PPP3- Meeting with ThisCreative

Meeting with ThisCreative 

As part of PPP this year my aim to get a work placement, to do this I aim to get as much advice as possible from working professionals. I emailed out a range of different studio in Manchester, asking for advice and ThisCreative replied. I meet with Ben, the founder of the office in Manchester.

FEEDBACK ON PORTFOLIO
-need more graphic design
-needs more work
-remove the text
-make it more visual
-MOCK UP ARE VITAL
-remove book covers without a mockup
-PUT IN BRANDING/LOGO WORK
-PUT IN WEBSITE

FEEDBACK OVERALL
-work looks good
-confidence is good
-talk about work well
-fluent conversation
-my work is good, and it's good to not specialize in one aspect of graphic design
-try to do everything for a brand. their logo their copy their type
-LOVE THE PENS, need to send these over
-IT'S HARD, life after uni but it gets better
-try to push ideas, try to do everything for the brands

A big aspect Ben stressed the importance of the work you sen over to brands and how this looks, it needs to be designed well so they think you can design. ThisCreative ignores any CV or work when it doesn't look good, this should be considered in the future. 

PLACEMENTS-
After talking to Ben he seemed very happy to register placemen over easter if I had time. They offered me a chance to do this.

Overall the talk was really interesting, to get feedback on a professional view of my work but also how to make it look better, this can be applied to by portfolio for next time.