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Monday, October 11, 2010

11th Oct 2010

Hello readers,

my name is Alfie and I’m the new apprentice at LogoPro with daily duties including much more than just tea making and paperwork!

The idea of this new column is that while I learn, develop and train that I should document my progress in order to perhaps provide an insight into the graphic design sector for up and coming designers, printers and illustrators. Everyone else can of course read this and relate, in a nostalgic fashion, to when they were learning the trade.

I suppose that to help visualize the situation I should provide a little about myself, so here it goes; I’m a young man (20) from the Ceredigion area in West Wales with no previous training in graphic design or web design.
My parents lifted me from primary school at the age of 9 to pursue home tutoring and subsequently, at the age of 15 I enrolled in our local college to chase several GCSE’s and a First diploma in Art & Design. At age 18 I registered at Aberystwyth University to attend a foundation degree in Physics in order to increase my options within the education system.

The following year was a quiet one – Job hunting in W. Wales is a brave task for any individual and was obviously hard going with no real leads on any of my applications despite some interest in me myself, there simply aren’t any jobs in the area. Luckily I was in contact with LogoPro personally and was offered an apprenticeship in February this year which I have gladly taken!

I had always had a very keen interest in websites from an early age, learning to build a basic html page at age 14 and continuing to experiment with programs like Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver to this day so I had a grasp of what the job involved, I had some previous experience in dealing with customers, helping to provide a service and I had the support from LogoPro to go at my own pace initially while I got to grips with everything.

So here we are!

I will be writing a post once a week so that you can follow my journey from trainee to entrepreneur and I would appreciate any comments/ideas/guidance that you can give

Check back every Monday for an update on my progress, things I’ve learnt, obstacles I’ve encountered and how many cups of tea I’ve made…

Thanks!

Alfie

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