PPP: Leave behind mock up!

Bio Options

Option 1

I am first and for most a creative problem solver. I love how design can do so much more than just make something look pretty, it can ignite social change. I have been interning at VML, a digital advertising agency, for almost a year. I love the enthusiasm and energy that you find in an advertising field I am 100% a people person. While most people dread public speaking I find it to be a performance and a chance for people to listen to all you have to say. I am also a very practical designer. I understand clients needs, and will work with them to find an intriguing yet obtainable solution.

Pieces

--I am a very creative thinker and problem solver, design is just one of the most effective outlets to answer most problems

--Born in Peculiar Missouri, the odds where not always with me. So I packed up me and my little dog and we made the trip into the big city

Option 2

As a young child I could either be found at dance class or practicing my moves in front of the mirror. What was then perceived as cute and the subject matter of many family videos, would actually make the designer I am today. Dancing has taught me to be under the spot light. Even though breaking out in Pirouettes many not always be appropriate during a critic, I still look at every presentation as a performance. A chance for me to entertain and inform my audience through my design narrative. For me the joy in design comes from the conceptualizing and asking what if.

PPP: Portfolio Pieces for Consideration

Here is the group of my work I have compiled to be considered for my portfolio. I will need to choose the pieces that will best tell the story of the designer I AM!

InHabit

Interior Design Posters

Refresh Brand

PPP: Bio and Resume

Bio:

I am a passionate fresh designer with a love for art. I can be an enthusiastic and engaged team player or a self-motivated independent worker. I have strong verbal communications skills and a positive attitude towards everything I do.

Resume:

EDUCATION

Kansas City Art Institute

Graphic Design Major

Projected Graduation Date: May 2011

University of Central Missouri

Early art foundation classes

Raymore- Peculiar High School

Graduate class of 2006

Design Experience

Raymore- Peculiar High School

2005- Girl’s Golf Shirts

Varsity Boys Wrestling Poster

2006- Basketball Camp logo and T-shirts

Senior Scholarship Video

Senior Memory Video

Senior Superlatives Video

Kansas City Folly Theater

2009- Mark O’Connor Jazz Performance poster

Meryl Lange

2010- Circuit Judge Campaign flyers

Design Ignites Change

2011- I Need a Sidewalk Campaign

Client Experience

Carlson Hotels

Mobile App, Brand Website, Social Media Pages

Promotional Banners, Booking Funnel

WWE- Online Shop

Gavilon- Online Site

Skill Set

Outstanding verbal and visual communication skills

Intensive training in photography, drawing, and painting

Strong time management skills

Passion for design and energetic work ethic

Excellent leadership ability

Work History

Shady Gators Restaurant, Server Lake Ozark, MO

Summer season server and member of the promo team

Connie School of Dance, Instructor Harrisonville, MO Part- time position teaching jazz, tap, ballet and tumbling

VML, Creative Intern Kansas City, MO

Competitive internship program, working on creative alignment teams

Pro Practice: Career Goals Round 1

With this being my last semester of design school I figured it was a good time to start making goals for the REST OF MY LIFE. Well thats a little intimidating so I will start smaller.

Year 1 (outside of KCAI)

I would like to be getting my feet wet at a traditional design firm. Now this may be VML due to the time I have already spent interning there I will assume a job could follow, or at another comparable firm. This will be the time in which I embrace the working world. Learn how to not only design on a professional level but also learn how to be an adult and paying bills, have health insurance, and no snow days. My main goals for this first job is one with GOOD BENEFITS, GROWING COMPANY, POTENTIAL FOR PROMOTION, and COMPARABLE SALERY.

Year 3 (outside of KCAI)

After 3 years I will hope I have started to understand more about digital advertising and how a large firm functions. I hope to have developed my design skills and have built up some confidence in my abilities. With this toned knowledge I would like to begin to look into what type of design makes me happy. I would also love to relocate some place warm like Texas. This will be a fresh start for me to step back and ask myself what I want to do. While I am looking for a design job I will do some freelance for connections I have made through VML, my friends and family. These freelance jobs could be business cards to fliers, baby announcements, I just want to have fun with it. I will be looking for a multi-disilplinary studio that is very family orientated. I would like the studio I work for to be more of a boutique studio, not so corporate.

Year 5 ( outside of KCAI)

I would like to start a family and be a stay at home designer. This will either have to mean I work for an amazing company that will allow me to be a designer from home or maybe I could just do some contracting for a designer when they are busy. Design is something that you can do from anywhere in the world. This would be a time that I would like to start design websites for small clients. These projects are a little more intense but I like the critical thinking aspect of it and you can make more of a profit off of them. Work will probably not be my number one priority at this moment, my family will be. This is one of the things I love about design it can be as flexible as you need it to be.

to be continued.....