The Chase

Yesterday afternoon I had a portfolio visit

to The Chase which is one of Manchester's

premier design companies. www.thechase.co.uk is

situated in a very nice building and the studio

is fitting for a prestigious design company.

My visit was to see Richard Scholey, Creative Director

and a designer called Stuart.

We had a discussion about where I would

stand in the industry and Richard was confidant

that my age would not be a problem which was

some what a relief to me. I must say I was a little

negative about my portfolio but surprisingly they

rather liked it. They felt that I needed more design work

and on the strength of that they would not offer me

a job on my portfolio.

They suggested that I was a fine photographer which

was nice to hear and that there was a lot of intelligent

thinking behind my work. Richard suggested that a

placement would be of benifit to me and Stuart asked

me to email him to arrange something for the new year.

Which was a pleasant surprise. Richard said that he

particularly liked my book covers, they were skillfully

produced and i needed to include more of such in the portfolio.

I was rather surprised that they offered me a placement opportunity

and it has done my confidence much good for future visits

overall a pleasant experience.