Week 15

4 hours monday, 4 hours wednesday, 4 hours Friday, total = 12 hours

Monday~

worked on banners and continued editing athletic photos

Wednesday~

finished 2 banners and posted and made a slide show using the softball photos which was posted using the cms.

Friday~

Completed one banner, corrected 2 banners and completed a baseball slideshow with similar vignetting effect

Week 14

4 hours monday, 4 hours wednesday, 4 hours Friday, total = 12 hours

Monday~

Finished and posted 2 banners from last week, developed concepts for another banner for the student health 101 online magazine and posted. Gathered and selected Womens Basketball images for a client.

Wednesday~

Developed 3 concepts for web banners.

Friday~

Posted banners and archived athletic photos.  Began editing photos with a vignetting effect and blur for future slide show.

week 13

3 hours monday, 5 hours wednesday, 4 hours Friday total = 12 hours

Monday~

Found stock photos needed for 3 banner ads. Researched clients and Created concepts for each of the 3 banners.

Wednesday~

Completed 4 banners and got feedback from a client. Continued to work on long term projects such as the slide shows and forms. Stayed an extra hour to finish and post a sustainability event banner.

Friday~

Gathered stock for 2 banners developed concepts and finished up an admissions form.

week 12

4 hours x 3 mon, wed, fri total =12

Monday~

I Continued working with forms. Completed a banner with a quick turn around time for an upcoming bio-fuel talk for sustainability month.

Wednesday~

Created and posted a banner for an upcoming film screening which addresses Bullying. Continued creating forms in acrobat.

Friday~

Created an archive of images on cd for use by sombody outside of the marketing dept. Continued with long term projects.

Week 11

4 hours on Monday, 5.5 hours Tuesday total = 9.5 hours

Monday~

Learned to create pdf Forms using adobe acrobat and finished one form. Pulled photos from a rich text document for use on the web and for archiving.

Tuesday~

Completed a banner for sustainability month. Attended meeting for future project and discussed a few possible ways I could help with the webpage. Completed the coding for the PR photos. Attempted to complete a second Form but the original PDF had pending changes to be made.

week 10

4 hours x 3, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Total hours=12

Monday~

Edited Directory Pages using the built in cms tools, Created a banner for the Cafe Make over

Wednesday~

Sent Athletic photos to in house print shop and learned the process for doing so. Continued transferring and creating the slide shows to new system.

Friday~

Retouched Athletic photos after spotting some print issues. Made Banner for Construction re-routes and corrected a PDF link on the server. Discussed upcoming meeting and possibility of helping to re-brand the planetarium and update its webpage.

week 9

4 hours x 3, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Total hours=12

Monday~

organized photos on server for archiving.

Wednesday~

Client meeting for athletic photos.

Friday~

transferred old slideshow system to CMS server and uploaded and created new slide shows for use on public website. Published 3 slideshows.

Week 8

4 hours x 3, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Total hours=12

Monday~

I selected, gathered and edited photos for future use on the School marketing webpage for community use.

Wednesday~

continued to work on photos for both the athletic and marketing depatments and completed concepts for banners on the public webpage for the planetarium and for U of I students looking to take classes at Parkland. I also completed a Header banner for the U of I student page.

Friday~

I got feedback on concepts and revised banners. Upon completion I used the CMS to upload the finished work to the public webpage.

week 7

4 hours x 2 Monday and Wednesday, 3 hours x 1 Friday. Total hours=7

Monday~

Finished 2 Banners and used the CMS to post them

Wednesday~

Considered images for placement on the new commerce page, and began planning some motion projects.

Friday~

Worked up concepts for a web banner. Cropped and re-sized Athletic photos for a set of uniform headshots at 100 dpi for web implementation. Used the CMS to upload to the resources folder.

This week

This week I continued to improve designing for a small format and used new tools to be a bigger part of a team.

Week 6

4 hours x 2 Monday and Wednesday, 3 hours x 1 Friday. Total hours=7

Monday~

Cropped and re-sized Athletic photos for a set of uniform headshots at 100 dpi for web implementation.

Wednesday~

Chose 1 athletic photo for print to best represent each sport offered.

Friday~

Worked up two concepts for web banners and attempted to tweak a slide show system -went home early due to illness.

This week

This week I exercised sound photo selection, creative cropping, and a uniform and consistent layout scheme. I believe my concepts for web banners are improving.

Week 5

4 hours x 2, Monday and Wednesday. Total hours=8

Monday~

Finished 2 banners for international student registration and one for the blog.

Wednesday~

Experimented with various methods of implementing a slide show system for the dual credit student slides. I tested flickr, pictobrowser, Java script, Jquerry, and Iframes.

This week

This week I worked on styling a banner that tied into the blog look and feel while still looking good on the Parkland website. I also gained some experience with slide systems, looking for one that auto-started and looped. Although I am thus far unsuccessful finding a system that uses little or no coding for future student workers I have learned a lot about the process. I was also introduced to the CMS system and methods of importing content.

week 4

4 hours x 3, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Total hours=12

Monday~

I developed a concept for the dual credit webpage using existing elements as well as reproducing a few High School logos.

Wednesday~

An unexpected project was given to me and expected by the end of the day. I had to create a web banner in 2 formats promoting Black History Month using a print design as a guideline. I completed the project and was asked to complete two more since they were coming out so well.

Friday~

2 more web banners were completed for access success and student ambassadors, once again an unexpected project with a short turn around time. We also produced another format of the Black History Month banner to be pushed out to Smile Politely, a community online magazine. I am currently developing a concept for a foreign exchange program project.

This week

This week was an exercise in producing quality work in a short amount of time. I learned to quickly gather information and resources while simultaneously considering the direction of a project.

week 3

4 hours x 3, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Total hours=12

Monday~

Completed 1 web banner, and started developing concepts for a new webpage promoting a dual credit program. Contributed some material to an idea board for an upcoming promotion/repositioning project.

Wednesday~

Further developed concepts and began slides for a transitioning banner highlighting students in the dual credit program.

Friday~

edited and executed the slides

This week

I thought of ways to reposition a product, how to implement a new slide system, and exercised creative cropping and type placement to fit within a set format.

Week 2

4 hours x 2, Wednesday and Friday. Total hours=8

Wednesday~

Completed 2 web banners, one promoting the Wellness Center and one to direct students to important dates.

Friday~

Completed one web banner prompting students to complete a course evaluation and started a new project promoting Parkland's dual credit program.

This week

I continued to exercise the ability to deliver a message with as few words as possible, while considering how elements related to each other on the same page. One thing I believe I particularly succeeded in was catching and directing a viewers eye to important information.

Week 1

4 hours x 2, Wednesday and Friday. Total hours=8

Wednesday~

Was introduced to the team, work-flow and website layouts I am going to be working with. Briefed on up coming projects.

Friday~

Completed 2 web banners for upcoming educational and informational events. "Parkland Pathway To Illinois - open house" and "Meet The Pros - a running series of lectures from local creative professionals"

This week

I exercised the ability to translate existing print pieces in to a promotional web ad and had to work within an established set of proportions while editing content down to the most important information.