Thank you for booking an interview for Graphic Design and Illustration at Liverpool John Moores University.
Interviews will be conducted virtually via Microsoft Teams. Further information about the interview can be found below.
Step 1: Important: At least seven days prior to your interview you are required to submit an online portfolio. Should you not do so your interview will need to be rescheduled.
You have two options for submitting your portfolio using our attachment upload facility:
A collection of drawings, images, documentation that represents your work.
Your Digital Portfolio or Website should contain an ordered, consistent and edited selection of your work that reflects you, your thinking, your skills and your ambition. It should showcase your approach, e.g. sketchbooks showing research and development / test pieces as well as your final, completed outcomes. We would like to see examples of your drawing skills and if possible this should include life drawing. Please also include self directed work and/or any work you may have completed as a hobby, freelance, volunteering, etc. For each piece of work please write a short sentence that explains what you did and why.
Option A) Digital Portfolio This should be uploaded as a single PDF file of no more than 20 pages. All text set at 9/10 point size.
Option B) Website Portfolio Please make sure that the link to your site is not your admin login. We need the link to your published site, otherwise we won't have access rights. Please do not send sites that require Flash to upload the page. Suitable sites builders are: Cargo Collective, Muse, Wix, Wordpress, Squarespace.
We will be looking for:
- Research and development - evidence of a how you approach your work from brief to outcome
- Skills and competencies - evidence of a range of image making skills (particularly drawing) and visual literacy
- Ambition and motivation - evidence of breadth, depth and problem solving in the approach to projects
- Creativity and originality - evidence of your thinking and experimentation
- Clarity and communication - evidence of your ability to select, present and explain your work
Step 2: Your Interview
All interviews will take place online on Microsoft Teams. You will receive the link to join in your booking confirmation and reminders. Prior to your interview please install the Microsoft Teams app and see further instructions provided.
You will be interviewed by an academic from the Graphic Design and Illustration department, and the interview should last approximately 15-20 minutes. Please ensure your full name is visible when you join and audio and camera turned on.
No longer available?
If you find that you are no longer available, you have one opportunity to select an alternative date or time.
What happens after my interview?
Following your interview, we will make a decision as soon as possible as to whether we can offer you a place on the course. As this is a competitive course, we are not always able to make immediate decisions following interview. The Admissions Team will update UCAS on our decision which you will be able to see on your UCAS Hub.
Why not visit LJMU in person?
If we make you an offer there will be opportunities to book onto an Offer Holder Day.
