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Which got me thinking about how difficult it was for me and some of the fellow graphic design students I studied with to get a job in the design industry back in 1999 (yes that long ago!) straight out of design college. I snapped up a job with a Central London design agency in Soho within 2 weeks of leaving college but looking back it wasn't really the right job for me then. Though just 13 months later I changed positions and worked for a great design agency based in London Bridge and learned a huge amount as well as working on lots of different types of projects as a designer.
Anyway competition was fierce then BUT the amount of graphic design and other design courses available in art colleges and universities up and down the college has grown hugely since then.
So here are a few tips on (like Adam asked) "how to get into the UK Design industry"
The Portfolio:
Having a great design portfolio is a must. Think about the kind of work the agency your applying to does and try to tailor your portfolio towards that. For example if they specialise in corporate identity and branding work try to include work of this kind.
Be ready to talk about your design work, what inspired you, why you approached the project in the way you did, even choice of typeface, colours, imagery etc. Show them some of your sketchs and development work, some agencies what to see your scribbles more than the finished work as it shows your design process and how you think!
Before taking your portfolio along to job interviews, make sure you show it to a people (tutors, other design students) talk them through it, get them to ask you questions about your design work and respond with suitable answers.
Work Experience:
Offer to do some work experience with a design company who's work you really admire (for free if you have to!), even if its just a week then spend that week wowing them, making the tea, producing great work, take an interest in everything relating to that design company. If the company really like you during your work experience they might offer you a full time job!
This worked very well as they got me a new job within 2 weeks. Remember what you wear can be seen as a reflection of yourself and your design style or preferences.
Behaviour:
Be yourself, be calm and open to discussing your work and the work of the design agency. Remember to ask questions about what work they produce and what your role would be. If you go for an interview and they don't give you a job, don't worry, your work just might not be suitable for that particular design agency.
A. Diversifying and Personalizing Your Modular Set Design
As a pioneer of modular set design and construction, Uni-set Corporation offers our current users not only a variety of total system packages and news settings for every size studio, but also a number of great modular products with which to enhance each modular staging system. By incorporating such enhancements into an individual set design, the ultimate goal of establishing "program identity" is served.
Users Uniset's full-size modular products including geometric shapes that stack for walls, risers,and steps, triangular risers for multi-level sets, talent tables, pre-finished walls that match talent tables, modular cyclorama modules for green/blue walls, corners, ground row, and floors, and more. One product that does just that is Chroma Key. Lighting plays a key role in the look and feel of any set, and lighting professionals know that any tone and/or mood can be established in mere moments through the use of soft color lighting gels.
Limited budgets, studio space, and staff no longer have to be an impediment to producing quality programming. Discover the endless variety of modular set designs available to you. In the process learn how set designing via modular pieces can create video content that draws in viewers by virtue of its unique identity.
B. Modular Set Design Brings an Identity to Programming
Think of the last time you watched the television news, a talk show, or an instructional video. Enter Uni-set Corporation, the solution for entities searching for TV set design and construction of a modular products and total system packages that provide each and every program with its own unique identity.
SettingsUniset incorporates the assemblage of modular pieces to create a large variety of TV set designs including news settings, interview and talk show sets, and sets for instructional videos. From our original four foot modular system to a 30 inch modular system to news settings and beyond, we offer a variety of settings built to meet the individual needs of different clients and industries. Our clients include local networks, cable access stations, public television, college television, school districts, government and military installations, productions house, and corporations including AT&T, Kodak, Sears, J.C. Penney, IBM, and more.
TV set design and construction begins with the use of scale models in the planning stage. This ability allows for more productions, each with its own unique set design. In an era consisting of more and more viewing outlets and shorter attention spans, video content has a finite amount of time consisting of a few short seconds to grab viewers and reel them in. Discover the unlimited possibilities inherent in modular set design, and how they can benefit you.
Which got me thinking about how difficult it was for me and some of the fellow graphic design students I studied with to get a job in the design industry back in 1999 (yes that long ago!) straight out of design college. I snapped up a job with a Central London design agency in Soho within 2 weeks of leaving college but looking back it wasn't really the right job for me then. Though just 13 months later I changed positions and worked for a great design agency based in London Bridge and learned a huge amount as well as working on lots of different types of projects as a designer.
Anyway competition was fierce then BUT the amount of graphic design and other design courses available in art colleges and universities up and down the college has grown hugely since then.
So here are a few tips on (like Adam asked) "how to get into the UK Design industry"
The Portfolio:
Having a great design portfolio is a must. Think about the kind of work the agency your applying to does and try to tailor your portfolio towards that. For example if they specialise in corporate identity and branding work try to include work of this kind.
Be ready to talk about your design work, what inspired you, why you approached the project in the way you did, even choice of typeface, colours, imagery etc. Show them some of your sketchs and development work, some agencies what to see your scribbles more than the finished work as it shows your design process and how you think!
Before taking your portfolio along to job interviews, make sure you show it to a people (tutors, other design students) talk them through it, get them to ask you questions about your design work and respond with suitable answers.
Work Experience:
Offer to do some work experience with a design company who's work you really admire (for free if you have to!), even if its just a week then spend that week wowing them, making the tea, producing great work, take an interest in everything relating to that design company. If the company really like you during your work experience they might offer you a full time job!
This worked very well as they got me a new job within 2 weeks. Remember what you wear can be seen as a reflection of yourself and your design style or preferences.
Behaviour:
Be yourself, be calm and open to discussing your work and the work of the design agency. Remember to ask questions about what work they produce and what your role would be. If you go for an interview and they don't give you a job, don't worry, your work just might not be suitable for that particular design agency.
A. Diversifying and Personalizing Your Modular Set Design
As a pioneer of modular set design and construction, Uni-set Corporation offers our current users not only a variety of total system packages and news settings for every size studio, but also a number of great modular products with which to enhance each modular staging system. By incorporating such enhancements into an individual set design, the ultimate goal of establishing "program identity" is served.
Users Uniset's full-size modular products including geometric shapes that stack for walls, risers,and steps, triangular risers for multi-level sets, talent tables, pre-finished walls that match talent tables, modular cyclorama modules for green/blue walls, corners, ground row, and floors, and more. One product that does just that is Chroma Key. Lighting plays a key role in the look and feel of any set, and lighting professionals know that any tone and/or mood can be established in mere moments through the use of soft color lighting gels.
Limited budgets, studio space, and staff no longer have to be an impediment to producing quality programming. Discover the endless variety of modular set designs available to you. In the process learn how set designing via modular pieces can create video content that draws in viewers by virtue of its unique identity.
B. Modular Set Design Brings an Identity to Programming
Think of the last time you watched the television news, a talk show, or an instructional video. Enter Uni-set Corporation, the solution for entities searching for TV set design and construction of a modular products and total system packages that provide each and every program with its own unique identity.
SettingsUniset incorporates the assemblage of modular pieces to create a large variety of TV set designs including news settings, interview and talk show sets, and sets for instructional videos. From our original four foot modular system to a 30 inch modular system to news settings and beyond, we offer a variety of settings built to meet the individual needs of different clients and industries. Our clients include local networks, cable access stations, public television, college television, school districts, government and military installations, productions house, and corporations including AT&T, Kodak, Sears, J.C. Penney, IBM, and more.
TV set design and construction begins with the use of scale models in the planning stage. This ability allows for more productions, each with its own unique set design. In an era consisting of more and more viewing outlets and shorter attention spans, video content has a finite amount of time consisting of a few short seconds to grab viewers and reel them in. Discover the unlimited possibilities inherent in modular set design, and how they can benefit you.
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