Clare graduated from the course in 2009 and completed work placements at two magazines. She then assisted a freelance stylist for over a year working on shoots for advertising campaigns, TV and magazines.
Clare is now Acting Deputy Fashion Editor at Take a Break magazine.
Getting into creative teams is hard work. A big decision.
Over the next 6 months our 2nd Years have just that decision to make.
But the problem is not so much 'Who is the right person for me', it is more 'What do I actually want'?
The trick is to avoid letting the problem (getting into a team) define the solution.
So, each year, we run a wonderful event called 'Creative Speed Dating' where our 2nd Years do a little bit of soul searching, working out what they really want from a their budding relationship before it gets started and, hopefully, avoid an early divorce.
Armed with a few neat questions and a slightly clearer view on their 'perfect partner' the dates begin!
In Creative Speed Dating 40 people each have 2 minutes with one another to 'test their compatibility'.
Do they share ambitions? Could they spend all day every day working together? Can they be totally honest with each other?
The idea is not to commit there and then but to get their heads clearer and ask better questions.
Let's call it creative flirting.
And whilst we are still awaiting the first CA wedding, this type of event definitely helps to make better quality teams.
Last Thursday saw the Level 2 University of Lincoln Creative Advertising students take part in the legendary Superbrief Day.
Superbrief Day involves the students being set a brief and working on it for just one hour; the solutions being critiqued and then immediately having another brief following the same timescale. This pattern carries on all day with only a short break for lunch.
By the end of the day the students (and staff!) feel a little frazzled but they also get used to coming up with ideas very quickly as well as learning how to focus on the most important aspects of a brief.
Although incredibly demanding, this year's Level 2 Superbrief Day was a resounding success with the students, who could clearly see the benefits of working in such a focused and rapid way.
'So what you're saying is...' Speed is of the essenceHere comes the third brief of the day...Life in the fast lane
Callie Smith is a copywriter who graduated from the Creative Advertising programme in 2008 and has spent the last two and a half years at Tribal Resourcing. In that time Callie has won nine (!!) industry awards. Impressive, eh?
Here are a few of Callie's ads together with an awards night photo:-
Continuing our ongoing feature of graduate updates, creative team Jenna Thomas and Emma Brown who graduated last year, are currently working at
Profero. You can see the team's portfolio
here.
Creative team Neil Ritson and Stefan van Zoggel (aka RvZ) graduated from Lincoln's Creative Advertising programme in 2010 and have completed placements at some VERY impressive advertising agencies.
To date, they've worked at Dye Holloway Murray; Publicis; Karmarama; Mother and Lean Mean Fighting Machine. Saatchi & Saatchi and JWT are also keen to get them in to their agencies in the very near future.
You can see their work on their website:
http://www.ritsonvanzoggel.com/