1. The Cabinet

The Cabinet is a design agency whose design work mainly involves branding, campaign design, editorial & print design, strategy design planning and souvenir design, branding, graphic design, data visualisation etc. It is a small company, with a very friendly colleagues and working environment.

Before starting the internship, I have the following expectation：

To apply the skills learned at schools to a real-life work situation from various design mediums and tasks

To push myself by learning more about my characteristics in the workplace

To improve my communication teamworks skills in workplace

To reflect on my experience, it would be...

Role & Responsibility:

Regular Tasks - research on the subject backgrounds, including competitors, market and history context, generate idea, visualise data into infographics, create packaging & gift set design, branding design, develop marketing strategy

2. Ad-hoc Tasks - brainstorm pitching ideas, conduct photo retouching and basic video editing

Ability & Learnt experience:

Handle systematic and organised presentation skills
Timely manner in managing multi-tasks in tight deadlines
Stable teamwork supports and communication
Innovative ways of thinking

In terms of pursuing my personal growth, this work experience helped me clearly understand my own characteristics, such as being a systematic and innovative person, because I was adapt in focusing on analysing and conceiving creative methods to convey complex and diverse information. In addition, I appreciate a lot on the working environment, the mode of communication among colleagues is open, we knowing each other's needs and expectations to maintain effective cooperation, which is one of the important skills I have learned.

2. K11 Art Foundation

KAF is a non-profit organisation dedicated to fostering the development of Chinese contemporary art. After graduated from the K11 Youth Art Power programme, I became a part-time decent in K11. I participated in the exhibition of {Haunted, Salvaged by Andrew Luk} and {Art HK 2022}.

My expectation：

To apply the skills of public speaking and guiding tours to promote Chinese art

To interpret, share and appreciate art in multi-faceted

To communicate with art enthusiasts in different backgrounds

To reflect on my experience, it would be...

Role & Responsibility:

1. Preparation - Conduct research on artists and artworks, digest and simplify the complicated information into my own interpretation, and prepare presentation in multiple appreciation perspectives

2. Process - Interpret on the artwork by standing on audiences’ shoes, ensure the high degree of public engagement and take care of audiences’ reactions, communicate and interact with the audience from multiple backgrounds, maintain team coordination during the art tour

Ability & Learnt experience:

All-rounded research and analytic skills
Art appreciation and decoding in Chinese Arts in History and modern context
Interactive public presentation techniques and ability to adapt to different conditions
Guidance on diversified art appreciation and thinkings

In terms of pursuing my career goal, I learnt the interactive art promotion techniques from this work experience. In addition, working hard for art promotion with like-minded friends makes me felt very excited, and I also exchange views on art with a wide audience through the process!