The Firsts

I’m feeling awesome, feeling great.

Well, hello readers! I’d like to start by saying thanks for coming and checking our blogs out - we’re going to be doing them often so make sure to check back! It is now my second week here at Liggett Stashower as a summer intern. Weirdly enough, I already feel like I’ve been here for much longer. We sat through a few meetings and introduced ourselves to anyone willing to shake our hands. We ate at a wonderful little restaurant a few feet from the Liggett Building called Bricco- excellent chicken sandwich as well as wonderful conversation. The whole staff was welcoming and right away we started in on some projects. Refreshing myself on some basic Photoshop skills, I managed to push out a few different directions and iterations for some cover art I got assigned. Next up was collaboration with Ben, another intern, for a product name. We Google searched and brainsmashed some ideas of ours together, and although I feel Ben has that area way more covered than I, it gave me a good idea of what I may have to do one day. Although “graphic design” is my area, often, the overall brand needs an identity or a re-vamp and that’s where something like this would come in.

Now that it’s the second week here, I’m starting to cluster my cubicle a little more, and I’m slowly getting a little better with some names around the office. Just like any other work place, I look forward to lunch, but here, it’s only because we have a pool table and I get to catch up on my funnies then (after reading the important stuff in the paper of course). Meeting tomorrow with a few colleagues and it will be my first chance to impress or, maybe, depress them. Either way, the work is due Friday, so I have to get it done and get it done right! More projects are flowing in now and I’m pretty excited about being able to participate.

Well, Happy Wednesday all!

Sasha T.

Graphic Design Intern