Thursday, May 26th

I started working on the Kids Club brochure as soon as I got to the stadium and didn't stop for quite a while. After meeting with my boss, she told me I would only be working on the Kids Club brochure because this was our main priority. I have made a lot of progress since yesterday and it is almost done.

Wednesday, May 25th

Hello blog followers (Rusty). Today was just another crazy day here at the Chiefs. Less crazy than previous days but my "to do" list was quite long. I had a lot on my plate so the day began getting the small things out of the way. I had previously worked on some merchandise, pins to be exact, earlier last week but today I spent time fixing them and shipping them out again to get approved. That didnt take long but just something little that eventually gets lost. For the most part I was working on the Chiefs Kids Club brochure all day, trying to make some headway on that. In between that I got more request, maps, web banners, and another brochure which I hope to start by Friday. The Kids Club ad is taking longer than I thought it would but as of now I really like how it is turning out. Until next time..

Tuesday, May 24th

Beginning the second week here at the Chiefs organization gave me a weird feeling because it feels like I have been here for years. I am finally all settled in and accustomed to whatever is thrown my way. Today I continued working on a brochure I was assigned earlier. It is for the Chiefs "Kids Club." I am continually working on it trying to make it appeal to kids and adults which can be tricky. You don't want to make it too kiddy or too adult and text heavy so kids aren't interested. Originally it was only two pages in a brochure but at the end of the day yesterday we decided to go to a tri-fold brochure, front and back since there was a lot of text. We were having a tough time getting all of the text on two pages so the tri-fold was the best option. It is working out a lot better and needless to say I think things are heading in the right direction. Other assignments I worked on today were 2011 training camp parking passes and ID passes. These were very simple seeing that we are using last years template and just changing dates and logos. These were an easy assignment but I was happy to do them.

Monday-5/23

I am so busy all day that I sometimes lose track of all that I do, especially blogging. But today was fairly slow (I couldn't believe it) compared to other days. Today I focused on finishing the Hall of Honors/Stadium Tours brochure. I had a few changes to make and I had to finangle (spelling?) some type until it looked just right. I finally got it done and it is now going through the approval process. With the Chiefs, it has to get approved multiple times. It goes all the way to the top office before it gets sent out. And if one thing is wrong, for example, a logo is slightly tweaked...they know and you will have to do it over. It is very professional and a great experience for me. The other part of the day was finishing the 3x3 logos, license plate, and to start a new brochure for the "Kids Club." This brochure was to appeal to kids but ultimately be readable for parents too. I am still working on this and will continue to for the week.

Friday-Day Four

Well I can't believe my first week is over, it flew by. There is always something to do and work that needs to be started/finished. I mostly worked on the on the hall of honors brochure and tried to finish that which I think I am almost done with it. I showed my boss in the early stages and she really liked the idea so I hope it turns out good. This is the first project that I really got to do whatever I wanted from start to finish, well..for the most part. I am having a great time learning how a company runs its graphic design program and everything in between. I had a lot of tiny requests such as a license plate with the words "ticket shareholders" and a 3x3 inverse of a black and white logo. Other things were vector illustrations of the Chiefs mascot and vector silhouettes of dancing cheerleaders, which I didn't mind doing....

A lot of little things throughout the day add up and make it go by so quick. Hopefully I can finish the hall of honors brochure and have it done by Monday.

Day Three

Today was the best thus far. Actually creativity occurred. It was great. I finally got to start on the brochure page which is for the "Hall of Honors." I gave it sort of a nostalgic/retro feel adding to the history aspect of the hall itself. My boss seemed to like it a lot so I felt good about myself. Yay. The day was not as busy either but that may just be because I am getting use to the pace. (Yes, I realize it has only been three days) Other tasks I did was redoing some maps of the stadium to accommodate the Taylor Swift and Kenney Chesney concert this summer as well as finishing those player bios. Those were a lot of fun to do and I enjoyed doing something I can actually see on the website! They should be on there soon. I'll post pics. Get excited.

Day Two

The second day of my internship was just as eventful as my first. I was ready to continue on some of the projects I was assigned but just as I thought I would continue on those projects I got a whole new list of things to do. The first on that list were the player bio's for the new rookies the chiefs drafted. Since they did not have photos yet or numbers, I had to use college photos sent to us. A majority of the time was spent doing COB's on these players. Then I would set them into a template that was made from the existing players. I almost got done with all the players but I am still in the process of finishing these up. Hopefully I will be done by tomorrow morning. The day seemed to be filled with little tasks here and there but nothing too big. I spent time resizing logos or putting logos on things. However, I did make an announcement flyer for a special kickoff event which went on the web. This of course was done in RGB and at 72 resolution. This is important to know! (Not really for anyone who isn't a graphic designer.) The days seem to fly by with all this work. I haven't gotten to do anything totally creative but I am still assigned to the brochure page which I need to come up with. Let's see where that goes..

Day One

Today was my first day and it was eventful if anything. The day was full of tasks ranging from line art illustrations, merchandise design, web banner design, amongst other things. Aside from design work the day was filled with meeting the rest of the Chiefs staff. What a great place to work. The people were very nice and seem like they will be great co-workers. Currently, I am the only intern working with the rest of them starting on the 23rd. I am excited to meet them and hopefully bond with them as well. The first day went very well with the help of my boss, Ashley. She really helped me out getting settled in.

One of the bigger thing I did on my first day was design a popcorn bucket for one of the home games which celebrates 8 famous ex-Chief players who are being inducted into the Chiefs hall of fame. The bucket is a great assignment because it involves hands on work as well as computer graphic design. Primarily I have been using Illustrator to put the pieces together and photoshop to deal with the photos used on the box.

I was also given an assignment for Friday which involves a brochure page, front and back, concerning the chiefs hall of fame. This will be my first project all designed by myself with no limitations. More details to come later.

Overall, it was a great day and I am excited to intern with the Chiefs all summer.

May 15, 2011

Tomorrow is the start of my internship for the Kansas City Chiefs. I am pretty excited to get to work finally. Getting moved in to my room took longer than I thought but I think I am finally all settled in and ready to drive to Arrowhead tomorrow. Wish me luck.