Along side my PhD application, I’m also going to apply for jobs as another back up plan. At the moment I work part time in an asian restaurant as a server, however I would need a full time job that would sponsor a work visa for me. I’m not interested in working as an animator or doing anything in production, I’m far more interested in working pre-production or post-production, so I’ve been looking at character design, storyboard, editing, compositing and even script writing jobs. I’m also going to apply for jobs as a producer because 1) it’s something I also have experience in and I know I can do it, and 2) we’ve been told there’s a shortage of producers so I might have a slightly higher chance.
Here’s some links for a few jobs I’ve saved that I will apply too. Of course, I will apply to many more jobs, eve if ‘m under qualified for it I’m going to apply because you never know. And I’ll figure it out on the job—I’m a quick learner. Hopefully with the help of some online CV and interview hacks, I’ll be able to land a job as a backup plan in the PhD plan doesn’t work out.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?currentJobId=3904664496&originalSubdomain=uk
As an international student, job application have an extra thick layer of struggle, because the company needs to pay extra for sponsoring our visa’s to stay in the country and work. So when placed side by side with a none international applicant with the same skills—or even less—than me, the company is more likely to choose the home applicant to avoid the visa sponsorship fee. There’s actually nothing I can do about that other than hope for the best and make really good connections and some VIP networking to give me a bigger push into the industry. With the work I’ve done for this current project and previous ones I’m going to build a portfolio for character design, background design, and a showreel for After Effects.
Here is my CV, after submissions I’m going to also design a new business card.
Link to my website:
This my old business card design from when I was in my BA. I won’t make major changes, mainly removing the “director” title and going for something more broad.