Angus Michael Fitton

Date of Birth: 17/12/1979

Home Address:
Craigeuan
Cultoquhey
Gilmerton
Perthshire
Scotland
PH7 3NE

Home Telephone: 01764 652877 Fax: 01764 650100 Mobile: 07801 365 523

Qualifications

1993 – 1998: Glenalmond College, Perthshire
GCSE: 9 A - C
A Level: Art and Design - A, Art - B
Scottish Higher: English - B, Classical Studies - C

1998 - Present Day: The University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Degree: BA (Hons) Transport Design

Employment History

October 2000 - December 2000: Autocar Magazine - Researcher
I worked at Autocar Magazine for three months as a researcher. In that time my responsibilities/job requirements were as follows:
   Working with the road test team and the news desk.
   Operating Datron measuring equipment to accumulate performance figures.
   Researching and writing news stories and supervising photoshoots.
   Generating artists' impressions of various new cars for the news pages including the previously unseen Bentley Le Mans car.

December 2000 - September 2001: BBC Top Gear Magazine - Freelance Writer
I spent 10 months working at BBC Top Gear Magazine as part of the road test team. My work involved:
   Writing First Steers, news stories and Minitests.
   Generating ideas for new features.
   Representing Top Gear at European car launches.
   Gaining Datron performance times.
   Organising road tests and liaising with PRs.
   Working with photographers on photoshoots.
   Conducting interviews.

Technical Skills

CAD Packages
Alias
CATIA
Solidworks 98/99

Writing Experience
News
Features
Road tests

General Computer Software
Quark
Photoshop
Word
Outlook

Artistic
Advanced rendering
Clay modeling

Published Articles

Road tests
Alfa Romeo 147
Caterham SV
Citroen Berlingo (Top Gear Magazine - 06/01)
Ford Maverick
Ford Mondeo
Honda S2000 (Top Gear Magazine - 07/01)
Honda Stream
Kia Sportage (Top Gear Magazine - 08/01)
Mitsubishi Shogun (Top Gear Magazine - 05/01)
Peugeot 206CC
Peugeot 307
Renault Kangoo
Subaru Forester (Top Gear Magazine - 09/01)
Volvo Bi-Fuel

News
News section (Top Gear Magazine - September/August)
"Pay Attention Bond" (Autocar Magazine - 10/00)

Consumer
"Top 40 Used Cars" supplement (Top Gear Magazine - 09/01)
Young Designer Competition (Autocar Magazine - 01/01)

Feature Ideas
"Clubbing"... Mitsubishi Galant long-term feature (Top Gear - 10/01)
"Makeover Bid"... Audi TT long-term feature (Top Gear Magazine - 06/01)
"Snowbound"... Volvo long-term feature (Top Gear Magazine - 04/01).

Work References

Mr Kevin Blick
Editor
BBC Top Gear Magazine
BBC Worldwide
Woodlands
80 Wood Lane
London
W12 0TT
Tel: 0208 433 3716
E-mail: kevin.blick@bbc.co.uk

Mr Rob Aherne
Editor
Autocar
60 Waldegrave Road
Teddington
TW11 8LG
Tel: 0208 267 5630
E-mail: rob.aherne@haynet.com

Academic Reference:

Mr David Swann
Transport Design Pathway Leader
The University of Huddersfield
Queensgate Campus
Huddersfield
Tel: 01484 472 522
Email: dmswann@hud.ac.uk