When I saw the email invitation for "Life of a Campaign Designer: 568 Days Designing for Hillary for America" I knew there was no way I could miss this. Even reading the description of the event gave me butterflies. Hearing Chelsea Atwell and Ida Woldemichael discuss their hard, dedicated work on Hillary's campaign was absolutely inspiring. I could feel the passion as they spoke about the long hours and seven-day work weeks at Hillary's headquarters in New York City. So much so that emotions were shown as they reminisced on the toughest day of the campaign, November 8, 2016. It was clear that Chelsea and Ida had put their heart and soul into this bold project. I had the opportunity to talk with Ida after the presentation and I continued to be impressed (by the way she's the one who wrote, "I'm with Her."- woah!). She was extremely easy to talk to and answered all my questions like, "Did you go to art school? What advice do you have beyond networking as I enter my career?" Chelsea went to Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD) so it was encouraging to see someone from Milwaukee break into the big city and work on something so important. I hadn't thought about campaign design before attending this event, but it's promising to know how many different alleys my career path could take me. The idea of campaign design and the trials and tribulations that come with it intrigues me to the highest degree. I'll always remember how I sat on the edge of my chair with goosebumps while hearing about their 568 days of work for Hillary and for our country. Moral of the story, these women are my new role models. I'm grateful that this triggered another spark in my motivation and anticipation for the future and I'll be looking for challenges that I can take head on just like Chelsea and Ida did. A special thanks goes out to Elisabeth Filmer for attending this with me and being just as energetic and excited about our future careers as I am. It was a great event pulled off by United Adworkers at Third Space Brewing here in Milwaukee. Thank you to all for this opportunity!
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ELISABETH FILMER
4/26/2017 02:43:26 pm
I am so happy you shared this event with me, Sarah. It was so fun networking with you, and getting to meet your mentor, who works at BVK! You have such a bright future in digital media, I can't wait to see where your creativity takes you (and maybe us?!). Keep killing it girl.
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