P2- Evaluate your own qualities

a) Personal Characteristics
- Committed
- Caring
- Understanding
- Hard working
- Good at communicating

b) Skills
- Can use Adobe Photoshop
- Can use Adobe Premier
- Can use Adobe Illustrator
- Can use Adobe Aftereffects
- Work well in a working environment
- Good at art
- Good at working with disabled children

c) Relevant achievements

- Working with disabled children- I used to work with a disabled boy for a year. I had to teach him everyday activities that would be easy for any able child eg. eating, drinking, smiling, frowning, grasping different objects etc.

- Using different softwares- I have recently created a documentary which shows a demonstration of both premier and photo shop. The documentary is about Life on the river cam, showing the audience about punters and how the inside of the job really is. I used premier to construct the documentary and I used photoshop to make the title sequence.

d) Experience and interests
-I have worked in many different jobs and have experienced different working environments. My most recent job is working as a tourguide on the river cam. I have to give an informative speech about all of the colleges in Cambridge and push a boat with a pole at the same time. In order to do this I have to have good people skills, an understanding of speech (foreign accents) good at answering questions on the spot and good at projecting my voice for people to hear.

- I am mostly interested in the graphic design industry along side editing and creativity. I hope to one day create my own digital portrait business and employ many colleagues to help me achieve my goal successfully.

Strengths 

In terms of strengths I have many skills that I think will help me within graphic design. I can use softwares such as Photoshop, final cut, after effects, adobe illustrator and premier pro. This will help me in my future because it is an asset that I already have and will not need to learn. I have good communication skills which will help me build my business by being remembered by certain people. I can also create my own advertisement which will help push my business into the right direction and also save some money.

Weaknesses

I think that the only real weakness that I have is starting by myself and putting all the weight on my shoulders. In order to have a successful business I need to be able to afford all the equipment. This will take a lot of time to do but this can be solved by working hard and setting myself deadlines to be able to achieve this.