Week 5- (22-29/10/21)Creative Entrepreneurship- A Project Guide to UX | Proposal Reading

Proposal Reading     This week’s task was to read chapter 3 of  ‘ A Project Guide To UX Design’ by Ross Unger & Carolyn Chandler. The chapter discussed in-depth proposals for consultants and freelancers. My understanding from class and this chapter is that a proposal is a legal document that is not only a…Continue Reading Week 5- (22-29/10/21)Creative Entrepreneurship- A Project Guide to UX | Proposal Reading

Week 4 -(15-22/10/11) Creative Entrepreneurship | CV Feedback | Interview Preparation | Research

CV Feedback The CV feedback I received from Daniel was extremely helpful, by implementing it I was actually successful in gaining a job interview as well as being chosen for the role. There is such a welcome difference in my previous CV to now and it shows because I used it to get a part-time…Continue Reading Week 4 -(15-22/10/11) Creative Entrepreneurship | CV Feedback | Interview Preparation | Research

week 3 (7th-14th Oct) – Designing with content- attempt 3

Third time lucky   Value of this part of the project: From the beginning of the week I didn’t know how to use Figma – I’ve now created 3 mock-ups of a site in a few weeks ( finding that silver lining).   I found it quite difficult to understand the properties of elements such…Continue Reading week 3 (7th-14th Oct) – Designing with content- attempt 3

week 3 ( 8th Oct- 15th) – Creative Entrepreneurship | Work Etiquette | Task

Etiquette in the workplace   Work Etiquette is the customary code of polite behavior expected by one to carry out in a work environment. This week we discussed work etiquette in the studio, in meetings, on the phone, and via email. A lot of what we discussed seemed like common knowledge but there were a…Continue Reading week 3 ( 8th Oct- 15th) – Creative Entrepreneurship | Work Etiquette | Task

week 3 (7th-14th Oct) – Designing with content – Feedback

Moving forward with feedback from the initial Portfolio Design   Feedback from my initial design was a huge help, as well as looking at my classmate’s work. Coming from an art background I find it difficult to minimise layout and usually oversaturate my work, as I try to fit everything instead of just what is…Continue Reading week 3 (7th-14th Oct) – Designing with content – Feedback

week 2 – (1st Oct-8th Oct) – Creative Entrepreneurship | CV Updates | Research

CV do’s and dont’s   Daniel enforced the importance of reaching out to placements, as well as tips like referencing their work in our blogs and discussing what you found interesting. It is important to be real in our representation of ourselves in our portfolio, as employers know we don’t know everything so we shouldn’t…Continue Reading week 2 – (1st Oct-8th Oct) – Creative Entrepreneurship | CV Updates | Research

week 2 : 30/9/-7/10/21 – Designing with content – Lo-fi to high res Portfolio Mockup

So let’s start with how the overall design process should  go : Lo-fi content wireframes   As previously mentioned in my blog I drew inspiration from Alex covens website portfolio structure. I found a few issues with usability and flow and wanted to improve upon the foundations of his site and reflect that in my…Continue Reading week 2 : 30/9/-7/10/21 – Designing with content – Lo-fi to high res Portfolio Mockup

Week 2 (30th Sep-7th Oct) Where does content come from? ( User stories) –

   Where does content come from ‘Information is data in context, and content is contextual data created for people.’   Content can be generated : from the client self-generated 3rd party user content Content Curation is sifting through vast amount of content and sorting it in a meaningful way. I will have to do this…Continue Reading Week 2 (30th Sep-7th Oct) Where does content come from? ( User stories) –

week1 (24th sep-1st oct) Creative Entrepreneurship | Overview | Research Ideal Work Placements

Creative Entrepreneurship A module introduction and breakdown concluded our first lecture, exploring creative entrepreneurship.  Skills we will cover are creating a cv, studio etiquette right through to pitching skills, and an investor pitch.   I was looking forward to updating and improving my CV, this will be a great help when applying for placement opportunities…Continue Reading week1 (24th sep-1st oct) Creative Entrepreneurship | Overview | Research Ideal Work Placements

week 1 : (23rd>30th September) – Designing with content

Portfolio research>content audit   Portfolio inspiration Researching portfolio websites gave me a good starting point in terms of what to do and not to do for my own site. As there are time constraints keeping it simple but functional is key. Below are a few sites I looked at along with what did/didn’t appeal to…Continue Reading week 1 : (23rd>30th September) – Designing with content