Chantal Nomen

I'm a self-taught graphic designer, but I also have years of experience volunteering as a social media manager. I wanted to expand my skills and explore all my options within social design. Taking the Social Design Course was a great opportunity for me to do so!

Working through the social media audit and full campaign strategy taught me a lot about my own creative process and design voice. I discovered how much I enjoyed the concept-creation portion and brainstorming overall. I definitely will explore creative direction more after this course!

My favorite part of the course was getting to choose a brand to study and conduct a full social media audit. I really enjoyed taking those insights and using them to brainstorm and bring creative concepts to life for the social campaign.

My advice to someone thinking about taking the course is don't overthink the brand audit and just have fun with it! Also, use this course to discover your personal design style and figure out what kinds of industries you'd love to design for in the future.

One good thing that’s come out of the course for me is that I feel I have the confidence to pursue social design as a career path now! I wasn't as confident in my skills starting this course, but the incredible feedback and advice from James have really given me the push I need to take on future social design projects.