Interviews

• The interviewer will word search your name (if owning a big company) or do a background check on you.
• Always interview your employee do a bit of background research onto them
• Research the funding of the company see if the have a good credit history
• Day before interview always read your application before you go in
• Keep current on what the studios design interests are
• Interview day- Dress smartly, Always be on time, Turn off any electrical appliances 

Body language

Send a Positive message

Things you should not do:

• Never scratch, rub your neck, touch your nose these gestures will make you come across as desatisfied.
• Rubbing your nose suggests your not being honest
• Sitting with arms crossed shows your coming across as being unfriendly
• Crossing your legs is distracting and shows your uncomfortable

Things you should do:

• Lean your body towards the door, shows your ready to make a dash for it!
• Always sit up straight and lean forward slightly shows your interested in what they are asking you to do.
• Always keep your enthusiasm by keeping on interested questions
• Establish a good amount of personal space
• Limit your perfumes and aftershaves as may cause allergies with the employer
• If an interruption occurs retain from taring at him and tell him you'll wait out in the hallway for him to finish. 

Cover Letter and CV

Creative CV

From a few of the Circular C Vs i saw, a few of there layouts and Designs attracted my eye. From that i started off by designing a rough template for my Creative CV. It isn't the best or most amazing CV in the world but i feel that it puts across my attitude and creative style. Very precise and neat and also got a little bit of a hand rendered feel to my work. I'm pleased with the overall outcome of my CV but i would of liked to have maybe spent a little more time on it and would have liked to have taken my design a lot further than what it already is. I feel as if on the right side of my skills icons i could have maybe added in another 3 skill sets that i have experience in just so that i get rid of the blank space and make my CV look a little more packed up. 

Which ways can you use interactive “self Promotion” in obtaining job opportunities?

I would say the best ways to obtain self promotion in job hunting to be:

• Posters or flyers 
• Website (For my portfolio)
• Social Networking
• Blogging
• Going around asking people 
• Phoning up design studios

BEING POSITIVE!

What other skills do you need to acquire? And what steps will you take in obtaining these skills?

I need to gain more of an understanding on these certain skills.

• Confidence
• Leadership 
• Time Keeping
• Concentration
• Typography - I want to have a more typographic approach to my work/ Every designer should have a good strong knowledge in typography.
•  I want to boost up my Dream Weaver and In Design software skills. I'm very interested in Website design so will need to take this next step in order to succeed. 

In order to obtain these skills i will need to spend more time working in the studio and at home doing my own person work. Also over the summer holiday i want to get a numerous amount of work experience in design studios to gain more of an understanding towards these chosen skills. So when i come back to start my 2nd year i will be ready to be more successful going onto my 3rd year.

Which skills do you have already?

I would say that i have the following skills:

• A good use of communication skills.
• Software

1. Illustrator- Strong
2. Photoshop- Medium
3. In Design- Strong
4. Dream Weaver- Low
5. Flash- Low
6. Zbrush- Medium

• Team Work - In groups or alone
• Listening skills
• Digital communication skills
• Very good document skills
• Research skills
• Design knowledge- Trends and styles

Im hoping to gain more of an understanding of certain skills yet to come my way and im hoping to develop my skills on the computer software to a very good level. 

Who are the top five design companies within the UK?

Top 5 Design Agencies in the UK (My prediction)
As i couldn't find on Google or any other place the top 5 i found a article on the top 50 Award winning Agencies in the UK.

1.Venture Three
Link Adres

2.Williams Murray Hamm
Link Adress

3.1HQ (formerly Vibrandt, Vibrandt Form and the Distillery)
Link Adress

4. True North
Link Adress

5. Engage
Link Adress

I have the Link Adress to the top 50 Design Award winning agenices just below but the 5 above in my eyes, i would say they are some of the best in the UK due to there designs. 

http://www.design-intellect.co.uk/top_50_design_agencies_list.html

What skill set’s are needed by a Graphic Designer.

A job in graphic design is likely to include some or all of the following tasks and functions:

• Learning about a clients business by researching them and finding out ts competitors and product range.
• Developing a Design Brief (So that the client will no what your wanting from him).
• Problem solving
• developing and presenting design ideas as sketches, mood boards and being able to pitch it to them.
• Understanding the print side of work and digital side.
• Working in collaboration with other designers such as photographers, Film artists, Game designers etc. 
• Managing your budgets and finances for specific projects.

The skill set that a designer would ideally need:

• Being able to understand a Brand and its identity
• Awareness of new trends and styles.
• An ability to use software's, such as:

1. Illustrator 
2. Photoshop
3. Dreamweaver
4. Flash
5. Z brush
6. In Design

• Being able to work in a team full of different designers with different professions and Alone in your studio.
• An excellent use of communication skills, so that you can put across your ideas to clients and eve bosses of other company's.

What job opportunities’ exist?

When i tried searching for this on Google and tried finding some information for it i came up with this. 

http://creativepool.com/jobs/graphic-design-jobs.php

Its basically just a list of jobs available online for Graphic Designers to apply for. I found that the majority of the time its either freelance work or commissioned Studio time work. Going into freelance you will get a numerous number of creative opportunities for doing jobs and design for people. Whereas if you was part of a creative studio or company you would get work through the work that they find customly through there ad visors and etc. 

Online there are competitions and clients willing to pay you for doing at home on the computer work for a piece of work as long as you provide them with a final file of the design, and a file of all the existing work in your design. Freelance is alot more tricky than Graphic studio based work, But in its ways it has more of a benefit on your work and getting your name out there. 

What is the role of the Graphic Designer?

The role of a Graphic Designer is to create design solutions that have a high visual impact to the viewing public. The role involves a lot of listening and doing for clients, So that there needs will be fulfilled when your commissioned to do some work for them. Our designs Influence many ways of producing work, such as websites, advertising, books, magazines, posters, computer games, product packaging and many more. 

For example:

• Visually creating a new brand identity for a company.
• Creating a poster for a new upcoming video game
• Maybe it could be the layout and positioning of text and pictures in a book your making for someone.
• Advertising a new product to the consumers

And many more possibility's. 

Being a Graphic Designer requires a great passion for design and layout, and also a wide knowledge of the graphic design world and its artists. This would also include the knowledge of software and keeping up to date with new trends and adobe products.