NOTABLE WORKS 02
John Muir College
Mascots, Newletters, Events and Systems
MY ROLE
Over my 3 years as the Graphic Designer under Student Affairs at John Muir college, I worked in a team of 4 where I focused on using my design skills as a means to create interaction between student’s and staff more accessible .
INFO
This is a timeline of everything I have accomplish while my time at muir collaborating with multiple departments and student orgs to ensure cohesive and dynamic visual identity.
TIMELINE
November 2021 –September 2024
TEAM
1 Manager · 1 Graphic Designer ·1 Social Media Planner
TOOLS
Pr
Ai
Adobe Premier pro · Adobe Illustrator · Instagram · Procreate
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Three years, two versions of the work
Although this section showcases the final results of my three years here, the timeline below provides a detailed breakdown of my accomplishments & key projects.
These contributions highlight not only the structural improvements I implemented but also the visual elements that continue to resonate with students. As I left a lot of stability for the next graphic designers in the, I am glad to be able to start traditions.
Before
I started with graphics for student affairs events and slowly grew to assisting orgs under muir's college as well with merch.
After
By the end, departments that I helped as during my time had helped cross -channel : Student Affairs, Student orgs, and Interal Pro-Staff I need for Student events.
I made it a priority to ensure the entire college not only looked visually enticing but also felt represented.
Muir timeline, year by year
A place to map the projects I made during my time at Muir College, UCSD. Click to see before and afters or across through the whole timeline or by year. What started as one-off requests, what became a visual system, and what changed as I grew into the role.
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2022–23
2023–2024
Before + afters
May 2022
Sun God self care
My first ever project.
This project (sticker and coloring sheet) even though small, still carries so much value to me as it is still being printed and distributed by not only the college but by independent student stores and seen around student laptops.
May - August 2022
Orientation Leader Spotlights
Photoshoot and graphics exclusively for 28+ students who are going to lead and and introduce the class of 2026 to Muir College and show them the resources.
September 2022
Newletter revamp
Updated the newsletter graphics for social media to be more inviting as well as cohesive with our weekly email letter sent out. This is used to announcement any events happening in the week.
September- October 2022
Mascots make way
The start of the mascots for Muir. Made the Muir College Academic Advising Mascots/Branding: Leaf, Flower, and Tree.
Established a visual language that would direct student information to be digestable through polysemy. Students are symbolized by the leaves, academic advising interns by the flowers, and mentors by the trees, reflecting growth and guidance throughout the process.
October 2022
Cultural Conversations Series
Graphics for events designed to create a judgment-free space where students can openly discuss and explore their personal identities.
October 2022
Halloweek
Graphics for a weekend full of events for students. Took inspiration from rubber hose animation and also made story post witch themed flyers for interns to post to post for their events in an array of colors.
Janurary 2023
News Letter Revamp
There was a clear lack of photos of the college and with the direction of Interal Staff, I made changes to the Muir words social media graphics and took photos each quarter that would becoming the visual branding backgrounds around Muir College Campus.
Februray 2023
Palentine
Printable graphic for directions and t-shirt design made for the Valentine day event. Merch inventive alongside a build a bear frog fostering an inclusive, gender-neutral celebration of platonic friendships.
February 2023
Student Affairs Spotlight
There was a clear lack of visuals of the college and with the direction of Interal Staff, I made changes to the Muir words social media graphics and took photos each quarter that would becoming the visual branding backgrounds around Muir College Campus.
April 2023
Muirstock
restoration of the visuals for a pre-pandemic annual concert through branding, marketing, and merch.
May - june 2023
Orientation Leaders
Photoshoot
30+ photoshoots and created personalized video graphics of Orientation Leaders for social media, helping new students get to know them.
September 2023
Welcome week
Graphics and merch made to incentivize incoming freshman students. Heavily inspired by “that’s so raven” as well as grand theft auto to appeal to all demographics by using nostalgia.
June 2023
Summer Send Off + Middle of Muir Merch
Created graphics for a large outdoor event fostering unity alongside some Muir t-shirts.
Social Media square template + seasonal variants
Mail Chimp header
September 2023
Muir Words Revival
Our weekly newsletter was update via both mailchimp and social media to ensure that it progressed alongside the students via visual cues like seasonal flora change.
october 2024
Student affairs and Academic Advising spotlight
Created 11+ personalized graphics for two departments, ensuring a cohesive aesthetic that aligned their visual identities and supported their frequent collaboration for their student interns.
Academic advising Spotlight
Print + design
Mascots
Academic Affairs - Flower, Tree (variants for quarter), and LeaF
student affairs - sunflower
October 2023
Mascots updated
Updated existing foundations for both Student affairs and Academic Advising to ensure easy communication through design.
Also made some printables/products (Table runner and PDFS with their information) as well as digital marketing (email banner, Digital Signage for café).
October 2023
Halloweek
Created Coraline themed Graphics to be used in both digital and physical. This includes Instagram story and square size + Digital Marketing Ad size PX(1400x1000)
Feburary 2024
Palentine
Printable graphic for directions and digital marketing for Palentine event. Focused on maximizing the cuteness factor for student engagement for the inclusive, gender-neutral celebration of platonic friendships.
April - June 2024
Muir Merch
Merch made for student orgs such as Totebags designs, Bottle Designs, Stickers, and even wearable merch to sell at M.O.M's cafe, the local coffee shop.
MWWS stickers
Digital and Physical deliverables
September 2024
Muirtendo
Created merch for a week long event that includes the following: 9 sticker designs, 1 tote bag design, 1 t-shirt design and some menu and calendar print-ables for a week long celebration with my co-chair . Delegated marketing tasks to 10+ committee members after creating theme and visual direction apart from quality control. Also created marketing videos as well!
Note: sprites like the Pokémon and Animal Crossing characters weren't illustrated by me — they're pulled from the original games to keep that authentic, nostalgic feel for the events. However those with a bit of sketch texture were done by me.