Because of AIGA » Raleigh

student group member to adult

mydarndest — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:19:58 +0000

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As a student of a small, womens only institution, AIGA was my way of ‘holding my own’ amongst very accomplished, outspoken women. I volunteered to become our AIGA Student Group President in a moment of spontaneity but this decision opened a world of design that I really couldn’t have tapped into otherwise. I embraced AIGA‘s inspiration more that year which led to my best work for my senior year of college.

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Now I’m graduated and in the real working world as a design associate. It isn’t the big, posh design firm some may dream of – but I know I wouldn’t be here, with a job, shortly after graduation, if it weren’t for the connections I made during AIGA.

Lifeline. Family. Tribe. Career Boon.

mydarndest — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:53:14 +0000

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I literally could put a financial figure on how much my local AIGA chapter helped my career. Especially, by becoming involved as a volunteer and then a board member and then programming chair, one positive contact led to another, and then two others and then four others, etc..

I found out what was going on in the local design business market; who had work and who wanted to see my work. It led to lots of new business success for me.

After a decade of working for a non-profit, I had gone out on my own as a sole proprietor designer. Once on my own, AIGA became my life line to the design community and my way back into connection with what was happening in design. I got reconnected with the design community locally, nationally, and even internationally. I found my tribe. I found my inspiration. I found my fellow design warriors fighting the good fight. I found many, many friends for life.

It’s much more than a club for me, it’s my family, my lifeblood. It’s been a blast to be part of AIGA.

I stay connected and inspired.

mydarndest — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:25:27 +0000