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Thanks for the feedback so far, it's all very helpful. The errors have already been ironed out, perhaps I'm not so meticulous after all?! 

At the time of writing I didn't really think anything of the use of "reputable" in the intro par, it just sounded better in my head than "looking to become part of an editorial team". Good to know it comes across to some as a bit arrogant though, definitely not what I want and I'll switch it out for something else.

As for my name being all big 'n stuff - I chose to do that because I wanted it to be in line with my website logo. I've kept the font is pretty low key, so I don't think it's too in your face. Having said that, bringing it down a little in size probably wouldn't hurt.  I don't think having my second name in a different colour is "overkill" either. If it was bright pink it might be a different story, but I don't think grey is going to offend anyone in a hurry. 

There may well be a couple of spacing errors too...had to copy and paste a fair bit between Word and InDesign and sometimes it doesn't translate too well. This CV is a continuous work in progress and I twiddle with it around once a month, so whenever I fix one error there's sure to be another just around the corner!

I appreciate the potential redundancy of "high quality" and the like too. Sometimes tricky to let people know you're half decent at what you do without sounding like an egomaniac. Will cut that malarkey out.

I didn't think the references at the bottom would be to everyone's liking. I kinda like 'em though. Everyone has that "Referees available on request" line, and I just think that if you can chuck in some real quotes from real people that like your work, why not?  I feel awkward enough selling myself on CVs and cover letters, so it takes the pressure off a little to have other people vouching for you. You can only toot your own horn so much. Also not a lot I can do about my referees not being "excptional" - that's what I got!

Thanks again, this is a massive help!

@wannabehacks Oh dear. Another impressive CV. One day, MY CV will be good enough to submit in public to the Hacks...one day...

Not sure about the use of reputable in relation to editorial team. Not sure any editorial team would see itself as anything other than that or at least they'd be striving for it. Also sounds a bit arrogant. 

It looks great but I've never been a massive fan of the HUGE name in the corner thing. I'd bring it down a point size or two just so it doesn't dominate the page as much. 

I'm not sure but there looks like there's a double space between 'journalist' 'looking' in the summary bit at the top left. There also looks like a double space on the bullet point down the right hand side that starts 'Very familiar'. In fact, looking again there are a few spacing inconsistencies after the bullet points - or at least it looks that way. 

Very small points - great CV Ollie

@olliepelling @wannabehacks Great CV!

@olliepelling @wannabehacks Awesome CV Ollie!

Really great CV. My own feels entirely inadequate now. I actually quite like having references on your CV, they might only be short but it's good to show you're not the only one who thinks you're good at what you do! Obviously the minor typos Jonathan's mentioned need fixing but other than that I can't think of anything... if it ain't broke, why fix it?

@wannabehacks @Frost_J whoops. Sent you an updated one a little earlier with corrected errors. You must've missed it. No worries!

@olliepelling Done.

First off, it looks great. There's been a few CVs on the site with grammatical areas and I can't see any here (probably down to those meticulous subbing skills of yours ; ) A few very minor points:

I'd drop '/outlets', not sure what it adds (or means for that matter)

The sentence with 'engaging sales' in it needs tweaking

Not sure out the verb use in 'laying out' sentence when you talk about InDesign

And, I don't like it when proper nouns like Facebook or Australia are broken over two lines (pedantic?)

@olliepelling Hope you get some good feedback- the slow pick up on comments is because it's pretty damn good. We'll keep pushing it tomorrow

Good, clean colour scheme, except maybe having your first and last names in a different font colour is overkill.

Unsure about the use of "reputable" in your summary para - can come across as a bit snobbish, which few young journos can afford to be. Describing your freelance stuff as "high quality" also potentially a bit redundant. Also, is "skills and attributes" any different from just saying "skills"?

I wouldn't include references at the bottom like that - especially single-sentence ones seem a little perfunctory, a bit like quotes on a movie billboard. Your referees are decent but not exceptional, and an "available on request" would let you put in a bit more about yourself. All those freelancing credits at the start sound great - some more detail about the best pieces there would be a better use of space I think.

On a similar note, I would consider combining your first two bullet points, as they both essentially say "I freelance", but the second has specifics so is a lot more impressive. Also a link to The River's online output might be nice. Didn't it win a GSM award one of the years you were involved? Worth weedling in even if you weren't a major player in the award itself.

I really like this CV. Love the design- it's clean with concise content, and let's your freelancing experience speak for itself.

Couple of typos though - "Greviille" and  "Slam Skateboarding Magazine Magazine".