Internship no. 2
So after my summer internship with Christina, I opted to do another one simply because it was an enjoyable way to gain experience, but to also not fully commit to a position that I may perhaps regret six months down the line or something like that so I continued searching for them. The main websites I used to search for these internships were indeed, gumtree, internwise and a host of other ones, the list is fairly long for me to write every single one, these were the core sites I used.
After applying for another batch of (I'm sure it must be mid double figures) internship positions, I got an interview from a company called the orderbox they were offering a Graphic Design internship that specialized in print, web and branding. Branding and print being the main areas I wanted to focus on and develop my skill set.
I was able to get the Graphic Design internship, however the woman who hired me Halima Ali, insisted that I should work from home for the first month, to see how I coped with briefs on my own. You see during my interview as I was showing her my portfolio and she picked on the pieces of work that were group work, (there were only three pieces of group work the other five were all my own). I was really proud of those pieces of work so I was not gonna not include them, but anyways she wanted me to prove that I can work on my own, so arranged for me to work from home for the first month. I was a bit apprehensive of the whole arrangement when she mentioned it, but I assured myself to go in with the right attitude, for it to hopefully be a similar experience to my previous internship with Christina.
So I started the the internship from home in September, Halima and myself stayed in contact via Skype and phone calls on a day to day basis (or at least she tried). She gave me the brief via an email, the brief was to create a slogan and logo for a company called Big Money Clothing as they were looking to re-brand and reach out to a bigger audience. I had done the initial research as Halima had asked me to do and then began coming up with ideas and designs. I sent her my first draft of ideas for the logo and slogan and she gave me feedback on how to improve but... This is where it all went wrong.
A few days had gone by and I had made the improvements that Halima had requested, so I sent them to her to review and to then get back to me once she received it. This is where the problem occurred with this internship. I informed her several times to let her know that I had made the amendments to the designs (by this time we were in October) but their was still no response and once she didn't respond to my emails, or Skype messages I decided to call her instead. But it seems every time I called and got through she would state "David, now isn't a good time, I'll call you back later". The only thing is later never came and it would be a couple of weeks before I eventually heard from her without me initiating contact.
When she did finally get through to me several weeks later, (although it was her assistant) she had decided to terminate the internship contract, for the reason that I supposedly didn't get the brief, that arguably may be true, however at the same time I was always trying to reach out to her whenever I didn't understand something or just wanted to ask questions about the brief (as it wasn't very concise), it's just I kept receiving the same response... "David, now isn't a good time, I'll call you back later" but to stress again she never did. Overall I was left fairly disappointed with the outcome of this internship, I did try to make a go of things because of how much I enjoyed my previous one, I wanted that same feeling to resonate for this position, however this certainly wasn't the same kind of experience I regret to say.
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