SELF ANALYSIS
02 — Personal Strength, Weakness, Oppor tunity, and Threats 04 — Por tfolio Strength, Weakness, Oppor tunity, and Threats 06 — Overcoming Weaknesses
PERSONAL STRENGTH, WEAKNESS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS
Strengths 1. Passionate & Willing to Learn Like to learn new things, open for critique & input. 2. Drawing & Illustration Skill Enjoy drawing even though I’m not a pro. 3. Well Prepared Have sense of responsibility, and try to come prepared.
Weaknesses 1. Can be Shy & Awkward Have no idea how to present myself in public. 2. Indecisive & Tend to Over think Often have hard time at making decision & think/worry too much on the simplest stuff. 3. Poor Organising Skill Can be really messy & take forever when I star t cleaning up.
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PERSONAL STRENGTH, WEAKNESS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS
Oppor tunities 1. Location Have better work oppor tunities, there’s a lot of agency/studio in Jakar ta. 2. Suppor tive Surroundings Countless ammount of help and suppor t from my all of my friends & family. 3. Twenty First Century Nowadays the society is more open and star ting to value the creative industry.
Threats 1. Other Designers Competitor. 2. Non-conceptual Thinking Market Most of people in Indonesia still haven’t understand the use of graphic design and rather used to the “asal jadi” kind of visuals. 3. Printing Service Facility Limited tool & service. Can ruin the actual design.
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PORTFOLIO STRENGTH, WEAKNESS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS
Strengths 1. Conceptual Each project have unique concept and different perspectives. 2. Sincerity Most of the works use combination of hand & digital work, making the result seem more hear tfelt. 3. Meaningful Deep meaning and reason behind every detail.
Weaknesses 1. Work Execution Some of the works not executed well enough. 2. Typeface Choice Sometimes I choose to use my current favorite ones instead of focusing on the context 3. Layouting Not taking rish with layout design.
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PORTFOLIO STRENGTH, WEAKNESS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS
Oppor tunities 1. Style Have the chance to pursue career in various creative field. 2. Creative Market The creative industry now has expanded in the last few years, which means more oppor tunities for creative people. 3. Online Por tfolios Easier to promote ourselves nowadays because of the social media.
Threats 1. Other Designers There are more exprienced designers. 2. Printing Quality Haven’t found printing service that could actualise my works the way I intend them to be. 3. Plagiarism Chance of people stealing my works or concept.
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OVERCOMING WEAKNESSES
1. Quit Awkwardness Take a deep breath and try to be calmer when facing situations, also be more relaxed around people.
2. Speak More Practice my speaking before presentations more intensively, maybe try out activities that can help me improve my confidence. I’m thinking about volunteering on my breaks.
3. Learn My Priorities Be more organised, star t making to-do lists for my projects, and learn to use my time more wisely.
4. Appreciate More Stop putting myself down and stop focusing on my flaws. Learn to value my work & myself better.
5. Stop Over thinking Try not to dwell in one problem for way too long. Worry less & enjoy the ride.
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CAREER DIRECTIONS
08 — Employment 09 — Education 10 — Business Star t-up
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EMPLOYMENT
Work at a agency/studio.
Reasons 1. How it feels like to work at an agency or a studio? 2. How to handle various project with different scale and multiple clients at the same time? 3. How to communicate with range of client professionally?
Benefits 1. The professionals. 2. Improve communication skill & manner. 3. Build connections.
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EDUCATION
Par t time lecturer.
Reasons 1. How to communicate/share knowledge & experience to other? 2. How to guide the learners through their tasks? 3. How to help learners develop or even find their style?
Benefits 1. New perspective. 2. Sense of pleasure. 3. Responsibility.
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BUSINESS START-UP
Star t my own studio with my par tners.
Reasons 1. How to develop an image for the studio and present it to the world? 2. How to run the studio (manage, project & client handling) with limited workers? 3. How to survive the market (innovation & strategy)?
Benefits 1. Management skill. 2. Image developing. 3. New perspective.
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DREAM & ASPIRATION
12 — Be Doubtless 13 — Aspire to Inspire
BE DOUBTLESS I want to have no more doubt in my life. I want to go all the way without worrying about a single thing. That way, I won’t have to live with regret later on. I will never have to look back and hate myself for not doing what I could have. And I will be able to give my all to whatever I will be doing in the future.
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ASPIRE TO INSPIRE I want to inspire people. I want to show them a new perspective. Not to change their mind or behaviour or decision. But to show them what they might be missing all this time. That life is too amazing to be seen from only one side.
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PLANS
16 — Career Plan
CAREER PLAN 1. Graduate from UIC With good scores and por tfolio.
2. Internship for a year or two So that I get to have 2 por tfolios, the school work one and the out of school one.
3. Pursue Fur ther Education Continue to the UK for my Bachelor degree, then to the US for my Master degree. I’m thinking about New York, maybe?
4. Employment Work at design studios/agencies to get more experience.
5. Star t a Studio Co-found a nice studio with my friends.
(+) Additionals 1. Maybe par t time as a lecturer? 2. Do collaboration projects with my networks.
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