blog post #2

Some of my skills are creativity and adaptability. I think I am creative because I am able to create things off of the top of my head, and when problem solving I think out of the box for a solution. I could apply this to my internship site because most obvious, I am at a graphic design company that creates logos. Creating a logo does ask for some creativity, but most importantly as a whole of how big the company is and the roles and how difficult and confusing it could get at times; you have to be able to get over those bumps when working to create something if it has to do with using illustrator, talking to clients about designs, screen printing or even embroidery. I have the skill of adaptability because with any subject, project, or activity I do I challenge myself to always do my best and crave this challenge. When I am able to finish something and be proud of it, it is very relieving. Having this “mindset” makes me put the effort and the skill of adaptability to anything. In my internship site this is very useful since there is so much roles making up the company. Being able to adapt to each one of them is key to creating final products, everything is connected. A skill I want to improve on is networking and building relationships because this is something that is very important in the future, and an actual way to do this is in real world professional settings. I might have an interest in pursuing this as a career, or for a future job, and when having connections with people can bring a lot of success to someone and is very helpful. A way to improve this is in many ways, most importantly learning to make connections with people through communication, and negotiation skills. I also want to improve in responsibility and prioritizing because I could apply this to anything not only for a  future career. I think for my internship project I should create a design for at least two clients, and hopefully one of them being HTHCV, cross country and track because it is something I’ve been planning to create. And the other being a real client asking for a logo. I want to be able to do the whole process and experience embroidery, screen printing, using photoshop and illustrator, discussing the designs. I don’t want to come out of this with only one hard skill. And having to do all of these roles will mean improvement in communication since every role has a different team and leader that I will have to meet with to learn how to do the role.

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