I've just come
back from a portfolio visit at Elygra Marketing Services in Chester. It’s worth
mentioning that these were my employers before choosing to start my degree and
it was the work I did whilst working there that put me on the path of
illustration and in particular character design.
Since recently
moving back to the Wrexham area I was keen to show my face again and show them
how my work had progressed and also to see if they could throw some work my
way. Whilst working for them I was heavily involved in marketing campaigns for
many local authorities up and down the country helping to make children aware
of the importance of healthy eating. This involved designing characters, game
packs, comics, canteen branding, themed events and any other promotional
material the schools required to market their healthy school dinner menus.
I met with
company director Andy Argyle and head designer Dan Parsons. I talked them
through some of the projects I’d been involved with at Uni and some of the
software I’d been using and they were interested to hear about the animations I
had done. Overall they were really impressed with the professionalism of my
portfolio and the quality of work inside. I knew they already had an
illustrator on their books, which they used occasionally and I didn’t want to
step on anyone’s toes, but they said they thought my work looked more current
so I thought it wouldn’t hurt to leave my card with them.
As they’re a marketing company they offered me some great tips
on marketing myself and said business cards were great, but I should make some
flyers and postcards with my work on that people can pick up and take at shows
or events. They were also big fans of email flyers as a means of sending
samples of work.
It was great to start networking in my local area once again
and I look forward to the possibility of working with them in the near
future.
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