Placements are something you do whilst you're at university which is usually unpaid
Internships are usually paid and normally once you've left uni
Where you do these is important. Choosing the studio, an agency is easy but getting a placement can be a challenge. Identify where are who you would like to do a placement with, plan and record it
How you communicate with them is also important, you could -
- send something
- phone them
- email them
- use Twitter or Instagram
- linked in
On placements -
- pick up terminologies
- contacts
- mentors
- learn how the industry really works
- consider how studios work, what they work on e.g. packaging, branding, editorial etc
- you need to decide what you want to learn from them
