Post #9 - Aaron Ly

Describe your experience of forming the team. 

Initially it was just Anthony, Alan, and I. Then Ryan and Justin joined in second semester and we worked together. 

How did you determine who will do what?

We gave each other jobs we were specifically good in. Ryan was Design Director. Justin was the Customer Relationships. 

How was the role decided? Did you have problems with the assignment of the role?

It was based off of our abilities and motivation. 

How did you communicate with each other? During class, by email? Collaboratively or individually?

We communicated during class both collaboratively and individually. 

Did you have problems with communication?

Not so much. We are good friends and we have access to each other since we see each other almost every day. 

Did you have quality control? Did your Creative Director overlook the quality of everyone's work?

Our Creative Director told us what needed to be changed and what could stay.

With the clients, did you find your own and did our own work or work collaboratively on each project? If so, describe your roles? 

We worked as a team to finish the client projects, but most of the time we did individual projects.

As a team, were you able to meet the satisfaction of your clients by providing professional customer service, quality work and meeting the deadlines? Pleas share any positive or negative experience and how as a team, you resolve these issues?

We thought we did the client projects right, but in the end we did them wrong and had to correct ourselves. 

Overall, how did you work with your team?

We all had a good time and it was pretty fun. 

What have you learned? Did you have any regrets? What would you do differently?

I learned that we need to pay more attention to the directions and don't have much regrets. 

Rate your overall experience working with your team.

I rate my experience 8/10. There should just be the client projects and no other mini projects in between because everything would be all over the place. The project should've had our mind focused on it and nothing else. With that said, the deadlines should be earlier. 

Post #9 Justin Sam

Describe your experience of forming the team. 
I was new and therefore I was not part of the original team. I had just dropped in at 2nd semester and that due to my social interaction ability, I was made the customer specialist.


How did you determine who will do what?
Anthony was the leader in this. He researched everyone's talents and assigned the positions. 


How was the role decided?  Did you have problems with the assignment of the role?
I became the customer relations specialist due to my ability to socialize and help conflicts rather easily


How did you communicate with each other? During class, by email? Collaboratively or individually?
We communicated in all forms ranging from emails all the way to face to face conversation. We worked as a team and naturally succeeded as a team.

Did you have problems with communication?
Not to my knowledge.


Did you have quality control?  Did your Creative Director overlook the quality of everyone's work?
Yes, our creative director reviewed our work as well as the rest of out group.


With the clients, did you find your own and did our own work or work collaboratively on each project?  If so, describe your roles?
As I far as I know, we worked together on most if not all projects


As a team, were you able to meet the satisfaction of your clients by providing professional customer service, quality work and meeting the deadlines?  Please share any positive or negative experience and how as a team, you resolve these issues? Yes our clients became very pleased with our works.


Overall, how well did you work with your team? 
We worked very well with small bumps here and there.


What have you learned? Did you have any regrets?  What would you do differently?
We have learned that through teamwork, we can accomplish most anything. I would not regret or do anything differently.


Rate your overall experience working with your team.   
I would rate it 8/8, because it was great mate.

Post #9 - Ryan Guerrero

Describe your experience of forming the team. 

Lots of fun moments, crazy procrastinations

How did you determine who will do what?

I was the most creative and had alot of knowledge in Photoshop while the others were able to still make designs and ask me what my opinion was on it

How was the role decided?  Did you have problems with the assignment of the role?

Ability, who knows what do to what, no problems on the assignment of the role

How did you communicate with each other? During class, by email? Collaboratively or individually?

We sit right next to each other so we were constantly in each others ear 
Did you have problems with communication?

No

Did you have quality control?  Did your Creative Director overlook the quality of everyone's work?

Yes, I helped voice each others work and helped them

With the clients, did you find your own and did our own work or work collaboratively on each project?  If so, describe your roles?

We worked collaboratively to complete our projects for our clients. We worked as a team, we picked each others back to try to finish the project as fast as possible

As a team, were you able to meet the satisfaction of your clients by providing professional customer service, quality work and meeting the deadlines?  Please share any positive or negative experience and how as a team, you resolve these issues?

Yes, they loved our work even though we were amateurs, they didn't have to pay for professional designs

Overall, how well did you work with your team?

Fun, we had a lot of fun working with each other
 
What have you learned? Did you have any regrets?  What would you do differently?

Paid attention and got some deadlines completed instead of procrastinating

Rate your overall experience working with your team.   

10/10 Lot's of memories working with each other

Post #8 - Ryan Guerrero

Who was your client?

Arthur Leung.

How did you get your job?

Alan asked his dad for the job 

Did you deal with the client directly?

Yes, Alan dealt with the client because their related

Was there some sort of compensation?

None

What was your role?

I created the corporate identity portion
 
Did you act professionally?

Yes, I acted professionally.

Did your client act professionally?

Yes, he acted professionally.

Describe the work you did.

I created a corporate identity, mail logo design, business card and a CD-Rom design

Describe your creative process.

I just downloaded their logo because the client wanted to use his own logo, and I used colors that were bright and made sense to the company


How often did you communicate with your client?

Alan constantly communicated with his dad

Did you have regular meetings to look over proofs or progress of work?

We constantly tell each other what were doing and how were doing a certain portion

Were you able to meet the deadline?

Yes

What was the feedback from your client?

It was decent for amateur work

Did your client require changes?

Not really

What was your favorite part working with the client?

He's good at critiquing 

What was your least favorite part working with the client?

Not much, his company makes fruit snacks so yum!

Would you do anything differently?

More designing

What did you learn from this experience?

We learned ways to incorporate the logo without making it

Post #9 Alan Leung

Describe your experience of forming the team. 

We were formed with initially of Aaron, Anthony, and me. However Ryan and Justin joined in second semester and we worked together to form the Best Firm Ever.

How did you determine who will do what?

We based it off our abilities. For example, Ryan was assigned Design Director because he is good at photoshop and creating Logos. Justin is new so he was in charge of handling the customer relationships. Anthony manages us to get us in check cause he knows how to get us to work. Aaron is good in illustrator and art, so he was the Creative Designer. I can edit our work and critique how the project looks so I was Web Designer.

How was the role decided?  Did you have problems with the assignment of the role?

It was mostly based off our abilities and motivation. We did have slower days where we did not do as much, but in the end, we pulled it together and finished the work.

How did you communicate with each other? During class, by email? Collaboratively or individually?

We communicated with each other during class and sometimes when we saw each other on campus, we would ask how the client project was going.

Did you have problems with communication?

Not really. We are good friends so we have access to each other. Furthermore, the clients was our parents so we had good communication.

Did you have quality control?  Did your Creative Director overlook the quality of everyone's work?

He did oversee everyone and tell us what needed to be changed and what could stay. He helped me edit and fix some of the photos that weren't sufficient.

With the clients, did you find your own and did our own work or work collaboratively on each project?  If so, describe your roles?

We worked collaboratively to complete our projects for our clients. Most of the time, we did individual projects, such as corporate identities for me and we all took over in some part of each other's job. Technically, we worked as a team to complete each other and the leader of each position shared their leadership.

As a team, were you able to meet the satisfaction of your clients by providing professional customer service, quality work and meeting the deadlines?  Please share any positive or negative experience and how as a team, you resolve these issues?

We made the deadline for every client project but we had to redo them. I think we did well as a group;however, we misunderstood some earlier directions so it threw us off track. It would help if we were to pay more attention in class and had more consistent work days. However, I think our group was very memorable and sufficient for an amateur design team.

Overall, how well did you work with your team?

We all had a good time and overall, it was pretty fun.

What have you learned? Did you have any regrets?  What would you do differently?

I learned an amateur design team is far different from a professional design team. Our works were not bad, but I am positive professional teams would make our designs look bad. I think we probably could have paid attention more and had less slow days to make our team more efficient. Furthermore, we needed more practice with the programs to give us greater control of the design tools.

Rate your overall experience working with your team.   

I rate my experience as a 9/10. We had slow days, but in the end we pulled it off and was a great team.

Post #8 - Aaron Ly

Who was your client?

Alan's dad, Arthur Leung.

How did you get your job?

Alan asked his dad for the job since he is the manager.

Did you deal with the client directly?

Yes, Alan dealt with the client directly since he lives with the client.

Was there some sort of compensation?

No, just experience. 

What was your role?

I was to create one of the client projects for our client. 
Did you act professionally?

Yes, I acted professionally.

Did your client act professionally?

Yes, he acted professionally.

Describe the work you did.

I created a flyer for the client. 


Describe your creative process.

I had all the information about the client at the top right corner and to the left is the logo. The logo is also in the middle of the page. 


How often did you communicate with your client?

Often, since Alan sees him at home all the time. He communicated for the time most of the time. 

Did you have regular meetings to look over proofs or progress of work?

We just critic each others work while working on it. 

Were you able to meet the deadline?

Yes, we finished before the deadline. 

What was the feedback from your client?

He said it was not bad, but could be better.

Did your client require changes?

He suggested what we could of done differently but did not require changes. 

What was your favorite part working with the client?

He was honest and provided feedback. 

What was your least favorite part working with the client?

There wasn't much of a least favorite park for working with the client.

Would you do anything differently?

I would make the flyer more creative. 


What did you learn from this experience?

I learned that there are other and more creative ways to creating a flyer after looking at some examples afterwards. 

Post #8 - Alan Leung

Who was your client? 

Our client was my Dad, Arthur Leung.

How did you get your job?

I asked him for the job and since he is the manager, he is fine with letting us experiment with the company. He used to have my sister when she was in high school to work with him so he was fine and wanted to see what I could do.

Did you deal with the client directly?

Yes, I sometimes talk to him about it at home. He usually wants to know how to project is going and says teases that I'll do a bad job.

Was there some sort of compensation?

No, just experience.

What was your role? 

I was the person who brought information to our group in what my dad wanted us to do. I also did the corporate identities.

Did you act professionally?

Not really since he's my dad, but the rest of the team did.

Did your client act professionally?

Not really, other than when he was assigning me the work.

Describe the work you did.

I did the corporate identity. It showed how their company card, letter, envelope, etc would look like.

Describe your creative process.

I took their logo and incorporated into the items. Then I put a contrast between the background and the actual items to highlight contrast in the picture.

How often did you communicate with your client?

Often, since I see him at home all the time. However, we talked about the project a few times only.

Did you have regular meetings to look over proofs or progress of work?

We just critic each others work while working on it.

Were you able to meet the deadline?

We finished before the deadline so yes.

What was the feedback from your client?

Not bad, but could be better. He said it was not bad for me, but we're on our way to make it look professional.

Did your client require changes?

He suggested what we could of done differently but did not require changes.

What was your favorite part working with the client? 

He wasn't that extreme, provided feedback, and was honest.

What was your least favorite part working with the client? 

Him picking on my work.

Would you do anything differently?

Emphasize less on the logo and try to incorporate the logo without using the logo.

What did you learn from this experience?

That there can always be different ways to do the corporate identity and I can imply the company without using the logo.

Post #7- Anthony Chan

Who was your client? Our Client was Aaron's parents since they owned a donut business and needed some sort of online presence.

How did you get your job? Aaron's parents needed an online presence and so we decided to help them create a little blog to help them along the way. We hoped that the website would help them get more customers and prosper.

Did you deal with the client directly? No, Aaron's parents were much to busy and the donut business requires them to be monitoring their business on an almost 24-hour basis.

Was there some sort of compensation? Yes, we were given CSL hours by her parents and a sweet amount of donuts for our work.

What was your role? I was one of the graphic designers responsible for making the Weebly orientated blog.

Did you act professionally? I never had a chance to contact his parents directly and so everything was done through a command chain process.

Did your client act professionally? Yes, they would inform Aaron of what they expected and he would dish out the work to be done and then we would all collaborate in completing said work.

Describe the work you did. Describe your creative process. We would begin with a simple concept of a certain idea and then work on a corresponding background then filling in the foreground with relevant information and pictorials.

How often did you communicate with your client? We had an almost daily communication since Aaron lives with the said client and he could update us on what needed to be done and also relay information back to his parents and seek their approval.

Did you have regular meetings to look over proofs or progress of work? No, we were left to our own discretion but we would peruse each others work to check for discrepancies.

Were you able to meet the deadline? Yes, we had considerable amount of time to complete our work and an adequate amount of work ethic.

What was the feedback from your client? Since they have no internet experience, our mostly unprofessional work was a godsent blessing to them.

Did your client require changes? No, they were quite happy with the effort and the time we put into creating their Weebly.

What was your favorite part working with the client? That Aaron seemed to be incharge so we never had to actually come up with anything ourselves and only had to listen to the ideas that he had and correspond that onto the computer.

What was your least favorite part working with the client? That we got free donuts because of how grateful they were for our help.

Would you do anything differently? No, We did fairly well and the process was easy to follow.
What did you learn from this experience? That many people like free help and would rather choose something for free even if it was a little poor in design than to pay for a legitimate service.