BA Media and Communications – Coventry University
As part of my 201MAPA Portfolio Plan project, I have been enquiring about potential placements within the public relations industry as this is a field which I am interested in starting a career in and therefore would benefit from work experience. As of right now, I have not been able to undertake any actual placements […]
For my lecture on culture jams, we were tasked with creating our own relevant culture jam. During the US election, the world waited for Nevada’s results to come in to decide Joe Biden’s victory in the polls. The wait was a recurring joke online as people waited for nearly a week for one state’s votes. […]
When updating my CV for applying to a media role, there were a few steps that I took to make sure I was specialising this CV to this industry. First of all, I altered the design of the page. This change is not necessary, however I felt that it would make my CV stand out […]
Skills Audit: I completed a skills audit in order to assess my level of skill in different areas, and to be critical on my own abilities and weaknesses. This personal insight will be crucial to my development as a media professional as it will allow me to become more demanding of myself and therefore push […]
As part of this module, further engagement with the professional media landscape was important in order to gain more insight into future career prospects as well as to allow me to progress further into my eventual goal of becoming a media professional. As part of this further engagement, I set up a LinkedIn account. The […]
As practice for an advertising project, I created a plan for a dating app called ‘Brand Dater’, focused around young people’s interests in casual streetwear fashion and using this to create an app which fits into a gap in the market. The name is a pun on Brand Data, as the app is based around […]
As part of an informative website building project, I interviewed WhistlePR account director Monira Matin in order to give viewers of the page an insight into what the PR industry is like from a PR professional themselves. Additionally, I spoke to Monira off-camera about placements at WhilstlePR and how I could acquire one of these. […]
Below is my 3 minute reflective video on my contribution to the 201MAPA group industry mapping report. This video includes a look at my personal contributions, my contributions as a member of a group, and also gives a reflection on areas that I fell I could improve upon.
As part of this module, I completed a SWOT Analysis in order to understand areas that I am confident in, as well as look at limitations to my work and how I could improve my skills to become stronger at areas which aren’t my best skills. This also allowed me to assess weaknesses of mine […]
As part of this module, I have created a network map of people that I could get in touch with to either help me develop skills or help me find work opportunities. I used 4 different areas (family, friends, education, and other) to display a wide range of my contacts. Some of these contacts are […]
