I’m really happy I have taken this class because it really made me think on what I want to do after college. Having to pick a career is stressful but knowing that were able to plan everything out for it in this class makes me feel a lot more secure.

For my digital presence I have chosen LinkedIn and Instagram. LinkedIn connects me to different people in the digital marketing and brand designing. I will be able to see who I can connect with and what their position is. On Instagram I would be able to have a easy “portfolio” I would also like to learn how to use Adobe Illustrator and Procreate this break and create How To’s for the Instagram account. Not only will people, companies, and upcoming brands see my designs but they’ll be able to see what software’s and applications I use in order to create flyers, logos, websites, etc.

This break I have created a time line to create my first piece for my portfolio. Currently, I am submitting internship applications and awaiting responses.

During this wee I just worked on the Google Slide from the previous weeks!

During this class we spoke about internships and finding people who we would be able to email and speak about a position with. We were supposed to find five companies but I found two. I applied to one and unfortunately got rejected but now I’m aware of the questions they ask and the type of qualifications they ask for.

One of the companies I looked up (the one I applied for) was called TuneCore. They distributed and marketed independent and upcoming artists. They were associated with Spotify and worked from different parts of the world. They were located here in Brooklyn and I spoke the the TA Manager named Kathy Nikolz (kathy@tunecore.com). Overall I had about 4 video calls with them but unfortunately I didn’t get the position.

Another company that I looked up was called As Beauty Group, they were partnered up with the beauty brands called Julep and Laura Geller. A person I know works there named Kimberly Dorce. I spoke to her to get to know her job in the e-Commerce field and also ask to be redirected to the marketing team. I got an email from her and it is (adominguez@asbeautyco.com)

During this class we were to set up our final project presentations. Down below I have linked the Google Slide that I created during class! All comments, feedback, and additional features I should add are greatly appreciated!

During this week we spoke about our future peers and the people in the positions we would like to be in. During class I keep finding people on LinkedIn without any contact information which made it hard for me to write to them. I realized I had acquaintances who worked in a similar field I was interested in.

Coming from the beauty field I remembered meeting a lot of marketing workers there. Two women that stood out to me were Keila Gonzalez and Kimberly Dorce. Keila specializes in Brand and Web design, Kimberly specializes in Marketing and E-Commerce. When you look at Keila’s work its very light and simple Kimberly works for a beauty marketing organization where they create content and include the entire team in their social posts especially for the companies they partner with.

I have done flyers for small businesses and created content for companies such as Sephora and e.l.f Cosmetics.

When we spoke about big goals we were placed into groups. I was indecisive about what I wanted to share due to the facts I have other goals I’d like to accomplish as well. While researching and looking at my resume I really always wanted to get into the Social Media and Digital Marketing team.

On of my main “big goals” would be to become a social media/ digital marketing manager. To start tasks in this field I could help and work with small and upcoming businesses and owners. I can help them create, plan out, and bring more clients to their brand. By doing so I’ll be able to create and add onto my portfolio and network.

At this moment I do know brand designers and people in e-commerce.

Today we spoke about how to write a email to a current employ in a position we would like to work in. As the previous weeks we were told to not make the letter so straightforward and harsh in order to not scare them away but to make it more of an invitation to introduce ourselves and learn more about what they do and what their company is specifically looking for in a person before hiring them.

I was paired up today with Jonathan and Renee and they told me my introduction letter was straight to the point but also welcoming. I did make an error in the last line where I didn’t change the “in person interview” to a zoom interview but overall I believe it is a well written letter. I included a couple of things I did to help me learn more about the career I want and I feel like it could be a good topic to talk about in the call.

We are finally back to online classes and I am so happy because this will be my senior year! During our first class we just spoke about discord, the syllabus and we were able to break out into pairs and we spoke about our best a worst classes. Jahi and I both had the same positive classes but for our worst classes we seemed to have the same issues but with different professors. Unfortunately we both experienced professors who weren’t the best at giving criticism and not organized at all.

I cant wait to start learning new material this year in all my classes this semester!