DI3S08 - Professional And Promotional Practice 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2026 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: DI3S08
Module Title: Professional And Promotional Practice
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Games and Design
Faculty Sub Group: Design
Module Leader: Elizabeth Norris
Module Team: Matthew Morgan, Liam Barrett, Emma Marshman
First Intended Intake: SEP 2020 Final Year of Intake: 2025
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 6
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100062 - illustration
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 2
Valid From 01 Sep 2022
Valid To 31 Aug 2026

Module Aims

Provide opportunity to learn valuable employability skills and generate professional and promotional outcomes.

Enable the student to focus on career aspirations and consolidate illustration practice from across the programme.

Encourage independent learning, thinking and engagement with the personal and professional development planning process, including time management, critical reflection, and self-marketing.

Content Summary

This module will highlight the importance of professional skills and self-promotional activities where students will be encouraged to focus their creative practice and explore career options.

This module will provide an opportunity for students to clearly demonstrate the culmination of the skills, knowledge and understanding of their illustration practice gained during the programme through an appropriate presentation of their creative portfolio. The presentation of work should be produced to standards expected by and relevant to the creative industries, and therefore, should provide students with the work, confidence and experience to become employable within the profession, or to progress on to further study.

Portfolio development, CV preparation and interview practice will form the basis of taught sessions, with an emphasis on collaboration, enterprise and entrepreneurial activity. Content will be delivered by subject specialists, and supported by the Careers Service. This module will be made up of lectures, workshops and tutorial led sessions.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 12
Tutorial 12
Practical classes and workshops 12
Supervised time in studio/workshop 12
Independent Study 80
Directed Study 71
Formative Assessment - Scheduled 1
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Recognise own personal strengths and skill-set and apply this knowledge to setting career goals.
LO2 Demonstrate professional skills in preparation for creative employment and career aspirations.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Project Output 1 Supporting PDF of research, ideas, and development towards the final portfolio. 0 N/A 50 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Portfolio 1 A professionally presented set of self-promotional items such as a full digital portfolio, website and physical materials. 0 N/A 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Project Output 1
Portfolio 1

Reading List

Congdon, L. (2019), Find Your Creative Voice, Chronicle Books.

Brazell, D. (2017), Becoming A Successful Illustrator (Creative Careers), Bloomsbury.

Kleon, A. (2012), Steal Like an Artist, Workman Publishing Company, Inc. NY.

Kleon, A. (2014), Show Your Work, Workman Publishing Company, Inc. NY.

Kleon, A. (2019), Keep Going, Workman Publishing Company, Inc. NY.

Rees, D. (2014), How to Be an Illustrator, 2nd Edition, Laurence King, London.