Hello
On this website you will find an overview of the things I have worked on in my life.
It is both a look at my professional life and the interests I have developed which naturally overlap.
Professional
I have successfully fulfilled many roles in my professional life from my first job lifting blocks around a building site to ultimately deciding where they would be placed as a qualified Architect. Below is a summary of the positions I have held in reverse chronological order.
Architect Employed in Firm.
Architect Self Employed.
Architecture & Landscape Assistant.
Local Authority Planning Drawing Office.
Printroom - Printing, Collating, Presentations.
Retail Stock and Cashier.
Restaurant Assistant.
Retail General Assistant.
Shopping Centre Cleaning and Maintenance.
Building Site Assistant.
During this time I have acquired and developed many skills from successfully dealing with customers, clients and the general public to planning, designing, managing and implementing projects of many kinds within the public and private sectors. Below is a summary of the skillsets I have developed during this time.
Establishing the brief and scope of tasks and projects.
Planning of approach and desired outcomes.
Establishing strategies for time and cost.
Design and creative opportunities.
Presentation of Proposals - visual, written and verbal.
Management of projects including time, personnel and compliance.
Organisation and implementation of plans and strategies.
Completion and review of projects.
As a means to fulfill the tasks outlined above I have developed significant experience utilizing the most up to date computer technologies including Microsofts Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, html, CSS and many more.
Personal
From a young age I have been interested in the creative aspects of life which is evident throughout my work. This also includes interests in film, reading, writing, music, art, technology and more.
I have also been physically active from a young age when I competed in the All Ireland Finals twice in Rugby and Rounders. I followed this up playing numerous sports including Football, Soccer along with Schools Rugby for Crescent College Comprehensive reaching the Junior Cup Final.
I am also interested self learning and personal improvement. In the internet age I have greatly improved my swimming utilizing a system called Total Immersion and I feel the internet generally is a great learning tool where most recently I have developed my photographic skills almost entirely from online photo critiques and tutorial videos.
The sections in the top menu of this site represent a selection of the work I have done, hope you enjoy.
Damien.
