploma in E-Media – PPP
Modules Studied: Digital Imaging, Web Graphics and Authoring, Video in Multimedia and 3D Modelling and Animation
City of Leeds September 2000 - June 2006
AS - Law, 7 GCSE’s including Maths (C), Science Dual Award (CC) and English Literature (C) and Language (C).
While at high school, I had the opportunity to participate in a mentoring scheme which was organised by Leeds Metropolitan University. The scheme allowed me to work with high school students in years 7 – 8, providing support with homework, advice relating to their studies and issues such as bullying.
Employment
Revolution (Walsall) May 10 – August 10
August 09 – September 09
Bar support – My duties included providing support for the bar, ensuring the area was kept clean and organised, collecting glasses from the floor and restocking the bar.
Hukaz September 08 – March 09
Bar support – My duties included ensuring the bar area was restocked before opening; the area was kept clean and organised during rush hours. I was also given the responsibility of dealing with customers face-to-face, taking their orders (for meals and drinks) and ensuring the floor/ tables were attended and kept clean.
Emma Somerset July 08 – August 08
Warehouse assistant – In this role I had the responsibility of dealing with incoming and outgoing stock, checking deliveries against the invoice and processing orders manually on the internal computerised system. This role allowed me to work as part of a highly motivated team, and learn new skills while conducting general administrative duties including answering calls, processing orders and uploading products onto the Website.
Team Theme: Football coach assistant March 2008- June 2008
This involved teaching primary school children a wide range of skills, techniques and games. Working with children was very rewarding for me as it allowed me to be involved not only in teaching them the skills of the game but also created an opportunity to be involved in providing support and encouragement in an environment where confidence building was at the forefront.
Achievements
¨ Learning different techniques and games
¨ Supervising and working responsibly with children
Work experience
During work experience I worked alongside the technicians at City of Leeds School, where I gained valuable knowledge about computers and working within a team. My duties involved building computers, updating programs, and dealing with various problems relating to software, network and hardware. This placement taught me the importance of working well within a team towards a common goal. Working on a problem or task with a team member allowed for tasks to be completed effectively, as well as increasing knowledge sharing.
Skills
I have acquired many skills as a result of studying, employment and my work experience; I am hard working, motivated and friendly. Other key attributes include:
Communication Skills
Good time management skills
The ability to work within a team and independently
Patient and responsible, work well under pressure
Willingness to take on extra responsibility when required
Able to deal effectively with customer on a face to face basis with complaints and compliments
Computing Skills
Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS
3D Studio Max
Microsoft Office
Unreal Editor
Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere
Toon Boom
Apple Garageband
Virtools 3.0
Unity3D
Vicon (Motion capture)
Zbrush
Interests & Activities
My interests include playing sports, designing 3D objects, listening to music and watching movies.
Other
Full clean driving license
Referees
Mr Balbir Singh
(Senior Lecturer)
108 Staff Study
Priestley Hall
Headingley Campus
LS6 3QS
0113 812 0000 ext 25162
Holly Griffiths
(Assistant Merchandiser)
Alexandra House
Education Road
Leeds
LS7 2AL
0113 207 313
