1. 1550 Owens Store Road
Canton, GA 30115
April 13, 2012
Judges, Senior Project
Creekview High School
1550 Owens Store Road
Canton, GA 30115
Dear Judges:
My name is Margaret Wylie and I am a senior at Creekview High School. When
considering what to do for my senior project, I wasn’t sure what I was going to do
because I was not sure about what I wanted to do after high school. I thought about what
all I was interested in and decided that I would do graphic design because I like to create
advertisements and deal with people in the public. I chose this mainly because I wanted
to go to college for something that I had an interest in and this type of job really got my
attention.
For my product, I recreated business flyers and also created a layout for building panels.
This related to my research paper because the research taught me about how
advertisements should be made to get someone’s attention. I learned there was four types
of design methods that people use and it helped me to create my new flyers and taught
me how to make a layout for my panels. During the project, I had many problems
because it first required many people’s help and second, it cost more than I personally
could afford. I had to change my project more than one time, ask my mom to finance my
project, and we had to communicate better to get the project finished.
My project could relate directly to a career because I know many people that have a
successful career with advertising. Many things that were incorporated into my project
taught me what the actual job would consist of and what would be expected of me if I
pursued this as a career. After completing the whole project, this is not something that I
would want to do after high school because I like to have day to day interaction with
people and this job would take a lot of time to myself to create what my customer would
want. Now I know that this wouldn’t be the job for me and I would be better going into a
job that dealt with more people and had more communication than a graphic designer.
After finishing my senior project, I realized that I do like to create advertisements but I
would not like to pursue a career in this field. I really enjoyed working with people to
learn how to make layouts and how to create flyers the correct way. Lastly, I would like
to thank you for the time you have given me today to come and listen to my project.
Sincerely,
Margaret Wylie