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 Professional Experience 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. Personal Projects - 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. Working Skills - Strong runic programming and artifice skillset - Low-voltage lightning-jar circuits - Mechanical design and fabrication - Rapid prototyping - Hands-on maintenance and repair - Technical documentation and schematics - Mathematics for engineering applications - Frequently self-taught on equipment and spellwork - Strong verbal and written communication Programming and Software Skills - 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 Hardware Systems - Ironclad-7 welding golem - Collaborative brass assistant (Mark II) - Three-axis runic engraving table - Dwarven-forged precision lathe - Multiple alchemical casting kilns