Module Brief

Summative Assessment Tasks
Both Summative Assessment 001 & 002 as a whole form 100% of the overall grade for the module.

1. Presentation Assessment  - Final Presentation. 

Give a 10-minute presentation, based on research into two alternative career paths in the Animation or Games Industries or associated careers within other related Creative Industries. This presentation must:

• be a comparative evaluation of these two chosen career options
• include interviews with people in those careers

Week 9 26/11/19

Presentation Assessment 2.15 pm Room JLG014 (Jenny Lind)

2. Summative Assessment 001 - You are to create a body of work that includes:

• Professional CV
• Covering Letter addressed to an existing company
• Report outlining your career aims as a five-year plan 
• Presentation Materials including research and questionnaire results.

A Link to your Blog containing the above items, including research and references, should be submitted via BlackBoard.

The assessment deadline for these items is Friday 20/12/19.

Professional CV and Covering Letter are for most parts the first formal contact you will have with your potential employers. It is therefore important to get this process right. Having a correct template of information often helps with this process. However, researching the company and the employer often pays much higher dividends. Understanding the company, their aims, aspirations, and projects it has been involved in, and knowing as much as you can about the key people involved is essential in formulating a successful CV and covering letter. The above sets of information will aid you to re-craft your CV to bring forth the key skills a particular employer will be looking for. Knowing the company and its people will also aid in writing a bespoke Covering Letter highlighting why you are the right candidate for the position.

Therefore, you are to research into drafting CVs and writing covering letters before attempting to write your own. When writing a covering letter it is expected that the letter is addressed to a real person within an existing organisation. This letter can be an application for an existing job or a speculative letter enquiring about the possibility of work or a placement or work experience. 

Ident and Logos are to be submitted through their use on your CV and Covering Letter as letterheads. While some of you will find this process at this stage of career a little unnecessary, the processes involved are important in learning about self-promotion and personal branding by creating a clear and coherent visual identity. You do not have to personally engage with the design of your branding and could ask a graphic design student to design it for you. However, if you engage a designer you are responsible for directing the designer and you would be expected to set a brief before either producing the graphics yourself or farming it out to a third person. 

Five Year Plan or Career Plan: This should include the following elements:

• Current Situation
• Ideal Situation
• Steps to Success
• Skills Audit - beginner, intermediate, advanced
• SWOT - Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

The process of researching possible career paths and interviewing industry professionals will be extremely beneficial when it comes to creating your 5 Year Plan. The plan should include short and long-term goals and even include your aims for semester 2. 

Remember the 5 Year Plan is your Career Plan and is your route map to getting the career you want!

Also...

http://creativeskillset.org/ is particularly useful when thinking about writing your 5 year plan especially the real life stories section http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/real_life_stories