What skills are needed and how do you go about developing them?
What are your professional/creative aims and how do they relate to the needs of the world at large?
Of the 13 sectors I believe I could fit into more than just one. Currently I would say advertising, crafts and design are all suitable possibilities. When it comes to discussing what skills I need to be a successful designer one in particular strikes me as being the most important; adaptability. It seems to me that each client is different in what they want to communicate, their approach, their understanding and their needs from a designer. It is up to me to be able to have the ability to provide specialist skills that they perhaps do not have, but also skills that compliment their own. To be able to do this however, good communication between myself and a client is vital. From PPD sessions I have learnt to talk about my work and explain ideas but this will only become useful after gaining initial contact with potential clients. How to approach client's for work is something that I have not experienced and am quite apprehensive about.
Practical and conceptual skills are also very important. At the moment I feel more confident with conceptual thinking and identifying problems than I do with practical skills and image making. In particular, using software is something I have struggled with and am trying to learn in time outside of college. To develop these skills is just a case of practise and looking at pre-existing design to understand how to successfully communicate a message.
My professional and creative aims at the moment are not well established. I suppose my main aim is to become an adaptable designer, with the ability to work with a number of clients.
What are your professional/creative aims and how do they relate to the needs of the world at large?
Of the 13 sectors I believe I could fit into more than just one. Currently I would say advertising, crafts and design are all suitable possibilities. When it comes to discussing what skills I need to be a successful designer one in particular strikes me as being the most important; adaptability. It seems to me that each client is different in what they want to communicate, their approach, their understanding and their needs from a designer. It is up to me to be able to have the ability to provide specialist skills that they perhaps do not have, but also skills that compliment their own. To be able to do this however, good communication between myself and a client is vital. From PPD sessions I have learnt to talk about my work and explain ideas but this will only become useful after gaining initial contact with potential clients. How to approach client's for work is something that I have not experienced and am quite apprehensive about.
Practical and conceptual skills are also very important. At the moment I feel more confident with conceptual thinking and identifying problems than I do with practical skills and image making. In particular, using software is something I have struggled with and am trying to learn in time outside of college. To develop these skills is just a case of practise and looking at pre-existing design to understand how to successfully communicate a message.
My professional and creative aims at the moment are not well established. I suppose my main aim is to become an adaptable designer, with the ability to work with a number of clients.
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