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  • Workin’ 9 to 5 to make a livin… and every other minute on your startup

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | So many graduates and well established professionals are thinking about building portfolio careers, and this article provides some excellent advice. Portfolio careers are an ideal way of maintaining a regular income, keeping your CV and employment current as well as developing a career/business that you are passionate about, and…

  • The #1 Tip for Writing a Compelling, Makes-People-Want-to-Share-it Blog Post

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | Many of my students are now starting to see and understand the benefits of creating a blog, and how it can add value to their personal brand, as well as reaching out to a large audience. One of their concerns are the time investment in running a blog. Personally,…

  • What’s the secret of career happiness?

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | I am a great believer in reflecting on ‘you’, & your strengths – and that means thinking about your skill set, and your personality when you make a start on your job search. It’s not just about scrolling through lots of vacancies and applying, it is about asking yourself…

  • How Pixar’s 22 rules of story help you write engaging client case studies

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | At Fullback and Friends we are huge Pixar fans, for their design work and storytelling, and this is an excellent article to help introducing Pixar in the business world.  How fun is working going to be now when you start working on your client story boards. http://www.creativeboom.co.uk/tips/how-pixars-22-rules-of-story-help-you-write-engaging-client-case-studies/

  • IdeasTap | The end of an era

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | To say that I am gutted to hear that IdeasTap are due to close its doors on the 2nd of June, 2015, is an understatement.  IdeasTap have been so valuable to my service delivery, with the sheer wealth of advice, resources, opportunities and creative briefs/competitions that they have made available…

  • Industry launches Hiive, the professional network for creative people

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | A fantastic creative networking platform to be launched in March, that could become a valuable job seeking, networking and collaboration tool for our 2015 graduates. Powered by the industry skills body Creative Skillset, and inspired by the Creative Industries Council, Hiive offers the pick of creative job opportunities from leading…

  • BBC Academy | Digital Skills Day | Salford (Media City | 17.03.15

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends |  Fantasic event opportunity for freelance creatives, especially our North West creatives.  This event is aimed at freelancers from across the creative industries, there will be workshops and masterclasses in: Digital storytelling and how it differs online, the power of the internet for storytellers, the latest apps; from images to branching…

  • The world’s most creative CVs – in pictures

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends |  How ‘outside of the box’ do you think you could be when it comes to creating a visually creative CV.  I appreciate creative CVs are not well suited to all sectors, but these CVs will bring a smile to your face, and the detail and unique way each CV has…

  • Selfridges celebrates ‘retirement renaissance’ with Bright Old Things

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends: This is a fantastic article.  Getting older does not mean that you stop being creative, or are inspired to learn, create, build or design amazing things.  The need to look fabulous is also very important  too.  http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2015/january/bright-old-things

  • “I Wish I Knew That Before I Created My Portfolio!” 10 Tips for Landing Your First (or Next) Design Job

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends |  I support some fantastic art and design under-graduates, many of whom are working exceptionally hard, and putting in very long studio hours into their final year work, as well as updating and developing their e-portfolios to support their CV’s, blogs and websites.  I never get tired of my 1-2-1s as…