In this episode The Team explores how and why designers should catalog their successes in order to become more confident and well-rounded in their careers.
Show notes:
Purpose:
- Promotes Professional Confidence
- Practice self-promotion
- Brag!
- Demonstrate breadth of experience
- Keep public-facing spaces current
- Identify holes in skill or experience
- Diff success hold diff value to every company, team, client
- Prepare for hard interview questions
Types of Success:
- Professional Formal:
- Jobs, Internships, Co-ops
- ProBono, Volunteer
- Freelance
- Experiential:
- Mentorships
- Professional Workshops
- Team-based Work
- Related Coursework
- Other design experiences
- Personal
- Project, process, personal breakthroughs
- Growth Experiences
- Leadership Exp.
- Out of the box OR Out of your comfort zone
Places to Brag:
- Visual
- Written
- LinkedIn
- Website
- Resume
- Medium/Blogs (writing skills)
- Case Study (Website or linkedin)
Opportunities for new Success:
- School
- Projects, classes, teams,
- Professional work
- Internships, jobs, freelance, on-campus organizations, et .
- Enhance Communication and personal Skills
- Negotiation, time management, marketing, writing, photography, correspondence, etc
- Professional Organizations
Content to Consider:
- Success metrics
- Key outcomes/takeaways
- Invisible success
- New skills/learnings (interpersonal or professional)
- Processes
- Barriers overcame
- negatives/weaknesses turned positive
- Maneuvering through changes in client ask
Host, Producer, & Editor - Mark Cela
Host, Director, & Script Writer - Kristen Pericleous
Host, Social Media Manager, Social Media Content Creator, & Editor - Dan Lawson
