Beyond brand, I find plenty of other connection opportunities. Be it learning a new language and tying it to travel, mentoring young designers and pushing them to be art directors, finding common threads between my experience and someone else's, encouraging others to participate in running and general health and wellness, and by making creativity a mandatory activity.
Professional Skills
Graphic Design
Creative Direction
Brand Strategy
Project Management
Client Relations
Mentoring
Branding
Print Design
Packaging Design
Web Design
Sound & Video
SEO
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Acrobat
Adobe Dreamweaver
HTML & CSS
Pro Tools
Premiere
Top Ten Work Traits
1. Results driven
2. Intuitive problem finder/solver
3. Change agent
4. System thinker
5. Risk Taker
6. Pragmatic approach
7. Socially Intelligent
8. Always learning
9. Authentic & honest
10. GSD (Gets shit done)
Michelle Facts
1. Cultivator of fun (I'm pretty silly!)
2. Completed four marathons
3. Vegetarian
4. Lover of walking
5. Multi instrument musician
6. Level 3- Rosetta Stone - Italian
7. Like to hang out with cats
8. Asks a ton of questions
9. Green curry expert
10. Always will take time to help out
Strengths Finder Top 5 Traits
1. Input
2. Strategic
3. Achiever
4. Arranger
5. Signifigance
Recommended Books
Leadership:
Rise of the DEO: Leadership by Design by Maria Giudice & Christopher Ireland
Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Everyday by Todd Henry
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin
Business / Strategy:
Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder
Design:
Manage Your Day-to-Day from 99u - edited by Jocelyn K. Glei / foreword by Scott Belsky
Self-help:
Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath
Inspirational:
Finding Ultra by Rich Roll
Cultural:
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
Currently Reading
The Empathy Exams: Essays by Leslie Jamison
Life's A Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Brilliant Ideas by Roger Mavity, Stephen Bayley