Trade Fair 28/02

I joined Cliff and Alison at a Trade Fayre and business networking event on the 28/02 in Stoke on Trent, held at the M Club Hanley. It was an opportunity to meet other businesses that i couldnt miss so had to juggle my day around to accomadate both placement and university commitments- so i spent the morning at the Trade Fayre in Hanley, which meant me unavoidably missing the practioner talk of Giles Round. I then made it back to Birmingham in the afternoon for the London Trip presentations.

It proved to be an extremeley beneficial experiance as i had the opportunity to approach various businesses- mainly being graphic designers that i could talk to face to face about arranging placement work with them. Panda Press, a local printing company whom ive been eager to spend some hours shadowing were exhibitors at the event. I had already contacted them via email but was yet to recieve a reply, i spoke to Nigel Passmore (Sales Manager) at the fair and managed to organise some work experience with their Graphic Designer in April.

I was really happy with how the morning went and felt i gained a lot of knowledge and learnt various techniques about promoting and advertising yourself. I met a lot of contacts who have already proved useful to me. Cliff introduced me to Paul Warburton, as he owns Purpleeight- a Graphic Design company specialising in Web, Print, Design and Promotion. I enquired about some work experience with them and he was keen to accomadate me with a few days work placement, he gave me his business card so i shall email him soon to finalise details.

Cliff also explained some possible opportunities for me in the future, with aiding them in their business- depending on how my work placement goes. But this is very promising and is something im very excited about!

Alison also suggested accompanying her to the next Wedding shoot in April/May time, which i'm looking forward to as its a chance to see Alison in action. Cliff has also offered me a chance to join him the next time he has a Google tour shoot- this is something im particularly facinated in and i'd love to witness the process in action.