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Graphic Design Basics for Small Businesses

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Your Host

Monique Phears Meyer

Senior Graphic Designer and Educator at Studio South + Shore.

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!

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.

If you want to volunteer to have your website, social media accounts or any other design work reviewed and discussed in this FieldTrip, send your information to director@moniquerenee.design at least five (5) days prior. I will review a maximum of five, so send it on over!

About your Host
Monique RenĂ©e Meyer is an Adobe Certified graphic designer and educator who holds a Master’s degree in Graphic Design + Digital Media from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She has provided creative leadership and consulting for higher education, nonprofit, and corporate organizations and has directed marketing campaigns for recruitment, fundraising, and engagement in addition to managing numerous large-scale events. Currently managing her own design studio which specializes in strategic marketing graphic design for nonprofits, she was recently a judge for the Adobe College + Netflix and Amazon global design competitions, she is the host of Ladies, Wine & Design MidCities and she is a design mentor for the Dallas Entrepreneurship Center, the Women’s Print Mentoring Network and Designed.org.


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.

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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.


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