Autumn Update

Happy Autumn! This is my favorite time of year, and I have some fun updates to share, so read on. Education I am all set to graduate in just over two months from UF's College of Journalism and Communications. I am about halfway through my last few classes of undergrad - mobile app building, ethics in …

15 Tips For College – From A Senior

I was reading an article on Forbes that inspired me to reflect on the last 3 years of my college experience. I felt compelled to create a quick, three-video series on my YouTube channel in order to remind students of some things I felt were very important throughout each year of college. Here's my comprehensive …

How To Build An Impressive Resume In 5 Easy Steps

https://youtu.be/Bv13qFvpVmU In my newest YouTube video, titled 5 Tips For Sophomore Year, I mention the importance of building an impressive resume in college. Trust me, it's best to be proactive when it comes to resumes. Start working on it way before you actually need it. Why? When you do need your resume, it is much less stressful to have …

Jessica Small Design, LLC

It's official! Today I became a small business owner. This is a super short post, because I just wanted to document the occasion. However, I am so excited to announce that the informal freelance gigs I started doing just about one year ago have transformed into a real small business. I have learned so incredibly much …

Pupper-azzi

A fun project I have been working on for the last few months is what I like to call "pupper-azzi." Basically, I've been following Jet and Franchi, two adorable Labrador Retrievers, around and taking photos with my DSLR camera (and iPhone when an impromptu cute moment pops up.) This doesn't have a lot to do …

Summer Update

This month at Jabil, I had the opportunity to work on lots of exciting communications projects. In addition to my assigned projects, I have been in numerous meetings with the rest of the corporate communications team and have completed various tasks to support the team. This month, I designed email header templates for the Jabil …

Final Project | IMC Campaign

I am thrilled to announce I have accepted a summer position as a full-time Graphic Design Intern at Jabil in St. Pete. This Jabil blog post about the 50 year anniversary campaign does a perfect job explaining the company and its history. Jabil works business to business, so their marketing and communications are aimed at current …

P14 | Infographics

For this project, I created an infographic using facts from Oranges: Health Benefits, Risks & Nutrition Facts. I pulled in some tips from The Do's and Don'ts of Infographic Design. I wanted to emphasize the title with a large center graphic. I kept the colors simple, sticking to a bright orange, white, and green for emphasized …

P13 | Social Media

For this week's assignment, I created a social media campaign for a company in the travel industry - Royal Caribbean - for a hypothetical campaign for Spring Break 2016. Here are the 3 options for Facebook Cover Photos: Here is the Instagram overlay I designed: And, last, here is the Twitter Header Photo I created: I stuck …

P12 | E-mail Campaign

This week in my Photoshop graduate class, we created e-mail campaigns for the same company as last weeks web ads. An email campaign is, simply put, one of the many spammy emails you get on a daily basis. If done right, the receiver is not annoyed, but is actually enticed to click one of the …