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Duncan, I agree with Rey's comment. You should not disclose your date of birth or salary information on your resume/CV. Specifically, salary information should NOT be discussed until after they have presented you an offer. This strategy will provide you the most leverage during the negotiation. Additionally, it looks like you are leaning more towards a CV than a resume. Given your UK background, that should work best, although some employers would prefer shorter (1 page) resume style applications. I have a few other comments, but otherwise it looks good. Best of luck.

Hi Duncan, I'm not quite sure what kind of employement you are looking for. An objective may help unless you plan on sending your resume to a targeted audience that knows would know you want something in creative design. I understand you're in U.K. so please disregard my note about your birthdate and see what's common in your country. I don't think the phrase "Whilst working in my current job in order to pay the bills" is necessary. I have no comment on the rest of the preface. For your different positions, you should just remove all the I's and make the information bulleted points. The resume being about you is a given. I am not sure whether it's a UK norm to list salary expectations in your resume. The goal of a resume is to get you an interview, not a salary negotiation. The only thing I see that it would do is to screen you out from either being too low or too high. Worst is that it limits you; what if the employer would have been willing to pay more? I'm also not sure if it's a UK norm to list references. Only when the prospective employer asks should you give them your reference list. That way you can pre-warn your references and maybe give them insights to the company in terms of what to highlight about you based on what you know the company is looking for. Also, you control that your references aren't being bombarded fielding questions about you by just anyone. Best Regards and good luck. Rey