My final talk was on Friday 21st with Simon Horniblow, who graduated from the University of York 10 years ago with a degree in Film and TV Production. He knew it was important to get work experience so he would stand out from the crowd, even though he didn’t know exactly what he wanted to do. He did a 12 week unpaid internship with True North Productions in his third year and even ended up getting some paid work from them.
Simon told us about his journey of moving to Leeds and setting up a company with his friend and now also business partner Oliver. He said that the two of them are quite opposite in what they’re good at doing, which helps make them a good team. They started a series of student cooking programmes and later set up ‘Campus Life’, and now work with 85 universities in England, although not Leeds Trinity yet! 90% of their work is university related, but they have also made videos for HSBC and the gym Xercise4Less.
Simon said that they have about 15-20 people employed and working at any one time, and that they’re happy to take on students for placements, even if it’s just for a short period of time. I think this would be a fantastic work opportunity for anyone interested in the industry, particularly with it being a name often recognised by students all over the country.
Campus Life website: http://www.campuslife.co.uk
Campus Life Twitter: https://twitter.com/@campuslifeuk
Student Cooking website: http://www.studentcooking.tv/
Lizzie Parsons 