Week 11- Intellectual Property This lecture was all about intellectual property and your rights to your work and things you produce. It is good to understand this in case you come into any bother and you know what your rights are. A lot of the information that was talked about was from the government’s website….Continue Reading Week 11- Intellectual Property
CV & Cover Letter
CV & Cover Letter This blog is where I will put inspiration, sketches, feedback, process and final design of both my Cv & Cover letter. Final CV: CV-Katie McWilliam 2 Final Cover Letter: Cover Letter- Katie McWilliam CV A CV is a concise, formal document that summarises your education, skills, qualifications and experience. It should…Continue Reading CV & Cover Letter
Week 10- Proof of Concept & Initial Research
Week 10- Proof of Concept & Initial Research This lecture was to help us create a solid idea for our digital product, by carrying out research including quantitative, qualitative, user research as well as carrying out a SWOT test. SWOT test What is it? A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning and management framework which…Continue Reading Week 10- Proof of Concept & Initial Research
Week 9- Pitching & Presenting
Week 9- Pitching & Presenting Today in class we had a lecture on pitching and presenting, this lecture is to help us for when we will be pitching our own digital product idea. The lecture was helpful and we got some good tips and tricks to help us present the best pitch possible to sell…Continue Reading Week 9- Pitching & Presenting
Week 8- Ideas
Week 8- Ideas In today’s class we were introduced to a new mini project. This project is to show our pitch and presentation skills. This pitch involves us pitching an idea to a new digital product. This digital product can be anything such as: A website Native application for a phone, watch or tablet etc…Continue Reading Week 8- Ideas
Week 7- Guest Lecture
Week 7- Guest Lecture Today we had a talk from a guest lecture, this was from Ronan Mckinless, he talked about things such as what its like to work in small company vs a larger one and what it is like working in the creative sector. He said that there is a tense relationship between…Continue Reading Week 7- Guest Lecture
Week 5-Cv Feedback & Proposal Reading
Week 5-Proposal Reading This class was feedback for our CVs and was introduced to the book ‘A Project Guide to UX Design’ by Russ Unger and Carolyn Chandler. CV Feedback Daniel gave us feedback on our CVs to ensure they are industry ready and are fit for its purpose. Creating these CVs will help…Continue Reading Week 5-Cv Feedback & Proposal Reading
Digital Product Pitch
Digital Product Pitch I have to pitch an idea for a new and exciting digital product. This can be anything from a website,web app, native application for phone or watch, an eBook, printed book, cards, physical product, packaging or game etc. I have free reign of what idea I am going to pitch and can…Continue Reading Digital Product Pitch
Week 3-Studio Etiquette
Week 3-Studio Etiquette In today’s lecture it was all about studio etiquette, things to not do or avoid in the workplace, and how to present yourself. Studio These are some of the main things to remember in the studio: Be on time Dress appropriately Be pleasant and enthusiastic Use headphones for music and at a…Continue Reading Week 3-Studio Etiquette
Week 2-Applying for a job
Week 2-Applying for a job In today’s lecture went over the basics for applying for a job, we covered CVs what to include in them, what not to include and why they are needed. As well as this we understood why a cover letter is important and how to write these to be tailored to…Continue Reading Week 2-Applying for a job