NOTABLE WORKS 05

John Muir College

Mascots, Newletters, Events and Systems

MY ROLE

As a Student Affairs intern at John Muir college, I worked in a team of 3 where I focused on using my design skills as a means to create interaction between student’s and staff more accessible and meaningful.

INFO

Graphic Designer

TIMELINE

November 2021 –September 2024

TEAM

1 Manager · 1 Graphic Designer ·1 Social Media Planner

TOOLS

Adobe Premier pro · Adobe Illustrator · Instagram · Procreate

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Although this section showcases the final results of my time 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.

Before

I started with graphics for affiliated orgs under muir college council which then scaled into Student Affairs.

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.

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

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 spooky 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

Events 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.

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” and 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

Social Media square template + seasonal variants

Mail headers

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.

Student Affairs Spotlight

Academic advising Spotlight

october 2023

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.

Print + digital assets | Digital Signage, Elements, hiring grpahics

October 2023

Mascots updated

Updated existing foundations for both Student affairs and Academic Advising to funnel resources via mascot use. Sunflower is used to depicted Student Affairs Also made some printables/products (Table runner and PDFS with their information) as well as digital marketing (email banner, Digital Signage for café / kiosk). These were used for relaying information to student's.

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.

Muir Welcome Week Stickers for Each Event

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 . Assisted 10+ programming welcome week members with designing their event flyers.

John Muir College / 2022-24

Siul Maduena