My other place of work is All Saints where I'm a 'visual specialist' (fancy talk for visual merchandiser). I did an overnight shift last night to install august's directive and I think it went pretty well. They're quite an intense company to work for and they're always amending the store visuals and giving updates. I think this is because the head office is in one of the stores so the directors see what the shop floor looks like everyday and know how they want to improve it.
I used to work for Gap doing visual merchandising too, but I prefer it at All Saints. It's a lot more challenging and they have an interesting, strong brand feel. BUT, I really want to get off the shop floor and get what I have stupidly come to call a 'proper job'. Not that I don't think what I'm doing is proper, it's just that I spent most of my teenage years on the shop floor and I assumed that going to uni would immediately take me off there and onto something else. What bollocks. I blame society and culture, as I do for many defects.
Back to my point though, I need something else. At the moment I am destined to be one of the millions of graduates not using their degree (mine being Design and Advertising). I really enjoyed university as I'm sure most did, although I have to say, anyone who cackles and says 'lazy students', stereotyping them as binge drinking, oversleeping layabouts can jump off a cliff. It was fun but it was hard and stressful and a massive learning curve. Most graduates in my position probably feel like I do; a bit lost, a bit undervalued for what they're capable of and most of all worried about the huge dept hounding them every day and keeping them awake at night. Fun? Not particularly. I am looking into jobs that would match my skill set and there seem to be a few. I'm still working on my book (fancy talk for a portfolio) in my spare time, so maybe I will end up using my degree as it was intended.
