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How to hire a Lifehacker Writer in Four Easy Steps.
Step 1. The Dawn1
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My background begins in art, graduating with a Higher Level Degree in Fine Art and Design. Given a free reign in university, I had access to more tools than was probably safe and I may or may not have welded my over-alls to a massive metal crow I was building at one stage, trapping me in a shed. It was great.
Step 2. The Intermediacy
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Having dealt with the bureaucracy of the art world for a while, I went on to do a further degree in Digital Media Production & Marketing. Since then I've thought of myself as being the next Tarantino - scripting, filming & editing a couple of shorts (both of which ended in a shoot-out, I mean how else do you end a short?) I then went on to aspire to be the next Walt Disney with animation (again, without the fairytale endings - actually, I'm noticing a pattern). I've also developed an app to allow artists and creatives to share skills & ideas and create collectives amongst themselves. I have co-hosted a weekly radio show based around entertainment and current affairs - quite satirical, we had a good time but worked hard - before we got shut down. I also dabble in creating music, and have (albeit with a little help from a friend named YouTube - you may have heard of her) built a synthesizer, although I really put the "size" in synthesizer.
Step 3: The Revelation
Whilst on my quest to find my perfect career, it was all too obvious that what I enjoyed doing most was researching and trying to master new things, particularly equipment such as cameras, computers, radio mixers and mics to see how I could maybe apply that knowledge elsewhere. This lead me into copywriting where I could constantly research and compile all of the information I'd found from different sources into a single source - which is why I love Lifehacker. I've had 2 years experience in copywriting now but in an environment in which I've exhausted - advertising. My soul has been sufficiently sucked.
Step 4: Hire Me
I'd say that my biggest fault is being a perfectionist. And using clichés. I think if you hire me then it will be like a bird in the hand (as opposed to 2 birds in a bush).