Preparation for Job applications and more branding!!!

This week past week has been a big confidence boost for my practice and with another long weekend, I decided to put a lot of effort into branding and creating a creative cv ready to start sending to theatre companies in the next couple of weeks.

Business cards

I am aware that much emphasis is put on business cards for making a good and lasting first impression. I didn't want to overcomplicate it and make something garish but at the same time i didn't want it to be dull and forgettable. Therefore i strategised a colour palette that reflect on the colours that appear in my work: Blue, orange, pink and green. Each of these has a complimentary image on the alternate side. I chose a mixture of both papercut and drawn elements of practice that I can pick and choose which ones will appropriate for certain people.

This colour scheme is also being applied to all other examples of my promotional material to keep a consistency going to make my brand recognisable among the many. This too will be applied to my CV. This I have made very simple, using colour as a main feature to make it stand out in a pile of applications. 

Over the weekend I discovered the perfect opportunity for my early career- a Marketing and Producing 6 month internship with Bristol based Theatre company Cirque Bijou. The application states that it only requires a CV and a covering letter, therefore I want my CV to be as punchy and something that truly represents me as a creative person. The company will undoubtedly be getting applications from a wide variety of people with different skills. However, this opportunity as Gina Cross pointed out that I can use to my advantages.

http://www.cirquebijou.co.uk/latest-news/news/we-are-recruiting.html

Stickers

For my pick 'n' mix packets I wanted to do something a little different and get coloured logo stickers to make them obvious as promotional product rather than something just selling sweets.