Alex Crangle 

Achievements: TPW Placement
Progression to: BA Top-up

Through emailing the Creative Director at TPW Alex secured a placement for two years and has been working with them over the summer holidays on multiple briefs including advertising and branding projects for local SME’s and Darwin Council. As part of our Mentor programme Alex has been able to develop his relationship with TPW carrying out a live brief to brand a new company in the sports nutrition market. He has recently been offered a third-year placement this summer with TPW. Alex is an active student carrying out live work with Ribble Valley Inns, entered Penguin Designs Awards and is connected (and building) his industry contacts through his
Linkedin profile.

“The Mentor programme is a great way to get your foot in the door at a company – it really helps you engage with industry.”
Alex Crangle

Charlotte Leicester

Achievements: Fearlesss Ltd
Progression to: Job @ Fealesss Ltd

Charlotte was a confident student graduating with a portfolio which married ‘concept based design solutions’ with a ‘great eye for colour and typography’. Her competence in live briefs and client facing developed through a range of curriculum based commercial projects – seeing her working with companies such as Unity Radio, InCell and Stop the Traffik. Using this experience and confidence Charlotte gained a web publishing placement at WSP Global, which supported her second year of study. Pursuing her interest in fashion retail design Charlotte secured a full-time job at Fearlesss where she worked on the company identity, drafting the brand guidelines, creating templates for social media content and designing promotional content and digital mailers.

“I didn’t have a clue about graphics until I came here – it made me realise what my skills were.”
Charlotte Leicester

Richard Raby

Achievements: Job @ Ahoy
Progression to: BA Stockport

Richard was a methodical conceptual designer with a passion for typography and an eye for detail. During his time on the course he worked on a range of live briefs including an advertising campaign for Mercedes Smart car, an identity for The High Growth Foundation and a range of covers for the Penguin Design Awards. He progressed to Stockport for his top-up year and then gained a job at Ahoy. In order to get himself noticed he included lager with the End of Year Show invite, which promoted Ahoy to visit the show. He now guest lectures on our course introducing students to Ahoy’s methodology on Branding.

Thomas Dyke

Achievements: Job @  Divine Trash / MFS Sub Brand for UCEN (TMC)
Progression to: BA Top-Up

Thomas graduated with a strong and varied portfolio which included branding, typography, advertising, app & screen design, apparel design and illustration. Upon graduating he gained a place working in the apparel street fashion design outlet Divine Trash clothes are available at www.blueinc.co.uk. This year whilst showing applicants around the course two piped up saying they owned the T-Shirt designs displayed on our wall! They were inspired to find out that the designer of the clothes they had purchased had come from this course. During Thomas’ time on the course he also designed an identity for the Manchester Film School which has now become an officially recognised sub brand of UCEN.

Leanne McLaughlin

Achievements: Job @ Degree 53
Progression to: BA Top-Up

Leanne graduated from the BA top-up with a successful show demonstrating strong, confident, left-field design work. During her studies she worked on the re-branding of Moston Campus’ restaurant, the Purpose placement brief and developed her own zine which featured heavily at her show. Since graduation Leanne has secured a job with the award winning, 45 strong, digital agency Degree 53 who’s clients include Sofaworks, Betfred Lotto and football Acca.

Olivia Taylor

Achievements: Purpose / Design by Day / Code Computer Love / Textbook Studio
Progression to: BA Top-Up

Olivia is a rare creative talent, meticulous and imaginative who’s worked in countless places across Manchester. Her work samples are still used in UCAS presentations. She won the placement opportunity at Purpose in London upon graduation and has achieved placements in many renowned studios such as Design by Day, Code Computer Love and Textbook Studio. She is now working and living in Australia.

“
Olivia is a conscientious, enthusiastic designer with a personable nature ready to take on new ideas. I would recommend her as an asset to any design agency.”
Design Director | Purpose

Industry Guest Lectures

Achievements: 1st yrs working with @ Ahoy

This course is lucky enough to have two alumni students at Ahoy. Mark who is the MD / Founder from some 20 plus years ago and Rick a more recent graduate. Ahoy have helped consult and teach our students, giving curriculum advice and providing briefs and guest lectures. One such project became one of the key highlights for first year’s, stating that sessions held by Ahoy gave invaluable insight into the industry and how it works. This year we have been lucky enough to have contact with both Rick and Ahoy’s Creative Director David.

 

George Slater 

Achievements: Placement @ Kin + Carta Connect
Progression to: BA Top-Up

George is a confident and imaginative designer, with a strategic approach to communication and a keen eye for colour. Having won several internal briefs, George was focused on winning a placement opportunity at Kin + Carta Connect at the end of his Foundation Degree. With a passion for music he created an idea for an online vinyl shop promoting community activity and celebrating the unique qualities of vinyl. Following the End of Year Show Kin + Carta Connect judged the entries and offered the placement to two deserving students… George was pleased to be one of them. George now has a design post at The Skills Network in York.

Nicholas Michael-Hanna 

Achievements: Pinning CV to billionaire helicopter
Progression to: Langley Holdings PLC

Outgoing and confident Nicholas was nearing the end of his second year when he saw an opportunity literally land right in front of him. A British billionaire (owner of the global engineering and industrial company Langley Holdings) landed his helicopter on the housing site where Nicholas lived. Nicholas grabbed his C.V. (a clever print job with the image of a £50 on the front – an attention grabbing idea) and he stuck it to the door of the helicopter. A few days later he got a call from said billionaire, offering him an interview, which lead to him securing a full time job. A great example of always being ready to take advantage of a situation.

Cameron Scott

Achievements: Job @ Kin + Carta Connect & W12 Studios
Progression to: Kin + Carta Connect / W12 Studios

Graduate, Cameron Scott, has secured a job with global digital marketing agency, Kin + Carta Connect. Cameron graduated with a first class degree after studying at the Fielden campus for three years. He did a two-year FdA Graphic Design, followed by a one year BA Hons Creative Media & Visual Communication, specialising in graphic design.

It was while Cameron was studying his final year that he met the Creative Director at Kin + Carta Connect, who works with the course on placement briefs he was so impressed with Cameron’s work that he invited him to apply for a job. Having spent a year or so at Kin + Carta Connect Cameron made the big move to London where he now works at W12 Studios.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better start to my career.”
Cameron Scott