sessions

Find out what’s expected of you in your first role, how to handle day 1 and how to make the most of every opportunity.
Special Guests:
Mike Tosetto and Izzey Trudgeon, Never Sit Still
Tash Menon, Mash

This session is all about managing your expectations about that first day and first job. We’re doing that with some very special guests: the owner and junior designer from one of Australia’s leading motion graphic studios along with the founder of a global creative company proudly named one of Campaign Asia’s ‘40 under 40’  Women to Watch.

‍They’re going to spill their guts about what’s good, and what’s not so good. Better than that, they’re happy to answer your Q+A’s. After this session you will have a better understanding of:
- what a first day, first week, first month of a job feels like
- how the experience of a boss might differ to that of an employee and why that’s important
- how a paid graduate internship can lead to employment
- how to fit into a team while standing out (in a good way)

Advice from those who have recently succeeded on where and how to look for employment.
Special Guests:
TBC

This session is about what ‘employment’ might look like. No two jobs are the same in our industry. It’s not always about working 9-5 in a studio, your job could be remote or onsite, in an agency or a corporate, full time or part time.

We’ve three junior designers at the start of their career coming to this session. They’re going to share where they work; what they do; what they like and what’s not-so-good. And we’ll ensure there’s heaps of time for you to ask questions.

After this session you will have a better understanding of:
- Where to look for a junior designer role
- What it takes to land that first position
- What a day-in-the-life of a junior designer might look like
- Where a junior designer fits in the big picture

How to talk and write about yourself and your work from an industry leader who’s make quite the name for themselves.

Special Guest: Christopher Doyle

This session will focus on the cold call, the speculative email, the awkward encounter, the hey I’d like you to meet… (now, shit what do I say?). Our special guest is an industry leader who has been incredibly successful at helping junior designers develop their skills, contribute to award-winning work, and then fly the studio coup as fully fledged professionals working for international studios or starting their own businesses.

After this session you will have a better understanding of how to:
- Talk and write about your unique personal strengths in a way that makes you employable
- Choose what work to share and why, with a prospective employer
- Make a name for yourself that can get you noticed in the industry
- Develop a point of view that’s challenging, but respectful of where you’re at in your career

Your chance to ask anything at all to an industry leader and a mental health expert about what you’ve learned so far - or what questions you still have unanswered.

Special Guests:
Katie Feder, Psychotherapist
TBC

This week focuses on addressing those burning questions not yet answered. ‘Asking For A Friend’ means, even though you’re probably asking the question everyone is wanting to ask, you can ask it anonymously (for your friend 😉).

Like the sessions NNC have on the first Thursday of each month, your question will be answered by an industry leader and psychologist, so the advice will be relevant, and practical.

Present yourself and your folio in a roleplay activity to practice what you’ve learned in a safe, non-judgemental scenario.

It’s show time! This week is your opportunity to put into practice all you’ve heard, seen and learnt in the previous 5 weeks. It’s a chance to present yourself and your folio in a practice-interview roleplay with one of your peers. You’ll get to present and  also get the chance to be presented to … sometimes the best way to learn is to watch others. 

Rest assured, you’re in a safe space so there’s no angst about getting it wrong in front of a potential employer. And we’ll leave heaps of time for feedback and discussion about what worked, and what didn’t and why.

After this session you will have a better understanding of how to:
- Talk and show your work with confidence
- Understand what you can do well, and what needs a little more practice
- Further develop a presentation style that sounds like you