Getting an internship is one of the best ways to prepare for a job within Interdisciplinary studies. Take courses such as Marketing, Graphic design and Web design. Major tech companies offer free marketing certifications that can enhance a portfolio. If there is not a portfolio already started then create one. To add to the skill work it is smart to create marketing campaigns from scratch. To familiarize yourself, reach out to professionals that work in your field. 

 My response to the statement

I already knew that a portfolio would need to be present in order to be successful in my career field. Most commonly, internships were a big thing that was recommended because most companies want one to have experience with other agencies before working with them. There needs to be experience present. The communication and presentation skills need to be always be perfected when going into this kind of business. 

I learned that it would be interesting to do my own advertising campaigns in real life to add to my portfolio. I did not think of that originally. I have not looked into social media management because I thought that I would know so much already. I did not know about websites such as Asana, Trello, or Monday.com, so those will be very helpful to me in the future.

What I need to do is create more advertising campaigns for my personal brand. Once I add that I can then have more depth in my portfolio. I am already familiar with deadlines from school but on a creative level I want to learn to become accustomed to creative deadlines. 

I am feeling very confident. I do want to continue making my portfolio stronger and still want to add way more graphic design projects as well. I need my portfolio to truly showcase who I am as an artist as well as my strengths. That is going to be a personal goal of mine to add more campaigns and more artwork.

The career of choice requires me to look on websites such as Handshake, The Muse , and LinkedIn. Some terms that I researched were “ creative director”, “ graphic designer”, “ illustrator”, “ marketing manager”. I was looking for career opportunities in Atlanta but if an opportunity presents itself that is somewhere else in the US, maybe Miami or NYC then yes I will consider the opportunity. There were endless opportunities available to me. 

The responsibilities that majority of the jobs required a portfolio with all of my artwork. There is a need for graphic design portfolios as well as experience with other agency’s. They want a lot of experience to show that you are qualified for the position. The responsibilities will mostly require meeting with management frequently. Discussing ideas with the management team is listed a lot. All of the creative positions require constant meetings, but the marketing positions are less. 

The employers are looking for professionalism. They want to make sure that you understand the kind of environment you are going to be working in. They want management ability, leadership skills are important for any position. With the leadership abilities there are also software that needs to be known about. The person would need to know about photoshop, Microsoft word, and excel.

The employers are looking for a great portfolio that had endless amounts of work, whether it is graphic design, illustration and papers. My resume would also be helpful because it shows my sales and internship opportunities that were available to me. Depending on the creative job, it will be certain things in the portfolio that is needed. If it is a web design job then there needs to be experience with designing websites and graphic design. 

I need to create more graphic design work through photoshop as well as have more experience with actual management. I have a big portfolio when it comes to my illustrations and papers that I have written but I do need more graphic design work to make sure my talents are not hidden.  I need to take everything that I am learning in my current internship in and apply it.

Overall, my research about jobs that do interest me showed me that I can have a job where I am creating and enjoy what I do. I just need to add a couple more art pieces to my portfolio and also build a website with my graphics. It made me feel more relieved when it comes to that job searching time frame after graduation. With proper preparation I will be fulfilled with my job choice and will enjoy what I do. 

 

As my college career is about to end, I would like to work in my desired field and work as a director for a creative agency and work on creative ideas. I would also like to jumpstart my content creating and sell my art and utilize my voice to make myself money. I want to own multiple businesses from starting my content. It is very doable with the social media impact and presence into the current society. I have a unique vision and voice and really want to showcase it to the world and gain a big audience. I have an art portfolio and a writing portfolio. My work does showcase my visual talents but I want to expand my writing and voice talents as well.