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Nick Craig - CV/Resume
1. Nick Craig This is my resume/CV in the form of a creative presentation @nicksinthemix
2. The Basics: Full Name: Name: Age: Nationality: Nick Craig 25 Irish Current Location: London
3. A bit about me: I grew up in Ireland and I have sailed competitively all over the world. For many years, I worked as an Irish Sailing Association Race Coach and a Senior Program Organiser
4. I have an International Baccalaureate Diploma 41 points with a science focus 2002 - 2004 and a B.A. Hons from Trinity College Dublin 2004 - 2008 TSM History & Philosophy
5. Whilst in college I cultivated a passion for media production Performance is one of my strong points I also became very interested in “Sustainability”
6. So when I left college, I started off trying to sell electric scooters but I couldn’t get the insurance companies to offer a fair price for covering the under 25’s The EGO Street Scoota However, I was really lucky I got to know some really amazing, fun and interesting people who had just started a business selling electric cars The GreenAer Mobility Team
7. I was able to join their dynamic team and we got to work marketing the cars: Me! Not me! but it was a small business… … so I tended to be involved in a lot more than just the marketing aspects
8. There was a lot of talking to the press and lobbying was very important “The Government wants to encourage the increased use of environmentally friendly electric cars and the development of new technology in this field. To that end, the VRT exemption for electric vehicles and the VRT reliefs of up to €2,500 for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are being extended by two years until 31 December 2012. We will also provide support to offset the initial battery costs for such cars.” Brian Lenihan, Minister for Finance 2009 Budget Speech
9. After about a year I had a BIG IDEA GoCar Tours in San Francisco had been awarded Time Magazine’s Invention of the Year in 2004 for equipping three-wheeled scooters with some GPS technology – they invented a self-guided audio tours of the city. I thought: “Surely there is huge potential for something like this in Dublin!” This was my feasibility study
10. … so for 9 months I worked on building the ‘intelligent car’ the prototyping reached completion the was script written and recorded everything had been tested we had the branding concept ready we had even pretty much secured funding for a Beta test…
11. but… (there’s always a but) our ‘leader’ at the time … in Ireland in 2010, larger forces were at work
12. … so I’m taking the opportunity to do an MSc in Management for a year Imperial College Business School
13. www.landscapehd.com I’m also responsible for voice production in an up-and-coming HD music television channel… … and I when I can, I provide some help with new media marketing and some other technology related stuff
