Wren Ashcombe

wren.ashcombe@example.com - (555) 555-0142 - Vell, the Brass Coast

Resourceful and self-motivated recent graduate looking to start a career in clockwork automata and arcane engineering.

Education

Bachelor of Artifice in Clockwork Automata (Geomancy minor)
Collegium Mechanica of Vell, graduated August 2026

Completed ley-line mapping projects and calibrated scrying lenses on multiple golem platforms.
Designed and prototyped pneumatic limbs for a stone golem as a senior capstone project.
Volunteered to set up tools and equipment on the Collegium’s dwarven-forged lathe. Self-taught on its operation and trained peers on the machine.

Associate of Runic Computation
Brightwater Academy, graduated May 2020

Editor for The Inkwell, Brightwater’s literary broadsheet
Completed a winter term exchange program at the Sunspire Observatory (January 2018)
Member of the Brightwater cross-country running team

Workshop Assistant (Automata Department) - Collegium Mechanica of Vell
September 2023 - August 2026

Supervised the Collegium artificers’ workshop for day-to-day activities. This included helping students with projects, assisting faculty, instructing on fabrication methods, and general upkeep of the space.
Enforced safety standards for all workshop equipment, including warded forges and unstable reagents.
Performed routine maintenance and setup on machines and tools in the workshop (e.g. alchemical kilns, etching tables, clockwork looms).

Shop Hand - The Copper Kettle Emporium
September 2023 - July 2025

Worked the counter, completed merchandising tasks, and performed routine maintenance and repair on consigned trinkets.
Built lasting relationships with other small merchants and the guild community at large.

Inventory Clerk - Greymantle Rope & Chain
February 2023 - April 2023

Tracked inventory, cut chain to length, and prepared materials for assembly. Recorded which suppliers’ materials went into each order. Left on good terms when a promised enchanting position failed to materialize.

Warehouse Associate - Stonebridge Trading Company
July 2020 - August 2022

Stocked shelves, arranged displays, and reconciled inventory discrepancies.
Served large numbers of customers in short windows, particularly during festival season and the spring floods.
Operated a cargo golem to unload wagons, move freight around the warehouse, and load goods for customers.

Runic Computation Tutor - Brightwater Academy
September 2019 - February 2020

Tutored students in runic computation, from basic sigil logic to recursive enchantments, and helped run productive study groups.

Built a private message-crystal relay for sharing scrolls, maps, and songs, since expanded to multiple users.
Designed and cast custom fittings and tools for day-to-day use.
Created illustrated cards and tokens for tabletop games.
Informally tutored peers in a variety of runic languages and technical topics.

Runic Languages: Old Dwarvish, Glyphscript, Elvish Cursive, Common Sigil
Design Tools: Drafting table, brass compass, scale-model casting
Automata Control: Golem command lattices, homunculus rigging, clockwork governors
Communication: Message crystals, sending stones, pigeon post
Reference Works: The Artificer’s Compendium, Vell Guild Safety Codex
Misc: Ledgerkeeping, cartography, basic alchemy