Study Task 4 - Exit Strategy

My Exit Strategy

Before Graduation: 

• Online presence - updated website, logo, schedule time and set budget for the maintenance
• Show-reel - keep documenting my work and update my show-reel to be relevant to my area of practice. 
• Focus on networking with scriptwriters, directors etc. and professionals that cover areas that I do not.  
• Separation of Personal life and Work. Dealing with pressure of using social media for communication. I am working on being consistent with the communication across different media, at the moment it triggers anxiety in me, when I have a mix of University work and friends conversations in one place. For example - Facebook is my personal account only, if someone approaches me regarding work matter, I will redirect them to my WhatsApp or Email. 
• Continue working on an assertive work pattern - keeping steady pace, no burn outs. 
• Managing mental health and healthy relationships in personal and work life. Work on my messaging anxiety. 
• Get in touch with potential spaces for providing workshops as a freelancer, such as the Aire Place Studio. 

After Graduation:

• Part-time/full-time job, any area is OK at this stage to support myself financially. 
• Getting industry ready. Due to my recent decision (beginning of the academic year) of specialising in what comes most natural to me, stop-motion, I would like to take some extra time after graduation on building my expertise and portfolio. Then compose the portfolio to each of the Universities specifications for Postgraduate studies applications. 
• Exhibitions, screenings, workshops, getting out there - think of the location. 
• Stay with the Leeds Animation Workshop and gain more experience in sourcing funding and writing Project Proposals. I will need this for Postgraduate studies. 
• Continue building network for British Sign Language animation projects. 
• Apply for Masters at the University of Edinburgh, Sheffield Hallam University and continue research about Postgraduate studies at other Universities. 
• Complete the rest of the modules and final assessment for Professional Diploma in Graphic Design with Shaw Academy.