Monday, 22 October 2012

Workshop 2: What is Industrial Experience?

Individual 10 questions about industrial experience:

  1. What is classed as industrial experience?
  2. When is best to tart gaining experience?
  3. How do you approach people?
  4. Do you need to have contacts?
  5. how long should you do it for?
  6. Where can you find out about opportunities?
  7. Do you watch or join in?
  8. Where can you find companies in your areas of interest?
  9. Would you get paid?
  10. What if its abroad?
Top 5 questions from the small group:
  1. How do you work out your rates and how to price jobs?
  2. What mistakes do people make when they go to studios?
  3. How do you contact people and what should you say?
  4. How do you go about working freelance or setting up your own studio?
  5. 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:
  1. How do you present your portfolio?
  2. What mistakes do people make?
  3. Whats the best way to contact them?
  4. How do you get it? (overseas)
  5. How do you charge/get paid?
  6. Whats best big/small studios?
  7. How do you make the most of it?
  8. What is expected of you?
Who can answer these questions?
  1. John, studio, you
  2. 3rd years, graduates, John, studio
  3. Studio
  4. Who it is - understanding them
  5. John/not just financially-way up experience
  6. Depends on what you like - only no from trying
  7. Doing it - ask to do things
  8. 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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