As this module was spread over such a large amount of time, and structured very differently to any other that we have undertaken, I found it very difficult to manage my time and plan it out as efficiently as I would have liked to, admittedly, mainly with the tasks, there was an air of “oh I have a lot of time before I hand that in” and I lacked somewhat in motivation.
I found each lecture very interesting and useful in it’s own way, but found it difficult to really get into it as it was mainly based on starting up a business of your own, either freelance or as a collaboration, whereas I am far more interested in working in an established business in the industry. However I learnt a lot about things that will be very useful in the future and the tasks themselves really got me thinking about my own work and life after the course and how I can progress in the industry to really capitalise on my talent and skills. There was no way we could have left the course and been fully successful without knowing the things which we learnt during this module. It really opened my eyes to issues such as costings and how much I may be able to make in the future (which was very exiting). I guess this was the module that really made me think about my career after the university bubble.
I was surprised to see how well our collaboration worked as a team. It was difficult at first to all be free at the same time as we are in separate rotations during the week and had jobs and placements which interfered with our schedule, however when we did come together we were productive and got it done.I am pleased with the result, especially with my work on the logo. I think it added to our presentation that we had designs for business cards and other visuals as it simply helped to show who we are/want to be as a company.
I think I played my role well within the collaboration, finding us a solicitor, accountant and insurance, as well as coming up with marketing strategies and working with the logo. It was a very interesting process and one which I haven’t worked with before. I guess you don’t think about this kind of module when you apply to art college!
If I could re-do the module I would definitely manage my time a lot better and do the tasks straight after the relevant module as it would be fresh in my mind and be a lot more beneficial on the whole.
