SKILLS EVERY GRADUATE NEEDS

The aims and objectives of this lesson was to get me to think about:

• The skills I will need to help with job hunting and gaining relevant experience

• Potential job/placements and other opportunities

• Becoming an expert in myself, learning about my strengths

• Developing a compelling personal case study

• Becoming an experienced entrepreneur

As a group we went through various career paths and wrote down different titles, but also the skills needed for those areas. This exercise helped us to think about the different skills we'll need to develop in the pathway we want to choose.

S.T.A.R

This was an abbreviation that we were taught, that stands for:

• Situation

• Task

• Action

• Result

We were told to use this abbreviation as a case study to create an example of work experience in our CV. For example I did that commission for Kirkstall Forge and there was a process that I needed to go through to get to the final product.

Situation

Kirkstall Forge needed bold and vibrant artwork for new houses that the company want to sell.

Task

As an illustrator, I created a digital piece of artwork that was printed and displayed.

Action

• Created a moodboard of ideas for my concept and did research about the industrial revolution

• Designed thumbnails for the design

• Created experimentations of the thumbnails

• Designed final concept on Illustrator

• Sent off the design to the curator

• Worked with the digital print assistant to get the work printed

• Delivered work to the company in person

• Created invoice for the brief

Result

Succeeded in creating a compelling piece of artwork that will be framed and used as a part of their company. My name and details will be on a plaque so that professionals will have a chance to contact me and I was also paid for the brief too.

The main thing I learnt from the lesson was:

Don't underestimate the value of what you know