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I was like, if my folio looks anything like any of their students’ work, I will be ecstatic. And I wouldn’t have believed it at the time, but it ended up looking pretty close and got me my first job in design pretty quickly!
Senior Product Designer, The Iconic
Lori Beth Kaye
What were you up to before Shillington?
I was working as a Digital Producer / Digital Account Manager agency side.
Why did you decide to study design part-time?
At the time, my role was to be the intermediary between the client and the creatives. I often felt frustrated at not being able to communicate the clients design needs, and then one day I thought, wouldn’t it be great if I could communicate about design more effectively or better yet, just do it myself?
What’s your typical day like at The Iconic?
As the Iconic is a dog-friendly office I ensure to pat all the dogs I come across to start my day right! After my most important morning meeting, my day can be filled with stand-ups, co-creation workshops, prototyping, customer testing and UI design. I am also often browsing through the website ‘for work purposes’ and adding items to my cart ‘for work purposes;
What would you say to someone who is sceptical about Shillington?
You are taught by practising designers who are extremely talented, I would just check out their personal design work or the folios of students they have taught in the past. I did just that and it inspired me to really strive to make my folio as amazing as possible.
I was like, if my folio looks anything like any of their students’ work, I will be ecstatic. And I wouldn’t have believed it at the time, but it ended up looking pretty close and got me my first job in design pretty quickly!
Anything else you’d like to share?
Shillington teaches relevant design tools by relevant designers. After you graduate they still invite you along to class if there is a new program that comes up. If I was interested in studying design, there is no design school globally I would choose over Shillington. They got me to where I am today. Thanks Shillo!
Check out Lori on LinkedIn.
I was like, if my folio looks anything like any of their students’ work, I will be ecstatic. And I wouldn’t have believed it at the time, but it ended up looking pretty close and got me my first job in design pretty quickly!
Senior Product Designer, The Iconic
Lori Beth Kaye
What were you up to before Shillington?
I was working as a Digital Producer / Digital Account Manager agency side.
Why did you decide to study design part-time?
At the time, my role was to be the intermediary between the client and the creatives. I often felt frustrated at not being able to communicate the clients design needs, and then one day I thought, wouldn’t it be great if I could communicate about design more effectively or better yet, just do it myself?
What’s your typical day like at The Iconic?
As the Iconic is a dog-friendly office I ensure to pat all the dogs I come across to start my day right! After my most important morning meeting, my day can be filled with stand-ups, co-creation workshops, prototyping, customer testing and UI design. I am also often browsing through the website ‘for work purposes’ and adding items to my cart ‘for work purposes;
What would you say to someone who is sceptical about Shillington?
You are taught by practising designers who are extremely talented, I would just check out their personal design work or the folios of students they have taught in the past. I did just that and it inspired me to really strive to make my folio as amazing as possible.
I was like, if my folio looks anything like any of their students’ work, I will be ecstatic. And I wouldn’t have believed it at the time, but it ended up looking pretty close and got me my first job in design pretty quickly!
Anything else you’d like to share?
Shillington teaches relevant design tools by relevant designers. After you graduate they still invite you along to class if there is a new program that comes up. If I was interested in studying design, there is no design school globally I would choose over Shillington. They got me to where I am today. Thanks Shillo!
Check out Lori on LinkedIn.
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