INTENTION FOR MASTERY JOURNEY
My thoughts for the future:
Have my interior design firm where I can use my interior architecture degree to help others find their dream homes (use my real estate knowledge) and also use my media design degree to help market and brand myself. My firm would eventually grow into a small also contracting and subcontracting firm, not just design.
End Goal: Teach other students what I have learned.
Maybe: Get my doctorate of education.
TIMELINE FEBRUARY 2017 - 2018
Class: Mastery: Personal and Professional Leadership
Goal: Learn about my 'life's task.'
Read Mastery by Robert Greene.
Find several masters in my fields, real estate, interior design, and graphic design. Learn more about them and their journey.
Class: Defining Client Needs
Goal: Explore designer-client relationship.
Investigate research strategies and develop campaigns.
A Designer’s Research Manual by Jenn and Ken Visocky O’Grady – Order from Amazon and read.
Utilize EBSCO more than I utilize Google.
Connect with other media design students. When looking at Full Sail University groups to join, many of them have been operated since 2015. As a result, I could start a group through Full Sail or Facebook to connect and network with other students. It could serve as a point of information, resources, inspiration, and feedback.
Goal: Explore the history and processes of brand development in media design through case studies and learn how to utilize some of the basic tools used in the marketing profession.
Begin to develop my brand- what I want people to know about myself and my company.
Travel and take in the influences from my experiences.
Become a Certified CAD Design Course on Lynda.com.
Personal Branding on Social Media by Karen Leland on Lynda.com
Class: Effective Copywriting
Goal: Learn the nuances of writing for advertising, corporate communications, and presentations.
Learn to communicate my ideas effectively.
Create an advertisement for my interior design ventures.
Brilliant Copywriting – Order from Amazon and read.
Rejoin interior design organizations such as ASID and USGB, if not already signed up.
Goal: Learn the process of exploring and evaluating design options before designing.
Research and learn about successful design firms that continue to remain small, but successful.
The Business of Design by Keith Granet – Order from Amazon and read
Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approach by John Creswell – Go through book from my personal library.
Class: Organizational Structure
Goal: Learn to organize, process, and evaluate information that leads to a more successful design solution.
Design Thinking by Chris Nodder on Lynda.com.
Learn media applications taught by class.
Use Evidence-Based Design approach to sort information. I currently have a book in this in my personal library.
Class: Design Strategies and Motivation
Goal: Use research and creative outlets to create visualizations of concepts and ideas.
Learn how best to implement and apply different design strategies.
Learning to use Adobe Creative Suite more through my books and Lynda.com.
Tutorial: Digital Photography on gcflearnfree.org.
Class: Design Integration
Goal: Learn about new technologies and trends in the media design industry.
Continue to study new design trends and acquire new design material that is coming out.
Learn about media design psychology in order to reach audiences better.
Subscribe to design magazines and discover one new trend to learn about each week.
Class: Multi-Platform Delivery
Goal: Designing different platforms for a unified multi-media campaign.
Make sure my brands across all of my social media platforms are uniformed.
Learn about what media form is most effective during this time and explore.
Attend a class held by the Type Directors Club in NYC.
Class: Measuring Design Effectiveness
Goal: Learn about marketing strategies and how effective a strategy can be.
The Brand Gap by Marty Neumeier – Order from Amazon and read.
Running a Design Business: Presentation Skills by Petrula Vrontikis on Lynda.com
Students as Producers: An ‘X’ Disciplinary Client-Based Approach to Collaborative Art, Design, and Media Pedagogy by Fabrizio Cocchiarella and Paul Booth from EBSCO Host. The article shows findings of how students from interior design, creative multimedia, and film and media studies approach problem-solving and generate design outputs using a ‘vertical’ studio model. This is essential to me being trained in interior design and now switching to media design. It allows me to explore how I may think differently than other media design students.
Class: Thesis: Presentation of Design Solution
Goal: Create a cohesive project that incorporates research, preliminary investigations, and applications contributed to the process of my project.
Draft a sample business plan for a project of my choosing
Utilize my mentor(s) as a source.
Review all previous course materials.
Class: Professional Practice
Goal: Understand legal and ethical issues and learn professionalism.
Practice public speaking.
Media Ethics by Clifford G. Christians – Order from Amazon and read.
Apply my new-found knowledge of media design and branding and apply it to interior design.
Freelance to find one media design job.
Join media design organizations such as AIGA and TDC, if not already signed up.
Freelance, Syracuse, New York
Design/Graphic Design, Communication Design, Illustration Design
N. Klingler Marketing and Design, Iona, Idaho
Design/Graphic Design, Web Design, UX/UI Design
Independent Designer, Syracuse, New York
Giansanti Design, Syracuse, New York
Design/Graphic Design, Brand and Identity, Communication Design
moc.ngiseditnasnaig@annaoj
Graphic Designer, Rutgers University Athletics, Piscataway, New Jersey
Digital Media Designer, Social Media Strategist
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kpology1
Founder and CEO, Creative Reaction Lab, St. Louis, Missouri
Design Strategist, Social Innovator, Creative and Community Developer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/antionettecarroll
Brand Designer, Amazon, Seattle, Washington
Letterer, Illustrator, Designer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marla-bonner-41305b32
Has a willingness to share skills, knowledge, and expertise (not just critique).
Takes personal interest in the mentoring relationship and is committed.
Exhibits enthusiasm in their field.
Provides guidance and constructive feedback.
Has respect by colleagues and employees in all levels of the organization.
Sets and meets ongoing personal and professional goals.
Knows the balance of business and personal life.
