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Where I want to go from here…

May 4, 2012 by intern Leave a Comment

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I graduate from SCF with my Associates Degree in Graphic Design next week, so like any new graduate I've been asking myself "where do I go from here?" I think about what I learned at school, at my internship at Brand 1111, and from my previous work experience. What do I want out of life, out of my career, what are my goals, my dreams, etc. My ultimate dream is to have my own freelance business in Graphic/Web Design, but since the economy still isn't great I do worry if this is a realistic dream. Timing is everything, especially for a new start-up Read more

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Choosing Community Partners

April 26, 2012 by intern Leave a Comment

Brittney and I attended the latest FPRA (Florida Public Relations Association) Luncheon, the topic was "How Choosing the Right Community Partners Can Help Your Business Grow". The speaker was Rachelle Madrigal, the Manager of Sales & Marketing for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Bradenton Marauders. Rachelle was a great speaker: she got up, gave her speech, answered questions, all without a distracting Powerpoint presentation. She went into great detail about the different "Community Partners" that the Pirates and the Marauders have lasting relationships Read more

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Learning about SEO and YouTube

February 15, 2012 by intern

As the newest Intern I was invited by the ladies of Brand Eleven Eleven to attend a my first SEO seminar; "Increasing your SEO using YouTube", sponsored by Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) and held at the Meadows Country Club. The speaker was Maggie Lacher, the Regional Marketing Director for Florida Radiation Oncology Group and she was fabulous! I learned a great deal about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) in general, but also how to use YouTube as a marketing tool and maxing out it's potential. Who knew that search engines really crawl the Read more

Filed Under: Intern Insight, Internet Marketing, SEO, THE EDGE

Internship is Over . . .

August 2, 2011 by BRAND1111

Johnathan Weller, SCF Graphic Design Intern

Today has finally come where I finish my internship. I have completed the required 150 hours and this will be the last day working at brand 1111 for now. I have learned a lot and experienced even more here. I’m getting ready to finish my last semester of school and in January I will be looking for a full time position at entry level in the field of graphic design. I have gained a lot here at brand 1111 from logo design, brochure, and web design. Everything has to please the client even if you don’t like what they want. The schedule and Read more

Filed Under: Intern Insight, THE EDGE Tagged With: brand1111, brittney reilly, graphic design, graphic design internship, intern, melissa link, scf, state college of florida, web design

A Future Job

July 11, 2011 by intern

Finishing up my last 1/3 of this internship I have seen a lot in the last 2 months. Some things I like and others I don’t. I have felt sometimes why do I want to do this and others times this is the best thing in the world. I have come to a conclusion that I want to do web development instead of so much print design. Code is what I love to look at. Yet I still am a designer, I like to implement the design to the end and have it become a working website. This internship has shown me what type of job I think I would be good at and what to look for Read more

Filed Under: Intern Insight, THE EDGE Tagged With: code, design, graphic, intern, job, problem solving, website, what i want

Understanding a Business

July 5, 2011 by intern

I thought I had a good understand of what needs to happen in a business. Such as getting clients, doing projects, getting paid and paying your bills. That seems like a good idea of a business. On the contrary that is just seeing the main things about a business but not the hard choices of a business. Where as, the unsaid things that actuality do run the business and keep it going. Such as planning and working on strategies to further promote the business; keep it moving forward and growing. In a business there are many things that constantly need Read more

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My First Web Project

June 29, 2011 by intern

After about a month at Brand 1111 I feel comfortable doing almost any project they ask. Im in the process of getting a website design approved for a company and they are letting me do the design mockup and put the whole website together. Something I never thought I would be allowed to do; I always thought that I would just help with a website. My thoughts were that I would get to keep doing the updates I have been doing for the past month like: content updates, blog post updates, and putting pages together for websites. Never thought they would want Read more

Filed Under: Intern Insight Tagged With: intern, project, update website, web design, web development, wordpress

Intern Inspiration: Visit The Oatmeal

June 8, 2011 by intern

Here is a tip that has helped me. A friend showed me this website that a graphic designer/web developer has created that has comics and other things. When I’m working hard on a project and long hours and about to get burnt out I always turn to this website to have a good laugh and get inspired to be creative and keep on moving forward. I hope that this will help you to hang in there with that project your working on and to be inspired again and to be creative thinking. See an example comic from their site at right. www.theoatmeal.com SCF Read more

Filed Under: Intern Insight, THE EDGE Tagged With: comics, design intern, graphic design, inspiration, scf, the oatmeal, theoatmeal.com

Intern’s First Impression

May 25, 2011 by intern

They are really friendly here at Brand1111 and are here to help me learn as much as I can about the job and profession. I want to learn what its like to work at a professional job and a firm with clients. So far I have seen some up and downs to working for someone then just doing what you want to do for yourself. In school with my projects, I did what would please me. I’m learning that instead of waiting on yourself to come up with content or figure out what you want for a design; you have to go to the client and wait on them to send you content and Read more

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Where I want to go from here…

Choosing Community Partners

Learning about SEO and YouTube

Internship is Over . . .

A Future Job

Understanding a Business

My First Web Project

Intern Inspiration: Visit The Oatmeal

Intern’s First Impression

THE EDGE (Our Blog)

Where I want to go from here…

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