Placement

After taking it into my own hands I decided that I wanted to do a placement at a company called Imprint as I thought it would be a great opportunity to see what goes on not only with the designing side of things but what happens to the designs once theyre done. Where do they go? What happens to them next?... I sent a Cv into Imprint along with a letter asking if I was able to do a one week placement. I had a phonecall the next day from one of their Mac Operators asking if I could go in for a casual chat to see what it was I wanted my placement for... I started my placement the next day for one week. In that week I learned all sorts of different things from what work went into being a Mac operator to having a go myself. I had a tour of the whole factory and was given 30minutes on each machine with someone showing me what they did. There was machines from lasor cutters to uv printers all of which were very usefull to watch. I was able to see the design in digital form on the mac and then able to follow where it went after that. Mac to printer to folder, glue machine, laminator to dispatch/packing. After my one week placement was over I was asked to do another 4 weeks at Imprint which I was more than happy to do. In that time I spent a day in Dispatch packing the finished products ready for shipping. Even though Dispatch was nothing to do with design I really enjoyed it although it was hard work. After having all of this experience and more I designed my own poster for the company and was able to follow that thoughout the whole process. I dont have a copy of that poster unfortunately. Being down at Imprint gave me an insight of not only the design side of things but what process they go thorugh after that. This will help me alot throughout my design path im going down right now... I had a meeting at the end of my placement and I was told that I had done a great job and if a job came up for a Mac operator that I'd be first in line. Overall I am happy that I done the placement eventhough I was so nervous and didnt know what to expect. I loved every minute of it.