A Busy Week We’ve all been busy this week wrapping things up for the end of the month. Traditionally January is a quiet time for businesses but we’ve been kept busy by customers old and new. Our designer Sophie has been working on a couple of new website designs, one is a local holiday cottage […]
Whether you write content for your website, a blog, posts on social media or any kind of article it’s important to check and check again. Spell checkers are all well and good, but if you’ve got the wrong word spelt correctly it often won’t get picked up. In these digital times, less of us actually […]
Grammar and Spelling help! With the increased use of technology, we are in danger of losing our ability to apply correct grammar and spelling to our writing! Autocorrect is so prevalent that we don’t usually have to think about how we write as it’s corrected for us. The art of letter writing has become a […]
Design work can vary everyday in the Yorkshire Media office, from business cards to vehicle wraps; however in late December I was tasked with my greatest challenge yet… Large print work is no stranger to us designers, it can be quite time-consuming, but boy does it pay off. A week before the Christmas break, one […]
You may have seen a message on you computer warning you that a website you are trying to view isn’t secure, this is because they don’t have an SSL certificate, it’s incorrectly installed or has expired. In October 2017 the latest Google Chrome update began flagging websites that have a form but that didn’t have […]
First point of contact The home page of your website is usually a visitors first contact with your business, so needs to be impressive and easy to use. Not an easy task! We’re all put off by adverts, pop-ups and information overload when we visit a website so it’s important to keep it simple. The right […]
We have been lucky enough to have some work experience students in our office in the last month. Two were from Beverley Sixth Form and one was from Hornsea school. They all had an interest in media, and wanted to understand what was involved in running a media company. The older two students were […]
This week I did my work experience with Yorkshire Media. I instantly felt very welcomed by the team who are really friendly and easy to get along with. This was very reassuring as it can be a bit unnerving when you don’t know anyone. Throughout the week I have learnt new skills and learnt more […]
At the end of my week of work experience I have really enjoyed my week of work experience at Yorkshire Media. I have enjoyed the freedom of work and being able to make decisions for myself. It sounds silly, but I have also liked being able to choose what I want to wear each day […]
This week I have learnt many new skills and developed new ideas about what it’s like to work as part of a media company. I have learnt photography skills from Mark that mainly involved lighting and editing photos which I have found very helpful as these skills will help me in my college work. I […]
