OUGD603 - End of Module Evaluation

Overall, I have really enjoyed this module and believe it has taught me the essential skills needed for a career in the creative industries.

During the early stages of the module, I found it quite difficult to adapt to working on multiple briefs at once. I found it quite hard to balance different projects at the same time and jumping from one project to another was quite confusing at times. Contrastingly, especially during the later stages, sometimes I found it nice to be able to switch to a completely different project as it felt like a breath of fresh air after focusing on one specific brief for a while. On certain weeks where I felt as though my ideas were drying up or I was having a mental block, it was nice to have the freedom to switch to a completely separate project and ‘refresh’ my creative mind as such.

I also found time management quite hard at times, especially when certain projects ran over the planned/estimated length of time. Sometimes I felt as though as I misjudged how long it would take to do things – some tasks took almost double the time I expected, whereas others only took half the time I had planned them to take. In that sense, this module has helped me get to know just how long certain things can take, which is valuable knowledge I can take into my professional career.

I really enjoyed the freedom of being able to choose my own briefs. This allowed me to really stay interested and passionate about the things I was doing, as it each project catered to my own areas of interests. As my main interest is branding and packaging, it was great to be able to either seek out briefs or make up my own in order to create the best, most engaging work I could.

Having such a busy, packed schedule over the course of this module has taught me a lot about how to handle multiple projects within an industry setting. It has made me better able to cope with tight deadlines and difficult briefs, and I certainly feel more confident in myself in terms of going into the professional world and knowing how to handle my workload.