LO4 Portfolio

This link leads to a website that shows a portfolio of some graphic work that I have created.

Portfolio Website

This link leads to a website I designed as part of my web authoring and design unit.

Hive IT

LO4 Relevant personal information

Relevant skills

Digital Graphics
Over recent years I have gradually become very proficient in digital graphics media. This is due to my natural flair in creativity and design. I have become more confident and trustworthy in my abilities in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. This has helped me when pursuing graphic design and print based design projects.

Camera skills
I have developed my camera skills as of late. This development has helped me when pursuing photography projects. I have acquired knowledge on modern DSLR cameras that use, aperture, ISO and shutter speed.

Communication
 I believe myself to be a competent speaker and communicator. I have had lots of practice pitching to clients and professionals in various industry fields, this means my pitching an presenting ability is developed and competent. Communication is one of the most important abilities an individual can have because it remains involved in group work, leadership and individual work.

Creative
 I have always been creatively inclined and pursued a mostly artistic and creative school life. I enjoy using this creativity whenever I can because it often produces a unique output to a mundane problem.

Computer
 Computers have been around me the majority of my life, and naturally I have become good at using them to help achieve goals and manage work load. However I don't believe a computer is always the solution to a problem like most people.

Relevent project work for portfolio

Unit 15 Print based advertising

Unit 15 was a design unit that focused on designing and producing a print based advertising campaign for a client product. The product was a smartphone called the 4GT.

Unit 32 Graphic Design

The graphic design unit focused on the design and creation of a brand identity for a client of my creation. The client is a music festival called Flow Bomb.

Unit 35 Social media products
The social media products unit was focused on the analysis of current social media and the creation of a new social media. The social media I created is called LeiSURE, a social media network for sports event networking.

Unit 34 Web authoring and design
The web authoring and design unit was all about designing and creating a webpage for a client. The client in this case was HiveIT a company whose purpose is to prevent the extinction of bees.

LO3 Understand potential career

In order to pursue a career in advertising there are few different paths to follow. The first of thee paths is the higher education, this means following a university course that includes a marketing and advertising course structure. The higher education route is the most common for people going into the advertising industry. Another method for pursuing a career in advertising is going for an apprenticeship in the industry. Another method is to go through higher education and then go on an internship to get work experience in the field.

Higher education

Higher education options are a popular choice due to the industry requirements for the jobs in advertising. I have the appropriate qualifications to be accepted for a university course, this means a UCAS tariff of at least 112 and or appropriate A levels.

Gloucestershire University
 Advertising BA (Hons)

Coventry University
 Advertising and marketing BA (Hons)

University of West London
Advertising and Public Relations BA (Hons)


Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships are always a valuable way to enter and industry because they provide an education whilst providing valuable experience in a working environment.

 Pearson Degree apprenticeships
Business and management apprenticeships

Arch Apprenticships
Signeer- Creative Digital Marketing Apprentice

Work experience/ internship
Work experience and internships are often difficult to aquire without higher education due to the nature of a the programmes. If a individual has higher education and is willing to travel and live abroad for a duration of time, internships can be obtained in a large variety of places. There are a few marketing and advertising internships currently available abroad.

Graduate programme New York City
Mountbatten Insitute

BUNAC internship
Internship USA