You can watch my elevator pitch HERE.
For my elevator pitch I wanted to focus on a few main points, making sure to emphasize those areas in particular. I chose to do bullet points rather than write out an actual script hoping that it would make my presentation sound more natural.
The main points I wanted to highlight are:
- Working in design and/or related field since 2016:
- I’ve worked in marketing,
- created social media posts,
- learned embroidery digitizing.
- I’m primarily self taught (fortunately, you can learn a lot from YouTube tutorials).
- I’m back in school now to build up my portfolio and foundations.
- I have a wide set of skills:
- branding and logo design,
- UX/UI,
- motion design,
- illustration.
- Some fun facts about myself:
- I can solve a Rubik’s cube in under a minute,
- I was the president of my college’s juggling club for a year,
- I love board games.
This was a somewhat difficult assignment. I have always found it hard to talk about myself, especially avoiding being too humble and downplaying my abilities. I have struggled with anxiety for a very long time and skew heavily towards introversion. I find the act of networking and interacting with new people very draining. Even when it comes to writing cover letters and applying for jobs I find it incredibly hard to start and follow through.
If anything, the process has gotten harder as I’ve grown older. It is something that I have been trying to work on for a while. I think it will continue to be a struggle moving forward, but at least when it comes to working as a designer, I hope that this program will help boost my confidence, which in turn will make it that much easier to sell myself and my abilities.
You can watch my elevator pitch HERE.