Week 4 Reflection

So Week 4 was my wake-up week. 

After the Art Department's meeting with Shannon, I had a lot to think about. I have been in such an artistic mindset for this role that I have not been giving enough attention to the administrative aspects of being Art Director. Budget, scheduling, finding out printing information; all of these things and more go into the Art Department's job and are extremely important (despite feeling boring in comparison to creation aspects of the job). I used this to guide my preparation for what I accomplished this week for V6.

First off, I cleaned up and updated Trello in preparation for my team to get on board with it. I actually found it to be helpful in visually seeing how I was dividing the work amongst my teammates. Dividing up the work was also something I struggled with this week. I have come to terms with the idea that I won't be able to supervise my team all the time. I'm learning to trust them and to let them help me, something that has to happen if I want to make deadlines and not hate my life.

The biggest thing I accomplished this week was learning more about the website. I feel very confident that we will be using SquareSpace for our website this year. I looked into other providers like Wix and Website Builder, but SS offered a better design/look as well as interface. Ultimately I will present this to the class, but all signs say SquareSpace.