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📈 Graphic Design Basics for Small Businesses
This event happened on Tue, Nov 2, 2021
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Overview
389 Lovely Attendees
389 Lovely Attendees
Tampa, FL, USA
I have completely transformed brands into becoming leaders in competitive spaces for the past 15+ years as a senior marketing graphic designer and educator. I have single-handedly helped raise millions and supported key business goals by translating strategy into clear, cohesive brand systems and high-impact marketing materials for multiple industries. With a Master’s in Graphic Design and Digital Media, I am highly experienced in print and digital design, and have taught multiple cross-functional teams how to become supporters of the graphic design profession.
I host global design workshops and have been a featured guest on Adobe Live, where I designed and taught my process live for two days to Adobe’s 1M+ YouTube subscribers. I have been a podcast guest and a speaker at the Texas Film Commission’s Women in Tech Conference. Highly active in the design community, I volunteer, mentor, host, and use my skills as a recurring judge for Adobe Creative Jams, as a reviewer for various college portfolio review panels, and as a board member at two colleges.
About this FieldTrip
Are you a small business owner who is trying to market yourself while also managing your everyday tasks? Are you overwhelmed with trying to do design on your own and trying to figure out how to work with colors, typography, graphics, etc. to make your business look attractive? Well, let’s get you out of your head!
what to expect
✔️ I will teach you some basic graphic design rules that you can (and should) start to use immediately to improve your work. You will also walk away with free tools you may not know about that are available for your everyday design use.
✔️ I will be teaching the entire time and taking questions at the end (so that we have time to get all the content delivered). You will learn quick tips on typography, composition, color and see real examples of bad design so you know what to avoid.
about your host
Monique Renée Meyer is proud to play a role in connecting educational and nonprofit organizations to their target audiences through her strategic marketing graphic design. In addition to managing her own design studio, she teaches small businesses how to market themselves through better graphic design. Monique has a Master’s Degree in Graphic Design + Digital Media and has provided creative leadership, design consulting, and event management for numerous corporations and organizations.
She is the host of Ladies, Wine & Design MidCities, an Adobe Creative Jam judge, and a mentor for the Dallas Entrepreneurship Center and the Women’s Print Mentoring Network. She has been featured on Adobe Live, The Quickie Podcast, and at the Texas Governor + Texas Film Commission’s Women in Tech Conference.
event type
📈 Business Skillz (Social Media Tips, Branding & Design, Building a Business, Freelancing, etc)
What to expect
Lecture format!
This is a more traditional format where participants absorb information through presentations and talks.
Real-time only!
This FieldTrip will not be recorded.
Tampa, FL, USA
About Monique Phears Meyer
I have completely transformed brands into becoming leaders in competitive spaces for the past 15+ years as a senior marketing graphic designer and educator. I have single-handedly helped raise millions and supported key business goals by translating strategy into clear, cohesive brand systems and high-impact marketing materials for multiple industries. With a Master’s in Graphic Design and Digital Media, I am highly experienced in print and digital design, and have taught multiple cross-functional teams how to become supporters of the graphic design profession.
I host global design workshops and have been a featured guest on Adobe Live, where I designed and taught my process live for two days to Adobe’s 1M+ YouTube subscribers. I have been a podcast guest and a speaker at the Texas Film Commission’s Women in Tech Conference. Highly active in the design community, I volunteer, mentor, host, and use my skills as a recurring judge for Adobe Creative Jams, as a reviewer for various college portfolio review panels, and as a board member at two colleges.
Attendees
Anna Inabinet
Mary Witsiepe
Heart Walk Director at American Heart Association.
Julia Elmer
Malorie Snitil
Bernice Mar
Tara Hall
Graphic & web designer.
Madison Battaglia
Julie Bridgeman
Tripti Sahni
Lori Haynes
Susan Pollock
lea amarillo
Annamarie Horvath
Manali Desai
Andrea Botto
Kelly Momsen
Tanya P.
Annie J.
Zivile M.
Marize h.
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