Kirsten Murray

Responsibilities:
Art direction, design, concepts, directing (photography).

Achievements:
Adding a Design Diploma to a degree in Corporate Communication
Exhibiting at the Royal College of Art in London
Designing Edinburgh’s Telford College Art and Design exhibition

Awards:
• Scottish Advertising Award for Best B2B Direct Mail, 2008
• YCN Design and Communication Award, 2007
• Grampian PR Prize, 2004

Work:
• Scottish and Southern Energy
• The Scottish Government
• Clydesdale Bank
• Vertical Records
• See Me

Side projects:
• Personal photography
• Design and creativity blog www.papercutpanic.com

Experience:
• UK Marketing Officer for the Robert Gordon University

Qualifications:
• Bachelor of Arts with 1st Class honours in Corporate Communication
• Higher National Diploma with Merit in Graphic and Digital Design

Skills:
Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator), Photography

Background:
Born in Inverurie in 1983 and brought up in Aberdeen. In my lifetime I have grown to 5ft, consumed 5742 cups of tea, travelled to 15 countries, formed a band called 67, and had 5 stitches in my thumb.

Interests:
Travel, gigs, mario kart, forests, street art, apples (golden delicious and mac), illustration, dancing, ideas, and photography.

Super-power:
Being able to make people think I am small just by looking at them.

Favourite Brands:
Apple, Innocent, Lush, Sony Bravia.

Music:
Bon Iver, Trespassers William, Red House Painters, Sigur Ros, Frightened Rabbit, Marlena Shaw, Cinematic Orchestra, The National, Kings of Leon, Fleet Foxes, Lamb, Sun Kil Moon, Doves and We Were Promised Jetpacks.

Movies:
Amelie, Se7en, Lars and the Real Girl, The Pianist, Everything is Illuminated, Princess Mononoke, Old Boy, and The Shawshank Redemption.

TV:
24, Lost, Mad Men, and Sky News

Books:
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and Postsecret by Frank Warren (my secret has yet to be published)

Quotes:
“A mountain of sugar is too much for one man. It is clear now why God portions it out in those tiny packets.” Homer Simpson

Vice:
Sleeping and cake.