90-Hour Graphic Design Internship with Pasco-Hernando State College's Marketing Department, summer of 2025.
Goals:
-A better understanding of print practices using Adobe Creative Suite
-Gain industry knowledge from an experienced and established team.
-Achieve established brand recognition in every piece I create.
-A better understanding of print practices using Adobe Creative Suite
-Gain industry knowledge from an experienced and established team.
-Achieve established brand recognition in every piece I create.
Project 1: College Closed Posters
I was tasked with creating "College Closed" signs. The goal was all posters can be reused for different occasions that maintain branding guidelines. All posters were printed, laminated, and cut in-house.
I was tasked with creating "College Closed" signs. The goal was all posters can be reused for different occasions that maintain branding guidelines. All posters were printed, laminated, and cut in-house.
Top Left 24" x 36" Poster
Background and typography designed in Illustrator, layout was designed in Photoshop, RGB at 72 PPI.
Top Right: 8.5" x 11" Poster
Background and typography designed in Illustrator, layout was designed in Photoshop, RGB @ 72 PPI.
Bottom:
Print-Ready 8-Up of 8.5" x 11" Poster on 24" x 36" Poster paper. Layout was designed in Photoshop, RGB @ 72 PPI.
Background and typography designed in Illustrator, layout was designed in Photoshop, RGB @ 72 PPI.
Bottom:
Print-Ready 8-Up of 8.5" x 11" Poster on 24" x 36" Poster paper. Layout was designed in Photoshop, RGB @ 72 PPI.
Project 2:
Poster Series: Workforce Development
I was tasked with making twelve posters for designated degree programs and fields offered at the college to be displayed in computer labs across campuses. All posters were printed, laminated, and cut in-house.
Poster Series: Workforce Development
I was tasked with making twelve posters for designated degree programs and fields offered at the college to be displayed in computer labs across campuses. All posters were printed, laminated, and cut in-house.
Designated programs:
(Left to right)
(Left to right)
Teaching, Surgery, STEM, Programming, Nursing, Networking, Law, Drones, Business, Aviation, Drafting, First Responder.
Designed in CMYK 36" x 24" at 200 DPI on Photoshop.
Designed in CMYK 36" x 24" at 200 DPI on Photoshop.
Call for Entries, Hero Size
Hero Sizing
TV system
Newsletter
Facebook--second option
Project 3: Converting website heroes into multiple sizes
I was tasked twice to arrange a website hero into social media and thumbnail sizes to understand how to design larger and modify the smaller pieces to fit. These were converted into social media, newsletter, and website postings.
All pieces were designed in Photoshop, RGB, 72 PPI
SUMMARY:
My time spent in the marketing department at Pasco-Hernando State College will forever be cherished. In addition to the projects listed above, I attended meetings that fell on my scheduled days, participated in campaign planning, and had many discussions with the lead designer to understand the role of design in an institutionalized setting. From this internship, I managed to obtain all of my goals and possess confidence in my design abilities I thought would take years of experience to achieve.