This semester, what started off as a search for an internship took me to many different avenues, from companies as far as California to New York, all with different kinds of interest. This eventually led me to send my resume and portfolio to Brooklyn College with a professor that I was familiar with at first, it didn’t seem like it was a fit as I was looking mainly for an internship that was based on Illustration. Still, with some guidance, I put together a design portfolio that fit what was being looked for and was soon accepted as an intern in the office of communications and marketing at Brooklyn College. 

My first week as an intern began with learning the software that I would be used mainly in my internship, which was Basecamp, which is used to input and update schedules, deadlines, and assignments. While being able to view various things on the basecamp site such as the home screen which lets you view all the current assignments that are being worked on, while also giving you access to various things such as “Pings” which let you direct message anyone who has access to it and exchange files and PDF’s. “Hey!” gives you updates on individual projects that various people are working on or projects in which you are mentioned for edits or updates for any assignments.

One of the first things that I had to learn was the use of the brand guidelines and logos for the college which stated many of the school perimeters such as logos with where and how you should use them, official color usage for marketing which are made up of three groups of official college colors, primary colors and secondary colors, brand uses of typeface and typesetting, and various other guidelines.