Work in the Media Industries - Katie

The fact that I have a popular name shows some challenges that I will face when trying to to gain traction with work viewership and also means that my content will only really be seen by employers if they take note of my website links and social media handles that I hand to them. To try and ensure that my pages are always relevant to any potential searches I updated my LinkedIn page, Including links to my new website, updated employment due to my new job and also gained connections with more relevant people. Furthermore, I have been making plans for new photography/videography content on my professional instagram to create in my spare time in the upcoming months, the planning includes looking at things I enjoy creating, and ideas that I come up with and also looking at certain trends that are of interest to me.

One of the first things that I began looking at was my current online presence and what exactly and employer would find if the google searched my name, the personal accounts that I know I have are on: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. The professional accounts are on YouTube, Linkedin, Instagram where I upload select pieces of photography and also use to connect with other like minded people to see what they are doing. This is separate from my personal account as I want to keep my following very specialism based so the content that I consume on this page isn't diluted. I have also a WixSite portfolio that showcases all work I do, including photography, videography and scriptwriting. I Google searched myself and viewed several pages and actually found none of my pages. One of the first thoughts was this may be as a result of having an incredibly popular forename and surname in the western world. One thing I could do to change this is to create a unique 'company' name that w...