I have decided that I will be using this blog as a journal for my experiences in London. Having arrived here in April (making it now four months in the UK), I have had to put in the hard yards looking for a job. Silly ol’ me thought that I could just waltz into a job with my sparkling CV and dynamic portfolio.Unfortunately I was probably part of a long list of people all going for the same position. I don’t know how many jobs I applied for, but I applied for about 3-4 jobs a day, had about 8 interviews, 3 I was shortlisted for until I finally got my break with Mouchel Parkman. They’re not even a advertising or graphic design company, rather a very large roads and infrastructure company that has their own marketing department. I was so excited after recieving the call that they were offering me the position. I thought it was another one of those, “….unfortunately you have not been considered for this role, goodluck!” phone calls, but it turned out they really like me. A little bit about the job, I’m the only graphic designer in the marketing team. I’m in a team of about eight. My first few days were rather easy, but in the past couple of days work has picked up and I’ve had to really get myself organised before I let some jobs slip through the cracks. Where I’m based is an old village manor house. Something straight out of a Jane Austin novel. There is however a slight private school feel to it, with it’s cafateria and large grounds. The office that I’m working out of use to be the piggery. One could laugh at all the jokes that can come out of that one…..

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