Okay, Team! A Young Designer's Guide.
Graphic Designers Mark Cela, Kristen Pericleous, Dan Lawson, and Lauren DeMarks discuss topics relevant to young Graphic Design students and professionals.
Episodes
Welcome back! In this episode, Kristen and Lauren are joined by Trevor Minton, Chief Experience Officer at Openfield in Cincinnati. Join us as we discuss the ways we've seen the design industry narrow and focus on specialities, using design as a mindset and solving problems outside of your job, and the importance of being flexible and accepting new technologies in an ever-evolving landscape of design tools. We cover how to be ...
In this episode, Mark, Dan, and Kristen field questions from the wonderful Graphic Design students of Indiana State University!
The Q&A covers a multitude of subjects from imposter syndrome, the differences between art and creative directors, should you go to graduate school as a visual artist if you never intend to teach, and lots more!
Host, Producer, & Editor - Mark Cela
Host, Director, & Script Writer - Kristen P...
To celebrate the end of Season 3, Mark, Kristen, Dan, and Lauren visit the Okay Team! Lounge, where they have drinks and discuss everything BUT graphic design.
Subjects include the upcoming Season 4 of the podcast, some movie reviews, a little bit of reality TV, and gaming.
There is a lot of laughter and geeky content with this episode, but they'll back in Season 4 with more design news, guests, and possibly an episode with a ...
In this episode, the Team chats with Haley Moore, VP of Design, about her career path from designer to manager and how she came to terms with embracing her natural ability to lead projects and being comfortable managing a team of very skilled designers. She discusses taking leaps in her career in order to not lean away from her natural skillsets, even if they are hard to recognize, and being ok with the concept of not being the bes...
In this episode, The Team discuss costly mistakes they've made in their careers, how they addressed them, and how to you should address your own $10K mistakes when you make them (and you will).
Host, Producer, & Editor - Mark Cela
Host, Director, & Script Writer - Kristen Pericleous
Host, Social Media Manager, Social Media Content Creator, & Editor - Dan Lawson
Host, Website Director - Lauren DeMarks
In this episode The Team speaks with Highmark Health UX (User Experience) Researcher Autumn Gilbert!
Host, Producer, & Editor - Mark Cela
Host, Director, & Script Writer - Kristen Pericleous
Host, Social Media Manager, Social Media Content Creator, & Editor - Dan Lawson
Host, Website Director - Lauren DeMarks
Listen in as The Team discusses career pivots and offers insight for each step of the process. We cover advice for researching your intended field, seeking out opportunities to develop new and necessary skills, building up a refreshed portfolio and online presence, and ways to find a new network within the niche of design you hope to enter. Finally, we address many of the biggest concerns of pivoting and solutions for how to handle...
We're excited to have professional Photographer Todd Kuhns on this episode, where he talks about the state of photography as an industry, advice for young photographers and designers, and how design could learn from the last 20 years of how photography has evolved.
Todd's work may be found at his website and YouTube channel:
Studio12online.com
Todd Kuhns on YouTube
Host, Producer, & Editor ...
In this episode, Kristen, Dan, and Lauren discuss the importance and impact of soft skills in your design role and job hunting. The Team covers what soft skills are, how you can talk about them in interviews, and how you build on them throughout your career.
Host, Producer, & Editor - Mark Cela
Host, Director, & Script Writer - Kristen Pericleous
Host, Social Media Manager, Social Media Content Creator, & Editor ...
EPISODE 23: Storytelling Your Work
On this episode, the Team discusses tips and tactics for presenting your creative work and ideas in a storytelling narrative. We present ideas for ways to mesh verbal and visual cues to guide you and the audience through your work and how to present ideas in the most professional and goal-oriented manner. We give ideas for how to streamline your narrative, show off your creative process, set u...
Egg-timer news this week covers the team’s favorite features announced at Apple’s WWDC event.
Digressions include how to pronounce “biopic,” business card design, ...
Welcome to a special edition as we wrap up Season 2; the Ok, Team Lounge! In this episode, your hosts will cover a variety of topics outside the world of design and discuss their passions. Buckle up, as the Team covers Dan’s new podcast, horror movies, video games, tv shows we’re loving, D&D, Nicholas Cage’s acting prowess, and Kristen’s favorite cryptid; Bigfoot. We also have a special announcement; Lauren DeMarks will be join...
Indiana State University Professor Nancy Nicols-Pethick joins the team to talk shop and how she uses her unique experiences to push students to find passion in their work, learn how to address failures, and recognize how to aim for higher personal standards rather than settling for their current skill level. We cover mastering creative foundations, work/life balance, and, of course, her thoughts on AI. Join us and our wonderful gue...
In this episode, the Team talks about accessibility and design. Guest host Lauren DeMarks talks about user experience (UX) design and the spectrum of use cases for ensuring equitable experiences regardless of temporary or long-term physical disabilities.
Show Notes:
Overall, what does it mean to have accessible design?
- Lauren, would you like to give us a definition or overview?
- OVERVIEW Accessibility is the p...
In this episode guest host Lauren DeMarks joins the Team as talks about ways to level up as a graphic designer.
Show Notes:
What does it mean to “level up?”
- More than just software skills, aesthetic, or even becoming more efficient
- Higher level of performance, thinking, innovating, systems thinking, etc…
Tangible markers of successful leveling up:
- Promotion
- Title change
- Raise
- Responsibilities change/increase
- On reflec...
In this episode, guest Crystal Black talks about issues related to doing design work for friends and the pitfalls of not using a contract.
Egg Timer News: Canva buys Affinity!
Host, Producer, & Editor - Mark Cela
Host, Director, & Script Writer - Kristen Pericleous
Host, Social Media Manager, Social Media Content Creator, & Editor - Dan Lawson
Host, Website Director - Lauren DeMarks
In this episode, The Team attempts to stay on task and talk about work-life balance for Graphic Designers.
Show Notes:
General Overview
- What is work/life balance?
Specific Situations
- School vs. “Real World”
- Extra cirriculars, friends, social life, after-work events, side gig (??), hobbies
- Kristen’s advice: don’t take on too much directly out of school!!
- Traditional Agency (9-5) Job
- Occasional ...
In this episode, The Team explore different software used in professional graphic design.
Show Notes:
Today we’re going to address a question we get all the time:
“There are SO many programs, what do I really need to learn?!”
- School won’t teach you everything, but it will teach you how to learn, where to find tutorials, what questions to ask, etc.
- You’ll also learn on the job!
- Some is experience-based
- In tec...
In this episode, The Team explores the graphic design interviewing process and the tough questions and situations that may arise during the process.
Show notes:
Interview Questions, Answers, and Etiquette.
Not every question ever, just some of the hard ones!
- Tell us about yourself!
- What’s the weakest piece in your portfolio?
- Answering questions about team projects
- Why isn’t work from (X seen on your resume) in y...
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