PPD Tutorial Session with John//ACTION PLAN.

Blogging important notes and topics discussed in today's PPD tutorial session with John- which provided us with a great opportunity to discuss any issues we were facing, and talk about any problems we were facing, as well as our development through set tasks, etc.
All notes and action plans are posted below (in notation form):

CV/CREATIVE RESUME//

- CREATIVITY can take any form- be creative, as this allows people to have an insight to you and how you work. 
- A creative resume includes experience, skills and documentation- this can be bought across utilising software and practical skills- go crazy, be creative- think poster, postcards, books- unusual formats that will catch their eye, and, most importantly, be memorable.
- Include photographs- but  be professional (doesn't have to be serious to be professional, however).


CONTACTING PROFESSIONALS//


- To go into the industry, be chatty, but don't ask too much of them straight away.
- Plan and decide why you're looking into the selected studios from your contact list(s).
- CONTACT: email, telephone, letter, face-to-face. POST IS BEST... good novelty.
- DON'T ask for placements on the first contact.
- Be SNAPPY... say why you like their work, and why you are great fresh blood.
- Have a meeting/look at the studio first.
- Show CV and samples of your work- a "leave piece" of design for them to remember you by is always a good idea.
- A creative CV is a resume, and a memory jogger


ACTION PLAN/FOR?...//

- Pimp up my existing business card- buy a holder and always keep some on me (get professionally printed at moo.com?)//31ST DEC.

- Create my own creative CV for distribution to design studios and creative directors/start developing my own "brand" visuals//31ST DEC.