CHANGES I MADE TO MY CV

After the feedback I was given from Jo I made some changes to my CV. I also took what I had obtained from the industry lectures and created a logo for my CV.

I plan on taking this new CV to my interview on Wednesday.

CV FEEDBACK

This is the feedback I received from Jo. She told me to prepare for my interview for a position as a Second styling assistant to Angie Smith.

INDUSTRY LECTURE: LAURA PARSONS

Today we had a industry lecture with Laura Parsons. She created Microbubble which is a website for creatives.

She gave us advice on our CV's and said we should keep them clean, with one or two fonts. Include a small bio (15-20 words) and try to keep the whole CV to one page and make sure key skills, hobbies and interests are included aswell as experience and employment.

She also said that marketing yourself is the most important thing

- Make a website

- Create a Facebook/Twitter page

- Make a LinkedIn profile

Try to generate a brand - use the same colour or even make a logo and make sure it's a good font!

NETWORKING

- Don't be afraid to contact people

- Send emails!

- Go to social events

- Look at all types of social media (LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter)

- Go out for coffees with people!

'Try internships to test the jobs that you may be passionate about'

'Blogs are great visual narratives especially if you want to get into styling or visual merchandising etc..'

TUTORIAL: READERSHIP FOR MAGAZINE

At this tutorial we explained to Tom and Eloise who our readership was:

Readership = Girls, aged 13-18

We then decided to do a reader profile which was a little bit more specific on the kind of girl that we are trying to attract.

- 16 Year old who is single

- Just finished school, about to start college

- From East London, Stratford

- Finished her GCSE's and is about to start her A Level's. She is going to study Art, Textiles, Media and Photography.

- She wants to be a fashion designer

- She dresses quite edgy and idolises celebrities like Cara Delevigne, Rihanna and Miley Cyrus

- Shops in Topshop, All Saints, Rokit and River Island

- Has a part time job in River Island

- In her spare time she enjoys going to parties, smoking and drinking and overall just socialising with friends.

We also explained the main ethos of our magazine which was based on customising clothing. Other than it being a more affordable way to look at fashion we wanted it to be for the more exclusive girl. The girl who wants to be different and wants that unique look that she knows nobody else can steal because she made/customised it.

Tom advised us that we should research into a section that is in VOGUE magazine which is called 'more dash than cash'. I did so, and put this research into my sketchbook. He told us to look at old sewing magazines and the term 'upcycling' - this will help us with building out magazine.

INDUSTRY LECTURE: RUI FARIA

Today we had an industry lecture with photographer Rui Faria. Rui Faria is a photographer, director of photography agency Areia and editor in chief of VOLT magazine. Rui Faria was born in Portugal but started his photography career in New York. He has had two covers for VOLT magazine and believes that 'there is only one sun so there should only be one shadow.

He enjoys shooting close-ups, especially eyes and lips. He enjoys shooting beauty, and shoots more beauty than fashion now because there is more money in beauty. Beauty allows him to be more creative as fashion photography mainly focuses more on the clothing rather than the creativity.

Rui Faria has shot for:

- The Guardian

- A lipstick company called Lipcote

- The make up store

- American express (with very expensive jewellery)

- Harrods

- Specsavers

He told us a bit about his magazine VOLT. It comes in a plastic polly bag and has no bind, all the pages are loose. He sees each page as a 'poster'. The concept that each page can be stuck on a wall.

He also gave us some advice on internships and what makes the perfect intern. He said 'No matter how talented you are, assist someone'. He also mentioned these great points:

- Try to identify what you like

- Be someones assistant, send a CV with a formal email or letter

- Be independent and have your own style

- An intern is someone who knows what they want

- An intern has a clear sense of direction

- An intern applies their skills to everything they do

- They are punctual and friendly.

When asked if he could work with anyone he said 'No one. Don't idolise anybody, anyone that I would have loved to work with are all dead'. 

After Rui Faria's talk I felt very inspired. He was such a humble and talented man and his talents and skills really showed through his enthusiasm about his work and talking about photography.

All images taken from Areia.com 

INDUSTRY LECTURE - ANNA LOMAX

We had an industry lecture with Set designer and Art Director Anna Lomax. Her lecture was very inspiring as she explained everything she had done within her career, from interning to creating a magazine. She told us that interning was the most important thing and bombarding people with emails and coming across as eager will really get you places.

'Say yes to everything'. Anna made it quite clear that we should really grab the chance at every opportunity can in order to get noticed and to make a name for ourselves.

These are a few examples of Anna's amazing work. (All images were taken from her website)

TUTORIAL: GIRLS MAG/CUSTOMISING

Today we had a tutorial with Jason and Rose and we explained to them that we have decided to focus on girls for our magazine. We decided to scrap the men's magazine idea as none of us in the group have enough knowledge on men's mags at the moment. It would be safer and most likely that our magazine would be a success if we do a readership that we are actually familiar with. We were told that we had to create a proper readership and reader profile to make it clear who we are trying to attract to our magazine.