Jonathan Smith - Glue Marketing

Jonathan Smith came in today to talk to us about business and getting jobs after we graduate, some of the main things that i picked up on while he was talking were these :

• Design yourself a creative CV and when appropriate add personality rather than just the dry facts and figures.
• Always carry a portfolio with you, weather this is on CD or USB or paper based, just something that you can easily pass on to someone if the chance comes about.
• If there are any part time courses to develop your skills then this is great to put on you CV and any extra skills or qualifications will separate you from the rest.
• Find out a bit about the company you are applying for a job at, why do you like them, why do you want to work for them and why are you appropriate to their team.
• Networking is essential, attend Creative Networks and get your name out there and start talking to the right people.
• Sign up to 'LinkedIn' as this is a site for networking online with other professionals, have all CV uploaded and a small portfolio so people can look through your work.
• Think about freelance, the best time to set up a business is now. Getting the right group of people together that compliment each other. You have nothing to loose right now so do it.

So far i have signed up to LinkedIn as this was also mentioned by John Watters, so if you want to see my profile go here.
Im also part of the Creative Networks team so i go to these networking events as staff but i have done a bit if networking aswell.


When john came in he also set us a quick brief to design a corporate flyer for 'The Loft Leeds' and a creative Christmas card. He gave us about an hour and a half to come up with something for the flyer and it was interesting working so quick but i managed to get an idea quick and developed it a little before showing him.

Here is my first attempts (and keep in mind that i hadn't mastered Illustrator CS5 at this point)

Over the weekend we had change to finish this up and to design the christmas card but the main thing was not to spend ages on this. He wants to see what we can do with a quick turn over so i gave it my best shot and even though they are not the best designs i could have done they are DONE which is the important thing. As Fred says "its not what you can do, its what you can do to the deadline".

So here are the final designs that were sent of to John.

The flyer

The Christmas card