Level 3 Diploma in Creative Media Production and TechnologyPrint, Radio and TV

Creative Writing and Journalism Year 2

Unit 11:‘Employability Portfolio’

Unit 11 Preparing for Progression in Creative Media Production

Assessor names: Alma Kopric, Celia Rumbly, Greg Lawrence

Start date of the project: Week 2nd March 2020Deadline date: Friday 22nd May 2020Duration of the project: 11 weeks

PROJECT:‘Employability Portfolio’

Aim and Purpose:

The aim and purpose of unit 11 is to provide you with an opportunity to develop a focused understanding of the requirements of industry when applying of a role. This unit will essentially prepare you for the working world in the media industry.

Scenario:

When applying for jobs, often a CV, letter or show reel is the first contact that you will have with a potential employer. It is your opportunity to highlight your skills and personality. Through this unit, you will have the opportunity to create a website that will showcase an engaging CV, examples of the best work you have produced on the course and various other assets that will attract potential employers and help you stand out with your application for the specific job.

Task description:

Promotional WebsiteCreate an engaging website that promotes your skills and showcases your work. Use any online website tool creator such as www.wix.com.

Research other websites in a similar industry to influence and support your own site for example: http://willstrauss.co.uk/cv/https://rachelspencerwrites.com/

Structure: consider how you are going to structure your website i.e. primary navigational tabs. When a potential employer lands on your home page how will you structure the visual journey? How will you organize your content?Content: use your understanding of promotional skills to showcase your work. For example are you going to link your site to social media? Are you going to create a Vimeo account or a YouTube Channel to promote your movies? You could create a poster that contains a short story or poem to make it more engaging.Visual: the colors, fonts and images that you choose should be aimed at your target audience.

Promotional CV

Create an engaging single sided, A4, portrait CV aimed at a potential employer that can be emailed or downloaded from your website. Use Adobe Illustrator to create infographics and layout the CV using Adobe InDesign. Research: evaluate other effective CVs. What influences can you use?

Content: consider what key skills you could include, such as work experience and software skills.

Visual: the colors, fonts and images that you choose should be aimed at your target audience.

Contact: use your website address (see above) as a tool to gather further information about your skills and work. Export the final CV as a pdf.

This is the checklist of the tasks that you are required to complete in order to achieve unit 11

TASK Unit 11 criteria

1. Fully updated ‘My career action plan’ document

2. Conduct Myers Briggs personality questionnaire and evaluate results

https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

3. Evidence of UCAS statement and courses you have applied for

4. A gap year plan (if not going to university)

1.1 and 1.2

5. Exploring job roles in media industry – progression root required for the job

6. Explore Internship and Apprenticeship opportunities (if not going to university)

2. 2.1 and 2.2

7. A website 8. Creative CV9. Show reel or portfolio of your best work

3.3.1

10.Work experience opportunities (list of all work experience or work related opportunities you have been involved in while in college). Provide images form your work experience, feedback from employer and any example of the work you have done while doing your work experience.

1.1 and 1.2

Unit 11 Preparing for Progression in Creative Media Production

Learning outcome: The student will:

Assessment criteria: The student can:

LO1: Understand progression routes and related application process

1.1 Critically evaluate own, strengths and ambitions to support own development and meet identified goals 1.2. Use knowledge and understanding of progression routes to make applications within creative media production higher education or related employment.

LO2. Understand communication, skills and knowledge for progression routes.

2.1 Critically evaluate a range of communications skills and knowledge required to make application to progression routes within a creative Media Production2.2 Use a range of communication skills and knowledge to support own progression goals.

LO2. Be able to use promotion and presentation skills and knowledge to make applications for future study and work

3.1 Use knowledge and understanding of promotion and presentation skills to support own development and meet identified goals