TALKING LOUD - One
Philip Slade, Director of Strategy at Jaywing
Within our first lecture program, Talking Loud, we had the director of strategy at Jaywing come to introduce to us the basics of working in the industry - giving us tips and sharing with us his own personal experience.
Philip Slade came from an industrial design background before finding himself working within branding, This began for him by working with 'Smash Hits Magazine' as their Graphic Designer - when this soon ended he had already created connections within the industry and soon after found himself working for Saachi & Saachi Advertising and creative agency.
In the talk, Philip Slade shared 10 tips/word of advice based on his experience starting off and actively working within the industry the first being, push your way in, he explained that now there are more opportunities than ever in the past to work freely and creatively. That there is a competitive aspect within the creative industry, therefore, make yourself known and put yourself out there.
2. London is a city-state, although it isn't necessarily important to live in London in order to be successful, Slade explained that we are lucky to have a city know as the 'golden city' for the industry, it is the city where the fashion is constantly evolving and in a fast pace and always job opportunities and high demand to work in the creative field.
3. Take every opportunity, as it is then our choice and our decision on what we do with the opportunity. He explained that even if we choose not to carry on with whatever it is, we still then create more connections and links with people in the industry.
4. It's not the brief, it's your attitude, this was kind of a reminder for us on how to tackle this year, as our attitude and effort towards the course and brief will ultimately reflect on our outcome.
5. Not everyone plays nice, It was explained like any other industry, it's challenging and competitive, in some cases people often do what they can in order to benefit themselves (not necessarily all the time, however, it can happen). A case that Philip Slade told us was something that affected him and the company he worked for directly - the Sharon Bridgewater case.
6. Create your own, to create your own brand for yourself if you are ever unhappy about where you are now, being in the creative scene allows for freedom to work for yourself.
7. Collaborate - this point reiterates the previous one to take every opportunity as collaborations mean broadening your connections within the industry.
8. You might (not) get rich, we were reminded the reality of working within the creative industry in terms of finance, as this career path is something thats built up and can often be seen as chance and hard work that is reflected within salary as a lot of it is self-employment.
9. Broaden your experience, Philip Slade spoke about experimenting within the creative field as it shows that you are experimental and willing to try new things, as well as to 'do other things' and help build up your CV and professional portfolio.
The final word of advice/point within his lecture was to Take time to be you. As that allows you to be your best creative self.
Within this entire lecture, Philip Slade spoke about the importance of being self-aware going into the creative industry, the pointers that he gave were really engaging and food for thought as he spoke about trying new things and the reality of working in such fast pace, broad industry.
2. London is a city-state, although it isn't necessarily important to live in London in order to be successful, Slade explained that we are lucky to have a city know as the 'golden city' for the industry, it is the city where the fashion is constantly evolving and in a fast pace and always job opportunities and high demand to work in the creative field.
3. Take every opportunity, as it is then our choice and our decision on what we do with the opportunity. He explained that even if we choose not to carry on with whatever it is, we still then create more connections and links with people in the industry.
4. It's not the brief, it's your attitude, this was kind of a reminder for us on how to tackle this year, as our attitude and effort towards the course and brief will ultimately reflect on our outcome.
5. Not everyone plays nice, It was explained like any other industry, it's challenging and competitive, in some cases people often do what they can in order to benefit themselves (not necessarily all the time, however, it can happen). A case that Philip Slade told us was something that affected him and the company he worked for directly - the Sharon Bridgewater case.
6. Create your own, to create your own brand for yourself if you are ever unhappy about where you are now, being in the creative scene allows for freedom to work for yourself.
7. Collaborate - this point reiterates the previous one to take every opportunity as collaborations mean broadening your connections within the industry.
8. You might (not) get rich, we were reminded the reality of working within the creative industry in terms of finance, as this career path is something thats built up and can often be seen as chance and hard work that is reflected within salary as a lot of it is self-employment.
9. Broaden your experience, Philip Slade spoke about experimenting within the creative field as it shows that you are experimental and willing to try new things, as well as to 'do other things' and help build up your CV and professional portfolio.
The final word of advice/point within his lecture was to Take time to be you. As that allows you to be your best creative self.
Within this entire lecture, Philip Slade spoke about the importance of being self-aware going into the creative industry, the pointers that he gave were really engaging and food for thought as he spoke about trying new things and the reality of working in such fast pace, broad industry.
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