Monday, April 3

YOUR FINAL FOR YOUR PERSONAL BRANDING BOX IS DUE AT 5 PM ON MARCH 31ST, FRIDAY! PLEASE PLACE ON THE TABLE OUTSIDE MY DOOR.

For the weekend!! ONLY HOMEWORK IS SENIOR SHOW! Have roughs printed out / items ready to look at / butterflies ready to fly / illustrations ready to move to Geneva / etc. We need to see physical progress to move forward. Will show off Torch stuff on Tuesday and will get started on design for that. Pretty straight forward so really work on your senior show stuff.

Thursday, March 30

DUE ON THURSDAY

Job folder for the personal branding project.

FINAL ITEMS
1. Take away
2. Letter - use the cover letter from mid program / you will get more feedback on one that has had time. We will cover these more in depth at some point I promise. On letterhead.
3. Business Card
4. Envelope
5. Look book
6. Business Plan
7. Website
8. Overall Box
9. Resume
10. Digital Files

Have them all stored in your box and ready to turn in. No formal critique on this one so no need to dress up. Will have the interview with the panel at the end of the semester.

McKENZIE
Try another attempt. Check out the slack channel. Notes are on the table and in slack. See if you can add in the train guitar. Please have changes ready for Thursday to send out to the client again.

WTNGEF
Please make the changes to the logos to fit all the discussion topics Ricky. Fix the mispelling on the slide. Do a spell check just to make sure. Jess when we get the program information we will send it your way. Ricky please forward the logo changes and changed power point to Amy Knack.

THE TORCH
Will be due on April 18th. Will meet with the editorial board on the day after spring break. This was date was argued for by your compadres so if you have issues with the after spring break please take it up with them. We will talk about options and content on Thursday. Please start a visual brief and a little research in the job folder. You will have to write a pitch for this design before touching beyond thumbnail. Must be your branding format. It will be a 12 page document that will have cover, back cover, table of contents, editor note, bios, long story, short story, artwork and poems. For old editions please see https://www.uu.edu/org/torch/.

SENIOR PROJECTS
Please keep up with your deadlines. Keep going. Date is fast approaching! Will need to start seeing drafts soon.

Tuesday, March 28

Be working on your senior show stuff. Would like a progress update on Tuesday. Have your final package ready to go for your personal brand on Tuesday. Also be checking slack for an update for the files for WTGEF. I think we will need a quick turn around of that information. We will be starting The Torch designs on Tuesday.

Thursday, March 23

Please have the following items finalized in class on Thursday.

1. Business Plan
2. Business Forms - print off all of them
3. Resume
4. Take away
5. Box
6. Look Book
7. Overall Box
8. Website
9. Business card / envelope / letterhead
10. Gumption for all those future employers and internships you are going to nab with this awesome branding package...hang in there...

Last rough set before the committee - make it good and make it a final!

Thursday, March 16

Okay so we've got two major items due on Thursday. Corporate redesign of the McKenzie logo. Give two options for fonts one option for look. Use color scheme loosely must for in black and white before it can work in our hodgepodge of colors. This needs to be only fine tuning before sending to client on Thursday. Your assignment for West TN global engagement forum is due. Work on your assigned items. Make sure they fit with the brand. You can pull PNG off website for now and I'll get you an additional file to work with tomorrow when get back to office.

Personal brand - get as much done as possible. Keep working. Keep pushing. This is for you and how your represent yourself to a client and potential employer. I would shoot to have a look book to get feedback on before mini break.

Tuesday, March 14

FOR TUESDAY
1. Final branding for your business printed out to size and scale
2. Final business plan / with cover and make sure that you have fully moved out all old wording from example.
3. Final forms - make sure that they are easily identifiable at the top of the form / can be quickly found. Invoice needs to be noticably different from those forms.
4.  Rough / printed of your look book (catalog of your portfolio projects)
5. Takeaway / Rough
6. Package design / with all items fitting in it - rough for Tuesday

We are going to really hit this hard this week so we can move past it to the other materials that we have yet to do for the Language Dept. Conference.

Thursday, March 9

DUE THURSDAY

1. Stationary package rough - have printed off options
2. Finalized business forms
3. Finalized business plan
4. Finalized website
5. Take away rough - have idea or mock ups of options
6. Packaging design for mail out - ideas / thumbnails

We are trying to get this turned around so we can focus on some bigger things incoming. Remember you are your harshest client. Hang in. Work through it. Use your language. Use your imagery. Create a brand that is you!

Tuesday, March 7

Ricky - Railroad meets hatch logo
Kayli - Hatch meets store front logos
Jessica - Hatch meets agriculture & industry logo
Song - Hatch / type inspired logo

These are due to me in finalized form by Thursday to send to the client. I know we don't have class but we need to make sure that we are meeting client deadlines.

Please work on your forms and your business plan write ups. You need to have rough of website, business stationary package. I will expect them to be in finalize form for Tuesday class next week.

This is the absolutely last day (Tuesday) to turn in your finalized contract and get a show. Must have deadlines, details printed off and brought to class on Tuesday. If you would like to have it looked over hit me up anytime.