What is professional/industrial experience?
- Communicating with people involved in industry
- Visiting agencies/businesses to see how they work
- Work placements/internships where you're working alongside other people
- Freelance
- Paid work as an In-House designer
Why is professional/industrial experience important as part of PPD?
- The end result of the course is looking for employment, a graduate with experience of industry is preferable
- More confidence of going into paid employment if you have some previous experience
- Might decide that after experiencing one type of agency you want to go in a different direction
- Gives you more of a context of where you will fit in, in the creative industry and more about the industry will be learnt from experience
- Useful contacts may be made during work placements, that can be used post-graduation
How do you gain professional/industrial experience and what form does it take place?
- Approach potential clients for freelance work
- Join an agency
- Self promotion, through business cards, word of mouth, portfolio
- Work placements, by getting in touch with design agencies and networking with designers
- Design competitions
What should you aim to gain from professional/industrial experience?
- A good knowledge of the creative industry in practice
- How to communicate with clients
- Good contacts that may be useful after graduation
- A sense of direction, regarding how you want to work
- Knowledge of how people work together on design jobs, how each person has a role
- Communicating with people involved in industry
- Visiting agencies/businesses to see how they work
- Work placements/internships where you're working alongside other people
- Freelance
- Paid work as an In-House designer
Why is professional/industrial experience important as part of PPD?
- The end result of the course is looking for employment, a graduate with experience of industry is preferable
- More confidence of going into paid employment if you have some previous experience
- Might decide that after experiencing one type of agency you want to go in a different direction
- Gives you more of a context of where you will fit in, in the creative industry and more about the industry will be learnt from experience
- Useful contacts may be made during work placements, that can be used post-graduation
How do you gain professional/industrial experience and what form does it take place?
- Approach potential clients for freelance work
- Join an agency
- Self promotion, through business cards, word of mouth, portfolio
- Work placements, by getting in touch with design agencies and networking with designers
- Design competitions
What should you aim to gain from professional/industrial experience?
- A good knowledge of the creative industry in practice
- How to communicate with clients
- Good contacts that may be useful after graduation
- A sense of direction, regarding how you want to work
- Knowledge of how people work together on design jobs, how each person has a role
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