- What is classed as industrial experience?
- When is best to tart gaining experience?
- How do you approach people?
- Do you need to have contacts?
- how long should you do it for?
- Where can you find out about opportunities?
- Do you watch or join in?
- Where can you find companies in your areas of interest?
- Would you get paid?
- What if its abroad?
Top 5 questions from the small group:
- How do you work out your rates and how to price jobs?
- What mistakes do people make when they go to studios?
- How do you contact people and what should you say?
- How do you go about working freelance or setting up your own studio?
- What if a visit/placement is in term time/abroad and how do you budget for them?
Large group response - 8 questions from all the groups:
- How do you present your portfolio?
- What mistakes do people make?
- Whats the best way to contact them?
- How do you get it? (overseas)
- How do you charge/get paid?
- Whats best big/small studios?
- How do you make the most of it?
- What is expected of you?
Who can answer these questions?
- John, studio, you
- 3rd years, graduates, John, studio
- Studio
- Who it is - understanding them
- John/not just financially-way up experience
- Depends on what you like - only no from trying
- Doing it - ask to do things
- Skilled, polite, enthusiastic
Small group response:
What form can industrial experience take?
- Visits to studios/printers/presses
- Research/industry related reading
- Placements to studios
- Lectures/visiting professional talks
- Speaking to professionals/studios
- Speaking to past students
- Doing work to send into the industry
- Live briefs/competitions/D&AD
- Working for a client
- Going to events (eg.Print fest)
- Going to exhibitions
- Online networking
- Getting business support
- Trade events
How do we get industrial experience?
- Contacting studios
- Networking with people in the industry
- Having qualities like being confident, organised, polite etc.
- Making contacts
Large group response:
What form can industrial experience take?
- internship
- live briefs/competitions
- visiting professionals
- freelance work
- networking (online/person)
- going to events (print festivals/D&AD talks)
- exhibitions
- visiting studios
- business support
- research? use it to get you experience
- work placement
not just going into studios and working - other sources to gaining experience in the industry
How do we get industrial experience?
- direct contact with studios
- requesting samples
- tailoring your portfolio
- professional/creative networks eg. linked in
- appropriate places
- ask for feedback - rejection
- confident & professional
Small group response:
What you get from it?
- experience
- knowledge
- confidence
- contacts
- clearer understanding
- future opportunities
- learn to apply your skills
- communication skills
- enjoyment
- money
- learn where you fit in the industry
What you need to get it?
- confidence
- contacts
- consistency in your work
- time management
- organisation
- articulate skills
- professionalism
- work hard
- clear idea of what you want
- passionate
- patience
- will power
- thick skin
Large group response:
What you get from it?
- clear direction of your practice
- different perspective on what you want to do (ambitions/opportunities)
- confidence in your professional self
- contacts & (in) fame
- learn from mistakes
- job
- enjoyment - THE BUZZ
- skill development
What you need to get it?
- commitment
- confidence
- professionalism
- portfolio of work
- samples of work
- online presence
- knowledge of company
- design identity
- business card
- C.V. - creative/digital etc.
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