Fairly late, around 8.30am. I am not a morning person and here in the Canary Islands, it gets pretty warm, so we end up doing a lot of work late into the night. Having a personal rule of not reaching straight for my phone or laptop, I do a quick workout circuit to get my brain going and some stretches. I am firm believer in the importance of physical exercise for clarity of mind.\u00a0 I grab a quick breakfast \u2013 a bowl of cereal and some fruit \u2013 and get down to work in my study.<\/p>\n
I am responsible for…<\/strong><\/p>\n My whole business! I run my own enterprise and while I am on the lookout for staff members right now, at the moment I am the marketing department, the logistics department, the admin department.. you get the jist. My business films 360 degree videos<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0virtual tours\u00a0<\/a>for organisations across the UK and Spain, including the\u00a0University of Kent<\/a> itself.\u00a0 I love working from home and not wasting time travelling to an office.<\/p>\n My typical day…\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Like most people, my first port of call is to check my emails. 70 per cent of my time is taken up reaching out for new business – I am incredibly proactive.\u00a0 I try to get a video call in with any potential clients. I show them my work and explain the processes and costs. When we leave the call, I put together a budget, a flow chart and then email them out a proposal. Adding up the stats recently, I realised 7 out of 10 enquiries usually end up talking with me, which is a real achievement. I am not shy in saying I hit upon a winning idea at the right time, but I know I also have a strong work ethic which helps win clients. There will usually be several filming opportunities on the horizon so preparing for them takes some time. I will grab a healthy lunch – something heavy in veg and rice based after hitting the gym or the beach for some exercise.<\/p>\n Filming days are different..\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n When filming, my day will be consumed by it. It hasn\u2019t been unknown for me to work 12 hours straight without a break. \u00a0My job entails filming using my 360 camera creating a virtual tour or 360 video around a building. It means users of the premises can visualise it without actually going there. Sometimes these institutions are large, and it takes a long time to get every frame needed to create the finished product, but I accept sometimes I will just be flat out.<\/p>\n Work doesn’t stop there…\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Most evenings, I have to edit.\u00a0 This involves uploading all the content to the cloud where the model will be built using a system of AI technology. I will then go through manually very carefully as if I am virtually \u2018walking\u2019 through the location in the model to check everything is correct. Next, I add interactive points, labels and business details. Once I am sure it is perfect, I send the finished item to the customer. This process can take any amount of time from an hour to a whole evening. Once everything is ready, I share the tour links with the client for them to use it on their web, social media and other marketing materials.<\/p>\n In the evenings I… <\/strong><\/p>\n Being my own boss means there is no real ‘after work’. I am always working. I will take a break around 7pm to cook a rice based dish or traditional meals from Hong Kong like my family used to serve, when I can get the ingredients. I often work until around midnight, designing social media posts and content and planning marketing. If I take the evening off, I will spend it at the gym or out for dinner. I also love playing beach volleyball \u2013 the luxury of living in a holiday destination.<\/p>\n Before bed I always..\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Read a book. In Spanish as I am trying to perfect my language skills. Currently I am reading Gol by Luigi Galando.<\/p>\n My other career choice would’ve been.<\/strong>..<\/p>\n A chef. <\/strong>Cooking is like a science experiment to me, it is fun and full of surprises. I also love eating so being a chef wouldn’t have been bad!<\/p>\n To learn more about Polo’s Business visit his website here,<\/a> follow him on Instagram<\/a> and YouTube.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Polo Lam<\/a> studied Business and Management with a Year in Industry<\/a> and graduated in 2018.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/files\/2021\/08\/VR-test-1-750-x-493.jpg\")
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