Springetts
After creating my
personal branding assets I carried on to get in touch with studios. I received
a couple of responses but felt I wasn't getting far by emailing and calling
studios. To ensure I would get a placement I reached out to all my contacts in
the creative industry through friends and any family contacts. I contacted
media agency Fin London, there I know the guys well, my uncle used to be a
founder and I have kept in close contact with the team there. After explaining
my situation to one of the directors and showing him my portfolio he introduced
me to Springetts. Managing to get me placement for a week. This was a big
favour and Springetts are a great branding studio.
The studio has been around for 40 years and
focuses on branding and packaging for huge clients such as McVities, Kettle
Chips and GU. The studio is large with nearing 20 designers. I really enjoyed
my first week, fitting in and being put on exciting projects. I was enthused by
being moved around and working on array of live briefs. Although I was only
meant to be there for a week, I was asked to stay for a second. This was very
encouraging, and more so when on of the head designers asked me to hand in my
portfolio. The next week flew by and I was
non stop, again working on lots of projects.
The second week was
when I got to know the creative director. I had already been hinting that I was
finishing soon. He then tasked me with creating a short video for a pitch for
the next day for man united football club. I knew this was my challenge, a test
almost. Me and him went through a story board briefly and I then had the
evening to turn it round. I loved this sense of challenge and spent most of the
night up working on it. He was very impressed and sent it off to the client.
Too my complete surprise
he walked over later on that day and offered me a junior design position. He had
obviously talked to the different head designers about my work over the last 2
weeks. I couldn't believe it and was thrilled to except. I think I was very
fortunate at being in the right place at the right time. I very much felt a
part of the team by the time I left, I realised how key it is to have good
people skills. I was also very lucky to find a studio that fits my style. This couldn't
have been better news. Leaving uni was something I was quite apprehensive about,
this took away all these worries. Not only this but I had learnt so much in the
2 weeks and felt I couldn't learn the ways of the industry at a better place
with better people if I tried.
This then effected my
branding and I didn't have to worry about printing my business cards and making
my website could take a backseat. I would have business cards made for me by Springetts,
and I’m sure working a full time job means that I wont be taking on any
freelance work so personal business cards seem like a waste of tie and money
currently.
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