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Start early and let your portfolio
grow over the year!
Placement Case Study
Aaron Colfer
Current 3nd Year UWE CPD Student returning from placement at Trunki
Aron Colfer’s story is a good example of how to get a placement
From Aaron’s experience of being in the Trunki office:
Be persistent
• Aaron contacted Trunki, met Rob Law a couple of times at Bristol design events, (Rob remembered Aaron’s
mailer) and kept in contact.
• Aaron did a small amount of work for Rob Law in the summer, managed to get an interview for a placement
at another company, (by continuing to send out mailers) but was offered a placement by Rob to keep him on
at Trunki.
This process can take time but is important to start early and be persistent.
Sending out a mailer
Research who you want to contact
Send out your CV in batches of 5 to 10 companies at a time,
(you want to keep track of who you are contacting).
Phone the company to ask for the name of the Studio Manager
(the cold call)
Post or email your CV and taster page to your specified contact
(the proposal)
Contact the company in a week and ask to speak to your contact
See if they have received your mailer, (if you can speak to the studio manager great! You’re
making a good contact). Say you are interested in the work the company produces and ask
about the potential of a placement.
(the follow-up)
Email updates every month or so
when you have a new project complete, let your contact know, (this will be more interesting
for your contact and shows you’re progress and the effort you are putting into this process.
Be persistent (again)
It is likely that any company will not be able to give you an answer straight away but
keep in touch.
You never know when something will happen!
Getting Started
Think about where you want to go and gather your sources of information from your existing CV,
project work etc.
Think about what your skills are, what you have achieved and what you can do. Use this reflection and
information to compile a new design focused CV and portfolio. This link to the UWE My Future site provides
some good sources of information to help you with
this process.
Case Study 1
John Henry Harris created a concept for a smoothie making service for schools.
Designers from Lego saw the project at New Designers and realized the potential
John had to their business, later Lego offered him a job. John is now working in
Denmark for Lego
Case Study 2
Lauren Potts created a point of sale for a Ferrari
fragrence in the second year of CPD and is now
working for McLaren
Looking for contacts
Brainstorm a list
As you develop your CV, taster page, (later a full
portfolio) think about the companies you can contact
and what they might need to see in your literature.
There are some directories but these are by no
means comprehensive.
Sample Product Design Directories
http://www.designdirectory.co.uk/ind.htm
Core77
http://www.designdirectory.com/
Your search will reflect the range of opportunities
you can find for future employment.
Think widely and laterally! Here are some
samples to make a start
Design consultants
Crux
http://www.cruxproductdesign.com/
Cambridge Consultants
http://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/
Point of sale
Micrographics
http://www.micrographix.co.uk/design_pos_packaging.html
Unex
http://www.unex.co.uk/Contact_Unex_Designs.asp
Structural packaging
a.m. associates
http://www.structuralpackaging.com/portfolio.html
Curve
http://www.structuralpackaging.com/portfolio.html
Exhibition design
http://www.designdirectory.co.uk/exh.htm
Interior design
http://www.designdirectory.co.uk/int.htm
Medical
Glaxo
http://www.gsk.com/careers/uk_careers.htm
Philips
http://www.design.philips.com
In house design departments
Mira Showers
http://www.mirashowers.com/onlinecatalog/showers.jsp
Black and Decker
http://www.blackanddecker.co.uk
Furniture designers and manufacturers
Jon Newton Furniture
http://www.bespokeinnovation.co.uk
Herman Miller
http://www.hermanmiller.co.uk
Architects
Coda Architects
http://www.coda-architects.co.uk
Breen Meta Architects
http://www.breenmetaarchitects.co.uk
Graphic design agencies
Just Design
http://www.thisisjust.co.uk/index.html
Clear Design
http://www.cleardesignuk.com/index.html
Setting up your CV
There is no one set way of setting your CV but it is possible to provide some guidelines along with some good
examples to compare.
Keep it simple
• No more than two sides of A4
• Keep the graphic language simple, stylish and clear, don’t
over do it
• Most recent details first in each section
• Include work experience even if this is not directly related to design
• The UWE My Future site has some good advice here
Samples
Here are some linked samples for you to consider.
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Personal Details
2, Pemberton Gardens,
Calcot, Reading,
Berkshire,
RG31 7DY
Curriculum Vitae
Website:
Home:
Mobile:
Email:
Web: www.aimeegraham.co.uk Email: aimee.graham@hotmail.co.uk
I am soon to graduate with a degree in footwear design from London College of
Fashion. I completed a placement year within the footwear industry working at a
major women’s footwear supplier & also for the Arcadia Group footwear buying
department. I have taken part in activities outside of my degree, such as two
footwear design competitions, & writing a newspaper article on shoes after being
approached by the Evening Standard. I own & maintain a personal website & blog,
which acts as my online portfolio of work. I am hard working & friendly, with a
passion for footwear & fashion design. I am enthusiastic & always keen to learn more.
Mr. Teck Soh
B. 24.08.84
British
Education
www.tecksoh.com
+44 (0) 1189 417 360
+44 (0) 7789 888 932
tecksoh@gmail.com
2002-2006: University of East London
BA (Hons) Product Design Futures
Upper Second Class Degree 2:1
April-August: HBK Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste
Braunschweig
2004
Erasmus Exchange; Industrial Design, Germany
May 06:
Aug 05:
Awarded 2 place in a competition to design a boot for Arcadia
brand, Evans
This was an optional competition which was comprised of 3 stages, &
took place over 2 months during the academic year. My designs were
selected from 40 initial entries.
As one of the final 8 students, I had to produce my prototype boot
within 1 week, whilst working on important coursework.
I presented my work at the Arcadia Head Office to selected press & a
panel of judges which included Caryn Franklin & Georgina Goodman. It
was a fantastic opportunity & I received valuable feedback &
networking skills.
This competition is featured on the Worth Global Style Network
(WGSN) website.
Winner of a competition within University to design & produce a
fantasy shoe for the Shipley Art Gallery, Tyne & Wear Museums
This was an optional competition which involved designing & producing
a fantasy shoe inspired by fairy tales for a travelling exhibition “Shoes:
The Agony & the Ecstasy” for Newcastle Museum.
2000-2002: Sixth Form, Theale Green School
A Level
A Level
A Level
Art & Design
Product Design
Travel & Tourism
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1998-2000: Theale Green Secondary School
10 GCSE’s (B-C grades)
Technical Skills
Photoshop CS2
Illustrator CS2
Freehand MX
Alias Studio Tools
Solidworks 2006
Photoworks 3
Dreamweaver 8 (Basic)
Flash 8 (Basic)
Microsoft Office (ECDL)
European Computer Driving
Licence, Qualified.
Experience
September 2006-February 2007: Accuread
Administrator/Metering Representative
Allocating various jobs to meter readers across the UK over the telephone.
Dealing with meter suppliers over phone, general office work, filing etc.
Sep 04 – Jun 08:
University of the Arts London, London College of Fashion
BA (Hons) Product Design & Development for the Fashion
Industries, Cordwainers Footwear
Example of Modules:
Pattern cutting & producing prototypes of court shoe, mule, leisure
shoe & knee high boot.
2 group projects to develop a footwear business proposal & produce
viable products.
Design collaboration projects with Design Against Crime & Gola
Classics
Creating trend boards & illustrations with Adobe Photoshop & Designer
software.
Final collection of shoes inspired by kitsch, promoted online.
July 2005-Present (part-time): Black & White Design LTD
Product Designer
Producing concepts and design developments through to prototype and
manufacture. (Product and furniture)
Worked in a team rebranding company image. Designed Logo, website,
postcards and banners.
Designed the layout and graphical imagery for the exhibition stand.
Also assisted in setting up the stand. Exhibited at Designersblock and
New designers.
Presenting final concepts to clients by using powerpoint presentations with
photo-realistic visualisations.
Dealing with manufacturers over the phone, also outsourcing materials.
Coroflot’s Creative Seeds blog has lots
of good advice on how to approach
promoting yourself, (linked).
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Setting up your taster page
Your CV will say in a chronology what you have done in words but your taster page will give a richer impression
of your potential visually. CAD is important but unless it is what you really want to do don’t over emphasize it.
Show the range of what you can do, consider the following,
• Concept generation
• Sketching
• Rendering
• Form modelling in foam and card
• 3D CAD
• 2D CAD graphic presentation
If one image can show a number of these skills, all the better
Samples
Here are some linked samples of taster pages for you to consider