I preface this by saying you're 14. I don't know that you need a resume for another four years, but regardless, I'll kindly rip it shreds. Do with my comments as you will, but understand I'm treating it as if you, at age 20, are applying for a position that I've got open.
What do you want your resume to be used for?
If you're just maintaining something so that you've got something ready when you go to college, then wait until your junior or senior year of high school. By then, anything with the words "Middle School" in it should be gone. In the meanwhile, where do you plan on using this? You probably won't be landing a gig in a roadhouse until you've got a
driver's license, and most other jobs you might get at your age don't have that kind of devout interest in what you've done in
theatre.
Over the next few years, also make sure you have an accompanying portfolio with lots of photos, a couple sketches, and some examples of your work in
CAD, be it
Vectorworks, AutoCAD, or another similar application. Don't be deceitful about it though. You can take photos of shows you've worked on, but don't take a photo of someone else's lighting or scenic design and try to pass it off as your own. It's a lot like plagarism -- always show your sources. If you even have photos included and don't explicitly say what you did or did not have to do with the content in them, that's a good way to get yourself into hot water.
Clarify your position on the
Eos family of consoles (
Eos console family, while correct, sounds awkward -- also, the "-OS" aren't capitalized). I'm going to take a guess you don't actually mean you used an
Eos, but that you used an
Ion or an
Element. Either way, it's fishy to think in
community theatre, a summer camp, or a middle school, you were exposed to an actual
Eos. If you were -- say that you were. It says a lot about what sort of equipment you've worked with. If you haven't -- don't imply that you have. You'll get called out on it and it'll come back and bite you in the behind. Someone will directly ask you if you've used an
Eos extensively and what you've done with it, and it'll be a show-stopper if you say, "What I mean is I've used an
Element a few times." If they catch you on that half-bluff, they'll not trust anything else you've claimed to true about your qualifications and experience.
As a general note, your resume is bland. The grey text, lack of comprehensive contact/
address info, and very
broad objective with the use of the word "your" (don't do that)-- it's all well-intended but poorly executed. Really expand on "many different lighting techniques," because it doesn't sound like you've got a solid grasp on what you're talking about -- it sounds like you show up and
point a bunch of flashlights at the
stage from different angles. The formatting is weird in places, especially with the Experience heading not being inline with the list of shows. It's especially strange that it looks like you've got one font for All Shook Up and a different font for everything else in those lists.
It's also strange that you've got three shows listed twice -- even if they were genuinely unique productions between the camp and the playhouse, it's curious that they're all listed twice.
Seriously, don't be afraid to start a LinkedIn
profile. You don't need to use it a ton, but setting up a
profile there even if you don't use it to
network with people is will give you a very good idea at the different fields and qualifications that should show up on a resume.
Also, take a look at some of resumes put up by professional designers. Some that you should look at include:
Jason Fassl
Kevin Adams
Kyle & Stephanie Van Sandt
Vance McKenzie
Don't forget to see CB's
collaborative article on resumes and another on
Getting a Job in the Industry
