August 2011
34 posts
July 2011
35 posts
Making it to Madison Avenue: Understanding consumers →
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This article in The Economist reminded me a lot of what I was told by all the planners at BBH, about those cultural differences and details it is important to understand when dealing with foreign markets. China is the next big thing and so a lot of brands are now trying to crack this market.
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caterine: A Story of Stereotypes →
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I’d like to officially lodge my complaint against the education system in America. There’s a reason why so few women know how to code in the industry, and it all starts with those who educate us: our parents, our teachers, and the media. Every single one of these channels let me down throughout my…
Looking back at this year's goals:
I wrote this list at the beginning of the year and I just wanted take a quick look back and cross off things I’ve accomplished.
Here’s what I’m looking forward to so far:
VegasGraduationHong KongShanghai
Here are my goals that I plan to make happen:
Design and/or Marketing Internship- Determine my brand identity
- Create portfolio,
website, business cards, etc. Network with people in the creative field- Research graduate schools
Update my resumeTake more photosRead more books(read 4 so far this summer)
Habits/skills I need to keep in mind:
- No procrastination
- Learn to budget my finances more efficiently
- Be more business/tech savvy
- Stay organized
- Don’t let anybody walk over me.
I am so glad I’ve reached over half of my goals in just this summer alone. I still have half a year left so that means more challenges to meet and more goals to accomplish.
Anyway, a quick update on my life:
- I now intern at an amazing publishing company in downtown with the most breathtaking view of the city & great co-workers
- I got another part time job as an optician at an optometry office (more $$)
- I freelance here and there with random design jobs
- I have 12+ hour work days!
- Since the “breakup”, I’ve been in self-pity mode and annoyingly sad. Fortunately, after 4 long months, I’ve finally come to my senses and have made peace with the fact that we are not together.
- I met a new boy a few weeks ago, we hung out, got to know each other, and I think I like him! So refreshing.
- New jobs, more money, new happiness, new people.
- I can finally say that life is good right now and I couldn’t be more happy.
