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last month I decided to reach out to Viktoria to better inform my decisions for job and internship hunting. I’m currently looking into production roles, given my broad experience of sculpture, prop making, stop-mo and 2d animation. I think I’m the kind of person who loves to be involved and working with a team.

Victoria got a Production Assistant job at THE LINE – an animation studio I would absolutely love to work with (if it wasn’t already obvious from my previous research).

I’ll be looking to reach out to more individuals once it’s less stressful.

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Yesterday I attended a webinar organised by Careers & Employability at UAL, presented by Patricia van den Akker from The Design Trust.

The presentation was mostly about selling to trade shows, which h might not be as relevant to animation artists – however, having looked at THE LINE Animation Studio, there’s often more than one application to animation. And what’s there to stop us from making our own merch inspired by our own animations? Perhaps someone who likes a t-shirt will find our animation work? I think it’s definitely something I could take advantage of – and with my background in mould making and casting, I can see myself mixing those skills together.

Also, Patricia did talk a lot about marketing yourself – and I think that applies to all creatives whether you’re selling a service or a product 🙂

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After completing a short film for LIAF and reading Levy’s book I decided to reach out to the LIAF team to see whether I could volunteer. I couldn’t find anything on their website or Social Media, so I emailed, not sure if they even remembered me from last year.

Turns out they did! Mandy quickly set up an online meeting so we could talk about expectations and perks, and general organisation. And… They were also looking for a Social Media Assistant! Reaching out definitely paid off and I’m super excited to work with the LIAF team!

I’ll definitely post an update in late November, once I’ve attended the Festival.

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Having started to look into internships, some of them require cover letters.
I have contacted my mentor for advice, as well as done additional research. Ellie particularly recommended advice from Thinking Animation, which I found helpful. I also looked into career resources from a number of discord servers I’m a part of.

To save myself time in the future, I decided to write a draft cover letter that I could alter depending on the company and the position I was applying for. It makes future applications a lot less daunting and I’m glad I spent some time doing that.

Future me will definitely thank me.

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In July I attended 3 different webinars focusing on starting your own brand. 2 of those were organised by UAL, while the other one was organised by roundhouse.

A lot of advice centres around DO NOT WAIT and GET OUT THERE.

Leila talked about the importance of smaller companies – many people have dreams of working for giant companies (Disney, Pixar…) while it might be easier and even more beneficial to look at small studios.

Gavin stressed the importance of just doing the project you want to do, rather than waiting for an opportunity to come to do it.

I’m glad I took part in these webinars, as they opened my eyes to different avenues nd different approaches to personal creative work.