An article by Casper Jensen

At the age of 30 I went back to design school. After 10 years in every corner within the design industry I found myself looking for a new challenge, a new way to tell a story. This was one year ago and every day just reminds me that I need to keep learning.

My career for starters was in digital design as an in-house employee the day after my last exam as a multimedia designer in 2008.

School taught me the basics but it never made it clear on what I wanted to do. One thing had always been clear to me though; to design things that people would somehow interact with was fun and exiting.

Spending the first 1 1/2 year as a in web- and digital design as a junior designer toughened my skin in working directly with a board of decision makers. My first job…

Interview af Casper Jensen

Et match imellem — Cecilia Mark

Hvert år modtager bureauer og virksomheder et stort antal praktikansøgninger, hvor kun få er heldige at være det rigtige match. Hemmeligheden bag et match har helt sikkert flere aspekter og vinkler. I denne artikelserie udforsker jeg, hvordan man bedst muligt kan se, om man er et match og potentielt komme i betragtning fra bureauernes side. Hvad man som studerende skal gøre for at komme i betragtning, er det, vi forsøger at sætte ord på.

I den første artikel tager vi udgangspunkt i en studerendes erfaringer fra DMJX, som i år er i praktik i det københavnske broderejet bureau Ferdio.

Cecilia Mark går på 5. semester på linjen Interaktivt Design. Hun har tidligere erfaring fra arbejde i bureauverdenen, og hun søgte ind på Interaktivt Design med henblik på at dygtiggøre sig inden for animation, grafisk design og storytelling. Hun har et bredt interessefelt inden for illustration, digitalt- og analogt design samt konceptudvikling. …

I’ve been searching high and low for a place to put my skills. It has been a struggle to find the words to describe what I’m really capable of for for making that change for the company.

In most cases an employer states a lot of wishes when writing a job posting, and that typically is a wish list of what could be the potential persona for their next employee – but not necessarily the right candidate for their needs.

If you feel that you fit the description in the job posting, research the company’s current situation and company culture. Find these online on their website and on social media like LinkedIn. If you do not find what you are looking for, give the right person in the company a call and ask them the right questions.

What I recommend you is now take your newfound information and target the company’s problem and how you will help them find a solution.

Show them it now rather than later. You will be able to further explain this in the hi interview.