Personal Development III//PPD Presentation

In light of my recent internship offer in London, I have made (very slight!) changes to my Personal & Professional Development presentation, to be made next week.

In the midst of real excitement for the future and career prospects, I'm really looking forward to seeing where my peers also currently stand, as well as presenting myself.

PPD//Updated CV

After my interview in London earlier in the week, and considering my experience within the industry to date, I reconsidered my portfolio, and added the 2012 event of my freelance design work being featured in Stylist Magazine as part of an Etsy stockist feature. Hoping that expanding upon, and broadcasting my professional print exposure and experience that it will open up to even greater opportunities.

PPD//Further

www.furthercreative.co.uk

I'm really excited that, yesterday, after my internship interview on Tuesday, that I've been offered a four week paid internship at Further in Holborn.

Due to the length of the placement, I have also decided to take the plunge and move to London (for a minimum of six months), also having a potential job lined up in August (working as a design assistant for a freelancer whose work I really admire, in Notting Hill), I feel really inspired and motivated to work as hard as possible, and to try to be as actively involved in the design industry as possible.

A very exciting time... I'm really looking forward to trying something new.

FMP | London Visit

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Today I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to take a day trip down to London for an interview for a design internship at branding studio, Further.

To make the most out of the day, I also arranged a trip to the Fedrigoni showroom in Farringdon, a visit with an old friend and Advertising Agency designer, Jack, in Shoreditch, and a detour to Covent Garden to pick up some Laduree macarons for photographing for my recent 'La Petit Macaron' brief.

Not only was the interview a great opportunity to get formalised feedback from an industry designer (and the potential to gain further work and contacts), but it was great to meet up with Jack and gain a real insight into the day-to-day working life of London, and the ups and downs. But above all, it's given me a real sense of confidence and ambition, and the real hope to be able to work in London in the near future and build my design portfolio and profile to it's full extent.

Personal Development III//Elle Decoration Task Design.

Today I spent the vast majority of the day working on the design proposals for submission (by Monday) from my interview at Elle Decoration earlier in the week.
Assigned the task by the Art Director, I felt this would be a really good opportunity to showcase my knowledge of the industry, my skills, and, most importantly, at this point, my ability to contribute new and exciting ideas to the magazine, which, as stated on Thursday, was really important in this position.

I'm really looking forward to hopefully hearing (positive) feedback soon, and feel it was a great opportunity for me to experiment with a very different type of editorial design to what I would ordinarily work with (but hope to do a lot more so in the future).

Personal Development III//Job Interview at Elle Decoration.

www.elledecoration.co.uk

On Thursday I went down to London for my job interview for the position of Junior Designer at Elle Decoration magazine. Travelling down early in the morning for a late afternoon interview gave me a great opportunity to also visit the area, around Oxford Circus and Carnaby Street, visiting stores such as Liberty and Burberry for inspiration, also, taking advantage of the rare opportunity I get to go to the capital.

The interview itself, I think, went quite well, meeting the Art Director was a great experience, and it was great to hear some of his opinions, background, and particular interest he has in the development of the magazine. Yesterday I was sent a task by the design team of redesigning a couple of spreads within the magazine, as well as sourcing some design of my own taste/concepts behind the design direction and content for the magazine, to get more of a feel for what I could bring to the design development. I'm really excited to get started, and although in for Monday, it will be no mean feat, hopefully I can make a really positive impression and showcase my capabilities to the highest standard.

Personal Development III//Job Interview at Elle Decoration

www.elledecoration.co.uk

Very excited that after applying for a position as a Junior Designer at Elle Decoration Magazine (part of the Hearst Magazine company in the City of Westminster, London), I have been invited along for an interview on Thursday afternoon.

At this point, I'm just really excited to show my portfolio and hopefully meet some really inspiring and influential members of the industry on my trip, possibly to even gain an internship or industry experience, if not the job itself.

Can't wait! 

Interview Feature//Business Boom Collective.

http://businessboomcollective.com/0723/sophie-wilson/

Today I finally got round to checking a feature shown on the site 'Business Boom Collective', which is owned, designed and managed by a young man named Jared, who initially I got talking to on Twitter; again, proving the effectiveness of networking and marketing, helping once more to spread the word and get my design work into the public eye, hopefully building my design profile and potential for future possibilities. 

PPD//Industry Interview//Pearlfisher.

Yesterday, I took a day trip to London (Hammersmith and Ladbroke Grove), primarily to visit my favourite design studio, Pearlfisher, for a portfolio review and interview that I had previously been invited down to. The night before I had encountered a few problems regarding my portfolio with printing, and the wrong portfolio size being delivered, so, after a mild panic, I decided to simply take down the design sheets and CV... and hope for the best.

After getting slightly lost around Hammersmith, but, true to form, getting there ridiculously early allowed for some leeway in terms of finding my way.

The interview itself was quite short, around twenty minutes, with designers Sophie and Jason, in which I showed them, and talked through my portfolio, and we chatted a little about both my, and the company's background- learning about how the company is run, and some of the perks of the job.

The studio itself looked amazing- with a library and pool table to boot, and, in Brook Green, in a beautiful, quiet area of London, which was really different from my past experiences of life in the city.

I've sent a follow up email this morning saying thank you for the time they offered, and, hopefully, to speak again soon. 

Right now, I'd love nothing more than to work with them. So excited and nervous (in equal measure)!