My Journey into the Design World: Lia’s Job Hunt Journey

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The journey to securing my first positon as a junior designer has been nothing short of a rollercoaster if I’m being honest. Since graduating, engaging in networking and immersing myself in the professional world, I quickly grasped the reality: entering the design industry, or simply landing your first job in your chosen field, is a daunting challenge.

2023 was a Big Year for Fusion

In 2023, the Fusion team experienced a year of remarkable achievements, marked by prestigious awards, impactful projects and exciting additions to our client portfolio. As we approach the end of January, we have taken the opportunity to review and reflect on our journey throughout this monumental year and look ahead for what’s to come.

We Went to DesignThinkers TO!

Team Fusion, our clients from Strides and our illustration partner, Jaida posing as a group with our branding award.

The Fusion team was fortunate enough to attend what became the biggest DesignThinkers conference the RGD has had to date. We had such a great time, we wanted to take the opportunity to share our experiences and what our big takeaways were.

Becoming an RGD

It feels strange to be talking about how I became a Registered Graphic Designer (RGD) member, considering I’ve been a part of the organization since my first year of college almost 10 years ago, but over the summer that’s exactly what I did.

Underground Design

We were asked by RGD Canada to participate in their country-wide virtual studio crawl. We were pretty excited about sharing our workspace(s) with everyone. And while we don’t have a typical office—we thought it would be interesting for others to see how the hybrid thing works for us.

Remember 2018? That was five years ago.

That’s when we started to think about a new website. We started. Stopped. And got busy. We even had the initial prototype coded and just didn’t finish it. Then COVID happened. Time may have lost all meaning then. But in 2022, we kicked things into gear—finally!