As part of my university degree in Interactive Multimedia Design, I was required to use my 3rd year as a working placement year.

When I was first accepted to my placement post, the company was called Co-Net. After a few months, this then changed to Big Pixel Creative. I was lucky enough to be involved in this transition between picking a business name and logo to packing boxes and moving location.

I feel like my time in placement was critical to where I am today. It is where I learnt all aspects of web design - from talking to clients, to research and design, right through to development.

It was in my placement year that I realised that I was more design and user focused as opposed to development.

I learnt many skills in my time there such as:

• Creating website designs
• Producing sample sites for approval
• Meeting with clients to discuss requirements and/or project progress
• Keeping up to date with recent technological and software developments
• Developing my skills and expertise in programming languages such as HTML and Javascript
• Creating products that are user-friendly, effective and appealing
• Digital retouching and image editing using Adobe Photoshop
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team