“The best days are the ones where you can spend the whole day working on one project, that’s pretty rare”

— MICHELLE LESLIE

Where/what did you study and what were some of your first jobs as a designer?

After high school, I kicked off my studies with a year of fine art at TAFE before crossing the road to study graphic design (majoring in Multimedia). My first jobs were as a web designer at Webfirm and then Sumo. I love digital design but I started to get bored of working solely on websites and became more interested in branding and design for print. I quit my job and spent a little time roaming the world before returning to study design print and illustration at Curtin University.

One portfolio tip for students nation wide:

Don’t be scared to just jump in and try something, it’s the best way to learn. Be brave with your ideas and design. Don’t limit yourself too soon. Go out and meet people from industry, we’re not as scary as you might think (well, most of us anyway). Don’t worry too much if you don’t have your career path completely mapped out when you graduate, try a few different things and see what sticks. Sometimes it takes a while to figure it out and that’s totally fine.

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