EXPERIENCE AT AVEDA CANADA
During summer 2010, I worked at Aveda Canada in Toronto as a junior design intern. This opportunity allowed me to gain early experience working in the field as a student. Within the second week of my part-time internship, I was hired on as a full time designer for the remainder of the summer. Working with two other designers, I was given the privilege of working solo on many campaigns, product launches, and events for all Aveda stores, salons and schools, designing in store signage, labels, catalogues, brochures, logo and business identities, e-blasts, posters, forms, coupons, business cards, and tent cards. Working for a Canadian company I also expanded my skills by designing many bilingual material. A new challenge then, creating forms, signage and e-blasts in both French and English, but now I am very capable of working different languages into one design. What started out as just an internship, and what became a job and experience proved to be the biggest step in my design education thus far. Having worked in a firm before completing of my degree gave me a different perspective and advantage to my classmates when I returned to school in the fall. I have now worked with real deadlines, printers, clients and all in a very fast pace environment. The skills and knowledge I learnt during this summer have truly benefited me, and have influenced my work for the better. This section of my portfolio is a selection of many pieces of work that I created for Aveda Canada and their stores, salons and schools.