INTERESTS
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INTERESTS •
As I stated on other pages, I took many leadership and creative roles throughout high school and I am interested in design. I have many other interests that relate to ETBD.
I enjoy taking charge and getting projects planned and executed. In my senior year of high school, I was asked to be the illustrator and designer of my school’s yearbook. I was the first student to have this opportunity. I made sure to follow the direction of the yearbook committee as well as helped to come up with ideas. I met with designers from the publishing company in order to better understand the process and to make sure I was doing everything right. I do not have the final photo of what it looks like at the moment, but it is a digital illustration of a new building on campus based off of a drone photo with text above it and a cardinal (my high school’s mascot) flying past the viewer.
(These are attached to my art & design Instagram)
Another interest I have is design as a whole. A few years ago, I was scrolling through YouTube and I came across a video of a graphic designer redesigning logos for popular brands. I was never exposed to graphic design and the process was very interesting for me. I watched many of that designer’s videos and that is what originally sparked my interest in graphic design. They are still a large inspiration to me to this day. Recently, they have inspired me to be more physical with my design. I am very interested in mixing physical media with digital design. The physicality of design adds another layer of interest that I enjoy
Another one of my interests is social media marketing. I love to see how brands, people, products, etc. are advertised, marketed, and made into content on social media. Brand and social media strategy are things I am very interested in. I love to see how a piece of content can help to convey aspects of a brand or sell a product.
I ran the 2024 senior college decision account for my high school class. I designed 80+ posts, each tailored to a different student. This helped solidify my hope to do more social media in the future.
I am also very interested in branding as a whole. I really enjoy when a brand commits to a strong brand identity. It is hard to explain, but I love when a brand feels tangible, spacial, or experiential. I love a brand that shows thought in their identity. I feel like there are many holes in the branding sphere that can be filled with another dimension of creativity. Brands need to focus less on selling a product and more on how the consumer responds to a product because that is what will lead to a stronger and more successful brand.
Another interest of mine is the product design and formulation process. Whether it’s an actual product like skincare or supplements or if it’s something more like a coffee shop, I really enjoy the process of coming up with the idea, meeting with the people who can execute it, producing it, then marketing it. I see myself working in some sort of job like that in the future and ETBD would be extremely useful for that path. I see myself in a role in the future where I can showcase my creative talents as well as my leadership experience and skills.