My Year OUt

Hi All,

I thought I would share what I have been up to over the last year. It has gone by so fast and can't believe we are going back to Uni already.

I started my first placement last August for The Health Protection, where I was designing PowerPoint presentations for my manager who is the Head of Department for the HPA. I also designed informational graphs and charts for their annual report and produced posters for conferences and meetings. This was a six-month placement that I really enjoyed.

My second placement was for Cosmopolitan Magazine, where I worked in the Editorial design team. This placement really helped me develop my InDesign skills as this is the software they use to design pages of the magazine. I produced a series of dummy spreads, which is great for my portfolio.

My final placement is with Dorling Kinderlsey, the book publishing company. I have been with the Science and Nature department for six months now and really do love working here. I have produced illustrations and spreads for live books that are coming out this autumn and am currently working on some new books that hope to be signed off for next year. I really feel like I am part of the team here and everyone is so friendly. This is a great place to work for a placement, would definitely recommend it to others. I have arranged to work one day a week whilst I am at Uni as I feel this would help me keep up the experience and keep in contact with people here.

See you all back at Uni, till them enjoy the rest of the summer!