Week Four

My fourth week and my last week was full of reward and accomplishment. It only has been a month and I learned so much. This last week I had two more assignments to do and I learned a good amount of shortcuts on the softwares that I was using.

The Assignments were on two different companies. Malife Parrainage and Air Cote d'Ivoire both had memos that I had to complete. Malife Parrainage assignment concerned the client wanting a social media content to raise awareness on the companies benefits. Air Cote d'Ivoire assignment concerned the client wanting promotional flyers on an event they were planning for. Here are the results of both of the companies work:

Malife Parrainage:





Air Cote d'Ivoire:
















Over these four weeks I have learned a tremendous amount of things working with a communication firm from the basics to the specifics. I have learned a whole lot about time management, personal presentation, team work and a whole lot of problem solving. On the other hand, I also learned a good amount of adobe software knowledge as a graphic designer. It was easier for me to receive hands on work with other professional graphic designers.

Also, the best part was that i was able make new connections with incredible people. My challenges in the beginning became lessons that I will always be able to use in my career in the future. I had an amazing time building connections and experiencing inside of a a well-known communication group in Ivory Coast. I would definitely will do it again if i had the chance!

Week Three

Week three got really hectic. Just when i thought that i had everything figured out, things got challenging. This week my assignment was to work on two different memos and of course in a certain amount of time. The assignments are all very different. The memo assignments was on the company CIE 179 and Sainte Marie.

Cie 179 is the call number in the department in charge of troubleshooting CIE 24/7.  This department is part of the company CIE. CIE is the Ivorian Electricity Company (CIE) that exports , import , distribution and marketing of electric power throughout the territory of Côte d'Ivoire and West Africa. However, the department is fairly new and the client has reached out to Voodoo Communication is hopes to create a visually interesting campaign for social media use so that it may get more public recognition. The memo required that create a humorous advertisement content that would attract their target audience. Here is what I came up with:

There was many debriefs that came along with this assignments. The clients had several specifics on how they wanted it to be presented. With the help of professional graphic designers. They showed me how to re-adjust the imagery.

The second assignment I received was dealing with a High School. St. Mary High School in Abidjan is a school of excellence established in 1962 in Abidjan Cocody by the Ivorian government , and entrusted to the apostolic community Saint-François- Xavier. They as well are a client of Voodoo group for a while now. In Fact the communication firm, have created their school logo. The High School reached out to the communication firm concerning a special event for an end of school year diploma ceremony. The deadline for that assignment was four hours, not to mention also that my first assignment above was due that same day. I was to create at least 3 propositions for the client. Here is my finished work:

Time management is very important working on a design team. That is one thing I was continuing to learn as an intern in that field. I had to ask a lot of questions to be able to accomplish the assignments that I did that week. Nevertheless, I did receive some good feedback on my visuals. So I guess it all payed off!

Week Two:

        My second week at Voodoo picked up in work as they realized my capacity in graphic design. At first, I was given previous briefs, memos and debrief forms to see how I would be able to handle the work in a certain amount of time. I took on two clients, Orange and ‘Banque Atlantique’. These clients are really well known in French countries.

            The first client ,‘Orange’, is one of the largest operators of mobile and internet services in Europe and Africa and a global leader in corporate telecommunication services. Orange who often works with this company, consulted the Voodoo Group in hopes to create a visually interesting commercial. This commercial was to communicate to the consumers a way for them to be able to receive fast cash transferred immediately to their phone. This design needed to illustrate instructions on how to do that within a taxi. Here was my finish work:

                   The second client that I worked with was Banque Atlantique. Banque Atlantique is a West African financial services in collection of 7 western countries in Africa. This company wanted a design that would appeal to their audience that are ready for retirement. The design was to illustrate an individual that represents the consumer in an environment that is homey. The objective of this commercial is create a visual that would influence the audience to use ‘Banque Atlantique’.

            Working on these projects was very challenging due to the time span given and also having to do extra research on the company before working on their designs. However, the work flow became more effortless and simple. But from challenging to effortless came hard work. The projects required advanced knowledge in Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign. Fortunately, I have some knowledge on those softwares. However, I did have to ask a lot of questions, but with that came process.

Week One

                                                      

First Week:

Voodoo Communication is a marketing and advertising communication agency located in Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Cameroon covering all of the west and center of Africa. There focus is mostly associated with commercials.  They work with several well-known French companies in Cote d'Ivoire such as Orange, Awa, Nescafé, Bonnet Rouge and more. 

The consulting agency makes available to its customers its expertise in consulting in strategy, creative development, media strategy and purchases, print and audiovisual productions, public relations; to optimally respond to their needs and expectations.

My first week at Voodoo Communication went very well.  I've been placed as a graphic designer in the department of commercial design. The assignments that are given requires that I strategically create several different forms of publications for the clienteles.

There are many different forms that enter the department. These forms are called memos, briefs and debriefs. They all are given so that the graphic designer may work on a new project or edify recent projects that they may have already been working on. A debrief allows the graphic designer to edify a project that the client may want fixed. Once the forms come into the graphic designer’s hand, there is a limited time that the assignment must be completed.

I have been given these assignments for my internship but before that, I was assigned to look around and see how others were doing. I saw many amazing assignments that others were working on and I was able to sit with them and even give them ideas and advice on their project.

Through doing this I found a lot about the different clients that the Voodoo Group takes on. There are many clients that they work with; from airlines to musicians to food products to presidential campaigns. The forms that they work on has its priority, some higher than others. The forms come with a small description of what the client wants and also it comes with the objective of communication that the clienteles want to send out to the public.

Once the form is done and it has gone through the copyright agent here at Voodoo Communication, it then goes back in the hands of the client with a presentation from voodoo to the client.

My first week was full of knowledge on how the inside of the design department works. It was great!