Thursday, July 28

It has almost slowed down in a way here at the Chiefs with a lot of people heading to training camp. I was busy but not as busy as usual. On my list of projects, I had to work on a lost kids wristband that I have been on and off doing for a couple of weeks. It would be for members of the kids club who for some reason if they got lost at a game. I also worked on a map for one of the suites here at Arrowhead. Basically, I was making a more viewable map from schematic drawings and blueprints. That took most of the time. I also had small things come up in between that. I had a map change and also a sign for the Sports Lab that would be printed out four feet by six feet.

Wednesday, July 27

A lot of the employees here are getting ready to head to St. Joes for training camp but I will be staying in KC to design more stuff to get ready for season. Today I had to do a total of four maps and make sure they were ready for print. I also did another version of the postgame family pass because the first was too simple. I also did a lot of editing getting things ready for print, mostly sNAP and yearbook ads. Each one goes through so many different people for approvals so there are constant changes.

Tuesday, July 26

Tuesday was not as busy as most days, and if it was I just didn't notice. We had more web ads to finish for the KC Star since the lockout is over. Some other projects were a post game family pass for family and friends to have after the games so they could get access to see the players. I also spent time resizing some yearbook ads to SNAP size. Everyone is gearing up for training camp so I spent a lot of time editing stuff putting dates and details on things. Its about time for some football.

Monday, July 25

Since I was gone on Friday I felt out of the loop a bit coming back. I had to follow up about some previous projects, a back to football invite, a premium seating pass, a map update for the Kenney Chesney concert, and much more. The day got off to a fast start for sure. In the morning I fixed the premium seating pass after it had been revised by the printer, I changed some text on a flyer I had previously done (they changed ticket prices), converted a pdf into a jpg (easy) and then worked on finalizing a yearbook ad...the stadium tours. After all of this it was the afternoon and I was assigned a new project. It was another powerpoint where I was photoshopping images for the OWNER of the Chiefs to see. Talk about cool. I was pumped. I worked on this the remainder of the day.

Friday

NO WORK!

Thursday

Thursday was a busy day because I was getting Friday off. That means there was a lot to do. But what else is new. On top of me leaving on Friday, my boss was gone today for the price check. It was hectic to say the least. I did a lot of phone calls, organizing, and little things that I dont seem to do while she is here. She is always very busy and I can see why. I did have to do some designing too. I had to resize our yearbook ads to fit into our gameday magazine the "SNAP." I did about 12 ads resizing them smaller. It was nothing too hard but took time none the less. I also did another back to football invite and a back to football ad. Lets hope the lockout end soon. On top of this I also did a whole new yearbook ad for the team store. This was pretty cool because I had free reign on what to do.

Wednesday, July 20

Wednesday was a pretty busy day and seeing that my boss was going for a print price check in Pittsburg Kansas, I knew I needed to get a lot done. We had yet another revision to the premium seating pass but I think we are done with it now so that is good. I also came back with text revisions to the community champions flyer. Essentially, more people see it and everyone has revisions so it takes a while for approvals. The big project thought was a t shirt design for the Cheerleaders. The shirt would be for the August 12th preseason game versus Tampa Bay. This is "Spirit Day" and this years theme is old school hip hop. This project took most of the day and I really like the design I came up with. I think it is pretty cool and definitely sticks to the theme. The cheer coach seemed to really like it so it felt like I did some good.....for once.

Tuesday, July 6

Another day full of work. The first order of business was the premium seating pass. We got word back that we would be printing them in a special printer in house so we had to make some adjustments. The adjustments included changing the whole template. Essentially, I took an older ticket that went through the same printer and used that as a template. Then we took the necessary information and put it on the new pass. We also had changes to the back to football email headers so that took time as well. I also started a new project, a flyer for the "Chiefs Community Champions." It didnt take long but the majority of time spent was getting the text layout right and looking good.

Monday, July 18

Today was probably the most productive day I have had. I was doing projects left and right. We are hoping the lockout ends this week so people are starting to have more and more requests. Today was really about finishing up alot of things we have before these requests come in. The first thing was a minor revision on the additional card for the alumni event. I got this done and out of the way before 9. I also had to send off the premium seat ticket and a photo edit for someone. The photo edit was simple, just adjusting colors, brightness, contrast, etc. I also worked on a series of email headers for back to football campaign. These probably took the most time.

Friday, July 15

Fridays are usually really busy because everyone wants to squeeze things in before the weekend. I spent this Friday on multiple projects including an additional card to the alumni event invites I made. We were making another RSVP card for special guests. This did not take long. I also made a premium seating pass for suite holders that would be used. It is a ticket format and was fairly simple. We are just waiting on approvals.

Thursday, July 14

Thursday was actually not as busy as most days, I definitely had a lot of things on my plate but the mood and pace was a bit more lax. I did have a lot of things to get done though and I jumped right on them.

Wednesday, July 13

Busy busy here in KC, same old story I guess. Today was filled with revisions and technical stuff. I had to go back to the Alumni invite and make formatting changes so we could print duplex in house. This required me to be with the actual person ensuring the prints were ok. On top of this we changed the format of the wristbands I had been working on and had to revise those. Basically we made the "Founders Suite" text bigger and subsequently everything changes in the process. Other than those two things I also had to finish up a map of a suite i have been working on and send that off. It did not take too long but none the less it took time and time adds up! After that I had to finish up training manual covers and fix printing issues with that. It was a hectic day but probably the most educational?...If that makes sense. I really got a feel for the process behind things and how sometimes you just make it work.

Tuesday, June 12

Today I had multiple things on my list but it seemed I didn't get to them until the last hour of the day. I started working on one of them, a map creation for a suite at the Stadium, but then I got back some prior things, the Alumni Invites and RSVP's, that needed tweaked and resized. We also decided to print them in house instead of the original option. This way we could save a lot of money. So I had to put multiple pages onto a single 8.5x11 doc and put my own crop marks, etc. This took a while considering there was a front and back and we needed to have correct logistics. I sent these off and am still waiting for approval. I also did a backdrop for training camp that will hopefully (cross your fingers) will be used. After the backdrop I had to rework some of those photoshopped images that would be used in the presentation for the president of the Chiefs. This took a long time because they needed to be just right and we added another page. After this I finished the day editing the training manual covers that we had gotten back. There were just small changes. What a day.

Monday, July 11

My boss came back from vacation today so early on we went over everything I did over her break and made sure it looked good and was ready for approvals. I showed her everything I had been doing and the early half of the morning was spent fixing small things. I had to change text on the prohibited items illustrations, changes to the training camp map, training camp passes, wristbands....the list was big. It took from 9 to about 12 for all these changes. The latter part of the day I made a new training camp background the teams would use at press conferences. I also worked on a sticker that would be used for game seat tickets.

Friday, July 8

Today was another busy day filled with revisions. I continued to work on the illustrations for prohibited items but that soon stopped as we got the proof back for the manual. I had to go back and make more revision, mostly grammatical stuff. Along with this I also had to make six covers for different training manuals. It was easy because we used the same cover and were only changing the titles on each. I got a lot done including these covers (for now), illustrations, yearbook ad revisions and a map for the owners suite. Happy weekend followers.

Thursday, July 7

I spent most of Thursday doing the illustrations for allowed/prohibited items. There are alot of them so it took a majority of the day. In between that I tried to do some other things as well like correcting a small ad and doing a home opponents banner that would be used in various things. I also am working on maps of the suites located in Arrowhead stadium and have been doing this for four weeks now. It is a slow process of building these. They are almost like schematic drawings that architects use and we want to make them simpler and more...design-y? You get the point.

Wednesday, July 6

I spent the day really trying to shorten this list I have by getting all the small tasks done. I had to finish changes to the yearbook ads and also edit some wristbands. I got those done and started to work on some new stuff, like maps and illustrations that would be used for prohibited and allowed item pdfs used during gamedays. However, in the meantime a project my boss had done needed to be edited and since she was gone I took control. It was a manual for suite holders and was going to print today. I got my first taste of being my own boss when I had to speak with the printing company and get everything squared away. Not a bad day at all..

Tuesday, July 6

I had Monday off for the 4th so this week will be shortened. Also, this week my boss is out of town so I take control of the graphic design duties until next Monday. Before she left she gave me a big list of things to do to keep me busy, working away until she comes back. I still have some changes I need to do for the banner pictures so I worked on those today to finalize those. I also have a huge list to start. I have wristbands, cheer website buttons, maps, a banner for "Red Friday" that will be used in a elementary school, changes to yearbook ads. changes to training camp parking and credential passes, illustrations, training manual cover pages, and also a training camp backdrop. I have a lot to accomplish so today I spent time getting the changes done to the passes along with the yearbook ads. I also started to revise the wristbands.

Friday, July 1

Busiest day of the year. period. Everyone is squeezing things in before the 4th so Friday was unreal. I had to finish these the invites after we got our revisions back and also work on these banner images for the powerpoints. In between we had to tweak the incident card and send that off to the printer. Most of the things had to get sent off to print so we were rushing and racing the clock. It was a crazy day but awesome none the less. I have been working on some really cool things and I am very lucky, it has been a great experience.

Thursday, June 30

Another busy day...these invites have been a project that has spanned quite a long time. It seems like revision after revision. But you have to keep plugging away, I think we are close to finishing and at the end of the day today we sent them off for one more approval. In the meantime of working on the Alumni invites Thursday was spent doing other small projects. I had to do a small vector based illustration and I also started a game day incident card the police would use. Always a variety of things here at the Chiefs! I also had the banners that would be used (and showed to the President of the Chiefs) to work on. Along with these banners I had five other pictures to do, adding these banners to them. Essentially, I made two banners that would be used (possibly) on the billboards inside the Stadium. Along with these I also created a fictional Bud Light Lounge area next to concessions. Confused? In the end these photoshopped pictures are a prelimenery view of what the stadium and lounge could look like. These are quite a task and will be worked on again tomorrow.