Placement Evaluation

The skills that I learnt over the three days were incredible. I am a huge Adobe fan, but unless you play around with their software for a while (or go to classes to learn how to use it) then it can be quite difficult to figure out. I made sure to listen very carefully to them all, and I feel that while I don’t exactly how to use all of the programs, I do have a bit of a heads up.

I also learnt how an advertising agency runs – and it was completely different to my expectations!

The type of computer they all used were Macs, which was hard at first, because I’ve only used Macs once or twice before. It was a little bit hard adjusting to the different keyboard, too. Since I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts (alt-tab, ctrl+c, etc) I found myself opening the wrong programs, or even closing things I was working on.

I also received very positive feedback from Mark Wilson, and upon handing me my evaluation sheet told me I owed him a beer for all the nice things he said!
I also received a lot of valuable knowledge about what it takes to get into the advertising industry. This experience really opened my eyes to something that I had never considered before. Friends and family members often told me I should go into advertising and graphic arts, but until I performed work experience I had never wanted to get into that industry.

Now that the work experience is complete, I am wondering what I should do next year at uni. I thought I was pretty set on doing an arts degree in English and history, but the experience at Wisdom was fascinating, and really gave me a new perspective.
I learnt a lot at Wisdom – from what a vector is, to what are the best programs to use for what activity. I was somewhat surprised (but not really...) that they only used adobe products, which was a relief, because my programs are mostly adobe. It reinforced in me that Adobe make reputable products that can be used for many multimedia reasons.

I also learnt that Mark Wilson is a little bit afraid of my dad.