I am currently a Graphic Design major at Carthage college in Kenosha, WI. With my major I intend to pursue a career in either logo design, poster construction, or advertisement. I hope eventually to work for a non-profit organization designing promotional items such as posters, pins and t-shirt graphics. As a individual with a creative outlook on life, I hope to create visual concepts for my clients which convey their ideas in order to inspire, captivate and inform their presumable future consumers of their product. Obtaining minors in Public Relations and Spanish will hopefully expand my opportunities to communicate and work with foreign clients, as Spanish is a largely growing language in the United States.

As an intern in the Department of Alumni Relations at Carthage College this year, I will be producing a variety of marketing materials such as posters, flyers, and informative pamphlets for various events and programs including the Student Alumni Association, Beacon Award ceremony, Faculty Speaker Series, alumni volunteer program, and more. I will be working the Communications Department to understand the process of the rebranding of Carthage College and how I can apply that to the materials I will be creating. This work will aid me in heightening my Graphic Design experience on a daily basis. It will also allow me to exercise my communication skills, which will help with my Public Relations minor. I am excited to learn more about Alumni Relations in the process. I will create a portfolio containing all of the final materials at the end of the internship for credit in December of 2014.