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Five Lessons from my First Corporate Design Job
Two and a half years ago, if you asked me what I knew about Nokia, I would probably make a joke about my dad's old, indestructible cell phone. I never imagined I would start my career there, where I would learn so much about what it means to be a good designer, leader, and team member.
Layout by Valeria Olmos.
5 Tips for Perfecting Your Portfolio Presentation
Special thanks to Perrin Drumm and Liz Stinson for editing.
The portfolio: an amalgamation of our best work. An embodiment of our college career. The magical, this-is-it, all-or-nothing, singular document that could land us a job and alter the course our entire lives. As design students, we spend semesters laboring over it. We hear that in design, your portfolio is more important than your GPA, or even your résumé…
Thanks for Understanding Copywriting
Before our senior design exhibition was cancelled due to COVID-19, I was on the copywriting team, writing words for the social media, website, environment, and swag teams.
Dear friend,
It’s no accident that the topics in our exhibition are so broad. We live in an era of problems both large and small: our crumbling environment, the pitfalls of the Internet— and yes, even our inability to enjoy a nice, legal toke…
Re: Getting Your First Job Offer
Special thanks to Perrin Drumm for editing.
Last year, something unexpected happened. More than a full semester ahead of graduating, I was offered a full-time design position for the following June. I was shocked. A good salary, starting bonus, benefits, a place I like working, and people I like working with. I felt so lucky. Co-workers, friends, and teachers congratulated me on my success. “Next semester will be so much easier on you now,” they said. My dad was beside himself with happiness (or maybe relief that he no longer had to worry about his art school daughter being unemployed)…
Illustration by Peyton Cabaniss.
In Defense of Sentimental Items in the Age of Extreme Tidying
Growing up as a daughter in a military household, packing up my possessions to move every two years made me very aware of everything I owned – and everything I didn’t need. It was my dad’s idea to do a purge before each move so we wouldn’t bring unnecessary items with us. The idea of minimalism – something I clung to more than any of my family members, and something I didn’t have a name for until years later – became a way of life for me, and stuck with me long after my dad retired from the Air Force.
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