Shellsuit Zombie

This past week, as a group we made a visit to London for a better understanding of what a different city is like for a job in the design industry and evaluating our options on the possibility of working in other areas besides Manchester. We all travelled down separately but met together in a local bar for a fun presentation by Shellsuit Zombie. Shellsuit Zombie are a group of designers who talk about the next steps when graduating and getting a job in the industry. The talk was fun and included quizzes, speakers corners, creative face-offs, live speed-briefing plus a few more activities. The talkers also explained the different routes when graduating and getting a job. One particular talker, James Fletcher, laughed along that it took six months to get a job. He said that he was offered a number of roles by a number of design agencies but turned them down due to himself feeling uncomfortable within the workspace, location and atmosphere.

Jonny Birch and Rob Butcher talked about studying a certain area in design when and when leaving university, don't count the possibilities of getting a job in another field like advertising. Elle Offord had worked in France for six months after graduating and I thought this was interesting as I still think about moving to New York or Scotland. After the event, we all had the chance to have a drink and ask a few questions we felt were important regarding the next few months. Besides fellow class mates, my tutors Ian and James also made the trip and it was great to talk with them outside the class room.