PPD group tutorial.

Throughout this tutorial we discussed topics such as ways of making yourself heard when trying to get in contact with a client, what clients look for in terms of a CV when your applying for a job and also what we need to do to help our own professional development. I've always had so many under answered questions when it comes to applying for placement and generally any experience within the creative industry and so far this PPD module seems to be answering pretty much all of those questions. I always feel very inspired after talks about 'the future' and the creative industry but again, as with enterprise, I don't have a great deal of confidence sometimes so i'm not entirely sure how to approach industrial placement. As we don't really have much of a portfolio yet we were given an action plan and wrote things that could be seen as a starting point. 


My personal action plan included, creating a business card. This is a great way to network with people because you can just hand it to them and everything they need to know in terms of getting in touch with you is there. Being graphic designers our business cards can also be 'outside the box' and quite visually exciting if we put our mind to it. This business card is likely to change over time but something simple would be a great starting point. Start looking at creative CV's, design agencies tend to look for a creative CV rather than the uniform academic CV. This is because they are generally interested in the creative side of you as a person and you can make it again, quite visually exciting and engaging. The final thing on my action plan is to look at studios so that I can find the ones that interest me most. If I find a collection of studios then I can begin to create some form of contact list and be able to get in touch with people about work placement etc or even just a day visit. Its best to find studios that interest me because i'm likely to get a lot more out of the experience.