horizon talk

Today Ravensbourne was holding a 'Horizon Industry Night' where students can meet ten industry professionals whose digital skills have opened up new areas for them to work in in digital design. There are speakers from all areas of design and media who will be sharing their tips and making the most of your digital skills in the market place. I attended the Cat Botibol - PD3 and Carl Thomas.

'From Drive Thru to Director'

CAT BOTIBOL - PD3

Cat Botibol is now the Director of PD3 which revolves around advertising, she talked about her process of becoming the person she is today. She received her Fine Art degree at Goldsmiths but she commented on how thinking about it now, it wasn't a practical degree and lead to her being confused about what to do after, she had jobs such as installations and selling shoes to pay rent etc. but it wasn't something she wanted to do. After six months of doing her jobs, she done an internship for Art Angel and she thoroughly enjoyed working there, this was the moment where she rejoined her artistics roots. She was introduced to PD3 which is a creative agency with experience at its heart, it was most intuned to branding and advertising. During the talk she briefly went over some of her work such as  'Die Familie Schmeider', 'Falls of Giants' and works for Sony and The o2.

"You don't need to a creative job to be creative"

Carl Thomas
Carl Thomas is a graduate of Ravensbourne (1994 - 1996) and he is experienced with anything to do with cameras, he is a Camera Operator and he build up his recognition by doing Freelance in 1998 for events such as Weddings and other events. He talked about past experiences and worked with the Parliment operating eight cameras and also being freelance at the time. With 20+ years of experience and a wide knowledge about cameras, angles and lighting he wants to enforce people with the similiar root to not give up.