When I left the interview I felt so happy with how it had gone that I couldn't stop smiling to myself. I had already told myself that no matter the outcome, I was happy with the answers I had given. I took along some work from second year, which included the brand handbook, intercultural strategic report, event invitation and typography poster and they were so impressed with the work. I was satisfied with their reactions - in particular with Eilidh's, who also did FCP at Huddersfield, because she has a good understanding of the standard of work I have produced this year. Just six hours after leaving the HQ, I got an email to say that they would like to progress me to the next stage of the interview process. While that would typically have involved me paying another visit to the HQ, they understood that I was actually beginning a four week placement with Fabulous Magazine in London and wouldn't be able to make it and so set me a task to complete within the week.
The task was centred around Forever Unique's new U Collection and involved creating a brief consumer profile of the target market, a marketing comparison of the collection, suggestions of suitable influencers/bloggers, styling six selected pieces and finally, creating two GIFs for use on social media. Being set the task was a bit of a shock because the next time I expected to hear from Eilidh would be to accept me onto the team or reject me so I was a little bit frazzled to say the least at the prospect of managing this assignment along with finding a place to live and getting organised to begin my placement with Fabulous Magazine on Monday 15th May. It meant that I had to sacrifice some end of year celebrations and time with friends on my final day of second year to spend my day in the library straight after the Critical Journal presentations were over. I know I've made a lot of sacrifices this year to put my uni work first and it has always paid off in my final grades so I can only hope it pays off this time too.
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