{"id":1760,"date":"2021-03-06T20:23:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T20:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/?p=1760"},"modified":"2021-03-19T00:48:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T00:48:09","slug":"rethink-the-welcome-blog-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/2021\/03\/06\/rethink-the-welcome-blog-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 1: Rethink The Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The week before practicum was filled with nervous knots and eager excitement! Coming off the end grad show prep, it was a surreal mental shift realizing my first day was looming! Haluka and I were sent a Welcome letter, Survival Guides, and a digital copy of their book, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rethinkcanada.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/why-writing-a-book-is-crazy-and-why-we-did-it-anyway\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rethink the Business of Creativity<\/a>. As my blog title suggests, it describes their welcoming first week (also a chapter title)! The book engagingly shares their creative tools and how they run. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was surprised that even though we are working remotely, I felt immediately plugged into their culture via emails, slack, zoom, and the network. Besides getting connected, the first task on Monday was to send an email to all Rethinkers, sharing anything about me! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/me-pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1765\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/2021\/03\/06\/rethink-the-welcome-blog-1\/me-pic\/\" class=\"wp-image-1765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/me-pic.jpg 720w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/me-pic-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/me-pic-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/geo.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1764\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/2021\/03\/06\/rethink-the-welcome-blog-1\/geo\/\" class=\"wp-image-1764\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/breakfast.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1763\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/2021\/03\/06\/rethink-the-welcome-blog-1\/breakfast\/\" class=\"wp-image-1763\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/shibasocks.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1766\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/2021\/03\/06\/rethink-the-welcome-blog-1\/shibasocks\/\" class=\"wp-image-1766\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Images from my personal bio email to all rethinkers.  It\u2019s a fun way to break the ice and I got sent many welcomes, a very relatable gif, and a lot of people also don\u2019t like sleeping with socks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, I also had my first project meetings! I got briefed by the creative director on a branding project for a local dentist. I will be joining early and helping with the 1-100 sketches task. At the end of the day, I was also briefed on my second project on brand guidelines! I\u2019ve always wanted to learn and immerse myself in one. For this, I would be the designer, paired with a copywriter in a new phase. Jumping into a big report, I reviewed the document a few times to get myself familiar with the content, structure, and edits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, I split my time sketching for the dentist branding project in the morning. We shared sketches later that day, and I got to see how the creative director dissected and identified ideas! In the late afternoon, I reviewed the brand guidelines document in more detail so I could prepare myself for my first meeting with the copywriter on Wednesday! The next task for us was to compile questions to send back to the account team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"774\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-08-at-7.46.25-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-08-at-7.46.25-AM.png 774w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-08-at-7.46.25-AM-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-08-at-7.46.25-AM-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-08-at-7.46.25-AM-600x386.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the biggest things I learned about their process was how important it was to over-communicate. Rethink facilitates this throughout a project with things like check-ins and huddles. There is also a main email we interact with called Traffic who helps shepherd all projects and resources. It was easy for me to slack\/email anyone to get some quick questions and even hold quick zoom meetings! We are also encouraged to have as many coffee meetings (1\/day) as we can, learn and chat with Rethinkers in different roles! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the rest of the week, I jumped between the projects. I did a second round of sketches for the dentist project. For the brand guidelines project, I made a checklist to prioritize the tasks, gathered\/sent questions, and jumped into the files. I also had few more team check-ins and connected with IT for further setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/IMG_2351-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1780\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/IMG_2351-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/2021\/03\/06\/rethink-the-welcome-blog-1\/img_2351\/\" class=\"wp-image-1780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/IMG_2351-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/IMG_2349-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1779\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/IMG_2349-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/2021\/03\/06\/rethink-the-welcome-blog-1\/img_2349\/\" class=\"wp-image-1779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/IMG_2349-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/IMG_2349-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/IMG_2349-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sharleenramos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/03\/IMG_2349-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, 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I took some photos because the shapes intrigued me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Over the weekend, I was still buzzing from the first week. Rethink\u2019s welcome was friendly, and while remote, I felt very connected!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The week before practicum was filled with nervous knots and eager excitement! Coming off the end grad show prep, it was a surreal mental shift realizing my first day was looming! 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