tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804051998095302162024-03-13T11:53:23.837-07:00Aimee MK's Career JourneyI moved to Milwaukee to go to college and after college I was able to get some amazing professional experience with reputable companies!Aimee Odeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940888743930327761noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-480405199809530216.post-80950744053890053372019-06-15T11:57:00.003-07:002019-06-15T11:57:33.415-07:00Internships<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First Work study position:</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I worked part time at <a href="https://www.matc.edu/student/resources/JOBshop/index.cfm" target="_blank">MATC's JOBshop</a> as an <b><i>Administrative Assistant</i></b> while working towards my Associates degree at <a href="https://www.matc.edu/" target="_blank">MATC</a>, where I provided administrative support including document production, promoting employment services and assisted teaching students with updating/critiquing resumes and showed them how to use electronic resources as needed. I also was in charge of posting and monitoring relevant content brand awareness.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Second Work Study/Internship:</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While I was still attending online classes at Milwaukee Area Technical College, I worked at <a href="https://www.unitedwaygmwc.org/" target="_blank">United Way</a> as a "<b><i>Social Media Strategist Intern"</i></b>, which was part of the work study program. My job was research, I manage, and create new relevant social media content as well as designing images/exposes and flyers and keeping the campaign website updated as needed for United Way and Milwaukee County's annual </span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Second internship:</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- I worked at Milwaukee County Department of Human Services as a"<i><b>Budgeted Web Designer Intern</b></i>". It was a 6 month internship, where I reviewed and evaluated the existing <a href="https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Human-Resources" target="_blank">Human Resources portion of County website Design</a> and then updated it to make it more user friendly.</span><ul><ul>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>First Contract position</u> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- I worked at <a href="https://redefinedrealty.com/" target="_blank">Redefined Realty</a><span id="goog_2137185942"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_2137185943"></span> as a <b><i>"Marketing Graphic Designer"</i></b>. This job gave me a lot of great experience with marketing and graphic design as well as amazing insight for the Real estate industry. My job was to design print materials including flyers, brochures, and postcards for the real estate agents as needed, create and edit artwork for magazine publications. I was also was in charge of assisting the web designer by helping to create/design web materials as needed and managing all Social Media accounts, including creating content and maintaining social media posting schedule calendar.</span></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Second Contract position:</span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- I worked at <a href="https://corporate.kohls.com/" target="_blank">Kohl's Corporation</a> as a contracted <b><i>"Graphic Design Consultant"</i></b>. I was responsible for editing/adjusting the current floor plan. I printed, organized and sorted 1000+ clearance floor plans and matched similar plans to specific numbers or marked as unique. Once that was complete I then used Adobe Illustrator to digitally update the existing floor plans that were previously marked up by the Merchandise Presentation Department planners and then submitted all floor plans in for review and made any necessary updates and printed final copies of each floor plan.</span></div>
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Aimee Odeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940888743930327761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-480405199809530216.post-48881376510657350522016-06-01T12:21:00.000-07:002019-06-11T12:37:40.177-07:00School to Career Transitioning Phase<b>In December of 2014 I graduated with my A.A.S in Advertising Media.</b><br />
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<b>Post graduation</b>, I went on to complete both internships I was hired at shortly after graduation.<br />
<i>(Web Developer at Milwaukee County & Social Media Strategist at United Way). </i><br />
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While working at both internships in 2015, I also took online classes towards a Technical Diploma.<br />
<b>- In December of 2015 I graduated with my Technical Diploma in Social Media Strategies.</b><br />
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When I completed these internships at the end of <b>December 2015</b>; before jumping into job searching right away, I took that next month to focus on myself, update my resume and then I worked on creating my design portfolio website to show employees my past work experience as well as show them my web design and development skills.<br />
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I was excited and scared to start applying for positions that I was qualified for because I felt like I was finally ready(for the most part) to start job/career searching once again; however I had felt as though I was at that mid point between graduating college and having not having quite enough professional experience to be able to land the type of career that I want. <i>(Even though you have to start somewhere)</i><br />
<br />Aimee Odeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940888743930327761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-480405199809530216.post-23469097608882239412015-09-10T20:23:00.001-07:002019-06-11T12:22:03.628-07:00Why I became a student at MATC?<div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;">
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<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">--</span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">I saw my own potential</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif;">I moved to Milwaukee 5
years ago from my home town because I wanted to push myself to get more out of
life; being a single mother of two kids, working at low paying jobs living pay
check to pay check was not for me, so I decided to go back to college so that I
could start working towards the career path of my dreams and one day be able to
give my kids the life they deserve. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">-- <b>Self
Discovery:</b></span><span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif;">I started my journey
attending MATC Spring of 2013 in the Music Occupations Program; in hopes to
work towards a goal of becoming a Music Therapist one day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>Check out my</b><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"><b>:</b>“<a href="http://musichealingtherapy.blogspot.com/">Music Therapy Blog</a>”</span></span><span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif;"> However, I was
still in the process of finding myself and ended up changing my mind a few
times; luckily one of my favorite teachers told me about the <a href="http://www.matc.edu/tas/degrees/Individualized-technical-studies.cfm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Individualized Program Plan</span></a>; this
plan allowed me to choose my own path instead of just following a Pre-Planned
program plan. I really liked the idea of the flexibility of this plan because
of my Entrepreneurial way of thinking and plus college is not cheap so
definitely wanted to make sure that whichever direction I chose would not be a
waste of time and money. I wanted to make sure that I graduated in a program
that would help me build a career that I could see myself doing the rest of my
life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">-- <b>Creating
my Dream Career Path:</b></span><span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif;">When I took my first
Graphic Design (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Illustrator" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Adobe Illustrator)</span></a> I figured out what I was passionate about
doing, but I still wasn't quite sure what about <a href="http://www.aiga.org/what-is-design/"><span style="color: blue;">Graphic Design</span></a> I enjoyed doing
the most and would want to put my main focus on. I also became interested
in Web Design/Development and Social Media as well because I believe that
Social Media is going to be a huge part of everything within this next decade,
and obtaining these skills will lead me in the right direction with my career
path. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">--<b> Dedication
Lead to Graduation:</b></span><span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif;">Once I figured out the
main career direction I wanted to work towards, I stayed focus and dedicated
studying Graphic/Web Design and Social Media practices; and named my
Individualized Program Plan that I created, "Advertising Media". In
December 2014, my hard work paid off when I graduated with my A.A.S in
Advertising Media in just under 2 years; with an overall GPA of 3.6. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">--<b> Starting
my New Life Chapters:</b></span><span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif;">MATC definitely gave
me the skills I needed to succeed and move forward with reaching my
professional goals. After graduating I was able to land two amazing internships
that were very closely related to the degree I earned. I am currently working
as a Web Designer/Developer Intern at Milwaukee County- <a href="http://county.milwaukee.gov/HumanResources" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Department of Human Resources</span></a> and
I am also a Social Media Strategist Intern at <a href="https://twitter.com/Givingcampaign" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">United Way GMWC</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif;">I plan to finish the
"Social Media Strategist" Program that I am currently working on by
Fall 2016 and go on to eventually obtain my <a href="http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/computer-science-bachelors-degree"><span style="color: blue;">Bachelors
of Computer Sciences</span></a> or <a href="http://flex.wisconsin.edu/degrees-programs/information-science-technology/"><span style="color: blue;">Web
Design/Development</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">--</span><b><span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span><a href="http://www.matc.edu/matc_in_action/" style="color: blue;">MATC in ACTION Feature Story:</a><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">(September 2015)</span></b><b><span style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif;">This month MATC
in Action did a feature story about me and another <a href="http://www.matc.edu/student/resources/JOBshop/workstudy.cfm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">MATC Work Study</span></a> Student that
works alongside me at United Way; if you would like to read my featured story. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif;">Click this link: </span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2F5597; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">"<a href="http://www.matc.edu/matc_in_action/Federal-Work-Study-Internships-Benefit-Students-and-United-Way.cfm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2f5597; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2F5597; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">Federal Work Study Student and United Way</span></a>"</span><span style="font-family: "adobe song std l" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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