Ever wonder what it’s like to spend a day at a web design studio? Well, we thought we would show you what a typical Monday at Eleven Media looks like!
This is an insight into what takes place on a typical Monday from 9am to 5.30pm at the Eleven Media office.
The morning
We open the office flood gates at 9am. Usually resembling two zombies roaming the streets for brains, we stick it out till the morning coffee run for a boost to the morning.
The Coffee Hit
Now when we say we like coffee, we like coffee!
We make the longer than needed trip down to one of the many coffee shops in Berwick and order the usual. The ordering process usually consists of a head nod (indicating that we would like to place our usual take away order) to the staff and within a few minutes we are overwhelmed with the sobering aroma of coffee. Great for the hard Monday morning starts!
My poison of choice is a larger than life Latte and Aaron’s coffee cocktail consists of a large cafe Mocha.
Monday and Friday mornings will usually result with the additions of banana bread and take-over of the cafe’s big red leather couch that we have unofficially claimed as our own.
The extended WIP
At Eleven, we love our WIPs (work in progress).
This generally takes up an hour to go through the work for the week ahead and is streamlined by the fantastic task manger system Thymer. Sadly, because of Thymer, our beloved white board has been banished to the dark dungeon (the kitchen). To find out more about how we use Thymer, Aaron has put together a great blog post here.
Email and Phone Calls
This hour is the ‘prep time’ to clear out your Inbox and clear the slate ready to start a fresh week of work! My email box usually takes about 10-15 minutes to clear and reply to. Aaron’s takes about 45min. Which leaves him sad at the best of times.
The work Begins! Hammer time!
This is when the magic happens. We knuckle down in front of our machines and start chugging away at what we do best.
Client Meetings
Before our client meetings, we often will spend a little time setting the office up and preparing any material needed for the meeting itself. We love our clients coming into the office to showcase some of our work, captivate them with our boyish charms and show them the office we are so very proud of.
Late lunch – Yay!
My most favorite time of the day!! Here’s a list of our top lunch time specials:
- Pot & Parma at a local restaurant
- Delicious pizza lunch special
- Subway foot-long, for those fat days
- Revival focaccia- a MUST TRY
- Lunch time special from Shanikas
In Summary
We love sharing our creative process and our environment that we spend well a whole lot of time in. Please feel free to comment below and let us know what you think. Even better, why not pop the
team a email to arrange a meeting and come see us in the office face to face.
