Ben Jones Tutorial 25/04/2016

NOTES
My portfolio is diverse, which works well for inhouse design studios.
Fashion collaborations are quite apparent in my portfolio pieces - consider fashion companies. These companies will be looking for Photoshop skills.
Inhouse designers - T shirt, card companies.

TO DO
-Buy A3 PRAT portfolio/ London graphic centre. Crystal Sleeve & Spiral Bound.
-Portfolio paper - uncoated summerset paper - white A3.
-Adobe creative package - buy soon and get student discount; over summer can improve illustrator  (ben Kitsch does portraits in Illustrator), indesign, after effects etc.
-Create some portfolio pieces which could be used in T shirt context by block colour print scans.  (same with card companies/ gift cards, wedding invites etc)
-Look for Junior Design roles or Artworker roles and internships.
-Take 4 stills from FKA Twigs animation.
-More repeat patterns for portfolio. For example Promo pack patterns.
-Portfolio should include idea sheets and sketchbook pages but put together nicely, perhaps like magazine double spread.
-Less information on portfolio the better. Could just have a small font in left bottom corner saying name and context or set of etc.
-Linkedin; search Art directors, Association of boards etc.
-Get client list. - Linkedin, Creative Review.
-Artjobs.uk
-University job pages e.g. UAL
-Think about events near me- e.g. regatta promo?

EMAILS

Get emailing! You need internships and people to invite to the exhibition!
-Personalise it - find a name.
-I am a recent Graduate / soon to graduate from...
-I am looking to gain some experience ... is there any opportunities / that I could get involved with? I have learnt a lot of skills at university but I am interested in learning about the company/how a design studio works etc.
-Or do you know anyone else more appropriate for me to speak to regarding this?
-If you would like to see more of my work, link website at the end, with a low res image related to company (72 dpi jpeg).
-When you get an email back, you can ask if you can show them your work/portfolio where they are based, london etc and studio visits.