Upper Sixth A-level Media Studies student Josie Reiss completed work experience at Brawl Agency in Kirkstall over the half term after attending a media careers talk last academic year.
Josie said 'Over the October holidays I completed a week of work experience at Brawl Agency, a creative marketing agency based in Kirkstall, following their talk at Notre Dame where I chased up about a work experience placement with their copywriter Iasmina. I spent the week with the creative team, which consisted of the copywriters and designers, however I talked with each of the teams at Brawl (3d and 2d design, edit, accounts etc) throughout the week regarding their roles at the agency and client projects they have worked on, including adverts for Audible, Apple, Johnstone's, Johnson & Johnson MedTech, LNER and many others, as well as some of the opportunities they've had when working with these brands, such as going to America to film conventions for them to eventually make content with. My task for the week was to create a social media marketing campaign/ pitch for Johnstone's paint, which included competitor research, target audience / market research, mood boards, content ideas and mock-ups of content using Photoshop and Illustrator, which I had the opportunity to pitch to the Head of Marketing and other team members at Johnstone's when they came into the agency for a meeting. They took notes of my ideas and discussed how they could implement them in their marketing, with them even posting a stock image version of one of my mock-ups the next day. It was a valuable experience providing me with knowledge of a range of marketing roles and how campaigns are created and pitched, and a reference for future jobs.'
Brawl's Content Creative Lead Lasmina said of the experience 'Josie was extremely keen to learn. She did brilliantly with research, taking into consideration key markets and target audiences within marketing, and then produced her own work for social media using the Adobe Suite alongside the help of our Graphic Designer. She presented her ideas and developed her skills each day - a real passion for marketing and design was clear. The biggest well done from Brawl!'
If you are a student at Notre Dame and would like help in finding work experience, please get in touch with our Careers Department here, or visit their office next to the Canteen.
If you would like to find out more about our A-level Media Studies course, please find more information here.
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