In todays session we looked at how important industrial experience was and made lists and questions about things we wanted to know the answers to and how we could gain this industrial experience:
These were my ten questions for anything to do with Industrial Experience:
1.How important is having industrial experience when looking for a job?
2.How do you go about getting industrial experience?
3.When would be the right time to start looking for/gain industrial experience?
4.How hard is it to get industrial experience?
5.What qualities do design agencies look for when taking on people for industrial experience?
6.What skills will I gain from it?
7.What is the best way of gaining contacts/promoting yourself?
8.What is the best way of organising/presenting your portfolio for a potential employer?
9.What things will be expected of me on placements?
10.How do you manage costs to clients?
We then put our questions together as a group:
- What mistakes do people make?
- Whats the best way to contact them?
- How do you make the most of it?
- How do you charge/get paid?
- Should you go for a big or small company?
- What is expected of you?
- How should you present your portfolio?
After this we put all our personal questions together and came up with five questions we all want to know the answer to:
1.HOW DO YOU PRESENT YOUR PORTFOLIO TO A POTENTIAL EMPLOYER?
You need to decide what goes in your portfolio and what specific works are relevant to the company/design agency you are applying to. In terms of helping to put the portfolio together in a professional manner tutors will help.
2.WOULD STUDIO VISITS AND INTERNSHIPS HELP GAIN A REALISTIC EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY?
All the experience that you can get will help to get a better idea of the industry
3.HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT GAINING AN INTERNSHIP OVERSEAS?
You need to contact the company and show interest, start showing them work and enthusiasm, never start an email with 'can I have an internship?' eventually ask if you can go in for a day, build a relationship with them so they offer you the chance to come in and get involved. The same applies for overseas just more organising/planning and more funding.
4.IS IT BETTER TO WORK AT A BIG COMPANY OR SMALL STUDIO?
This is to do with preference, its best to do both and all ones in between, try and get as much experience as possible but apply to interns that interest you
Skilled, polite, enthusiastic, professional, eager, punctual, reliable
5.HOW DO I MAKE THE MOST OF MY OPPORTUNITY WHILST ON PLACEMENT?
Ask questions, make the most of it, be enthusiastic and eager to learn, learn as much as you can.
6.WHATS EXPECTED OF ME WHEN IM THERE?
Skilled, polite, enthusiastic, professional, eager, punctual, reliable.
We then looked at how we can get industrial experience and what forms of industrial experience there are:
WHAT FORMS DOES INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE TAKE?
- Internships
- Freelance
- Live Briefs and competitons
- Networking
- Visting studios/printers
- Visiting professionals
- Online networking
- Events: Print festivals etc.
- Exhibitions
- Business support
HOW CAN YOU GET IT?
- Direct contact
- Requesting samples
- Tailoring your portfolio
- Creative professional networks
- Appropriate studios
- Ask for feedback
- Confident and professional
- Online presence
- Online applications
- Good presentation/ client specific
WHAT CAN YOU GET FROM IT?
- Contacts
- Confidence
- Skills
- Professional experience
- Interaction
- Make portfolio stronger
- Better reputation
- Money
- Inspiration
- A job
- A sense of direction
- Taster of the real world
- Working with different types of people
- Time management
- Clearer idea of where you want to go/ design direction
- Find out what you're interested in
- Confidence in your professional self
- Contacts and recognition
- Employment - the buzz
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO GET IT?
- Commitment
- Strong work ethic
- Confidence and professionalism
- Portfolio of work
- Samples of work
- Online presence
- Knowledge of company
- Design identity
- Business card
- CV
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