ARTS FOR LA
As one of ten participants for Arts for LA’s ACTIVATE Emerging Arts Leaders program, Mia collaborated with fellow emerging arts leaders to develop public-facing programs, engage the broader arts and culture community, and build partnerships through outreach, guest speakers, and community-centered events. This work culminated in public programming designed to amplify community voices and connect arts advocacy with action.
Before landing on the theme “Voices and Visions” Mia drafted several iterations of the design aligned with Arts for LA branding (see below).
SOCIAL MEDIA
To promote employer-led events in partnership with Pepperdine University, Mia developed graphics optimized for Instagram featuring external branding and event logistics including registration details, date and location.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
FIDM Special Projects is a branch of the FIDM Career Center through which current students can collaborate with brands on exclusive projects. These promotional materials were shared to FIDM's student population and on fidmspecialprojects.info. Graphics created on Canva.
2023 introduced the second installment of The FIDM x High School Mentorship Program. The website and promotional materials were shared with participating high schools across the nation to select students for the 2023 cohort. Graphics created on Canva. Site made using Google Sites and Google Forms.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The Official FIDM Alumni Association reaches over 7,000 members on LinkedIn and over 25,000 email subscribers. The events below were shared with their respective national and international audiences via Symplicity Newsletter, LinkedIn and published on Eventbrite. Created using Canva.
RECRUITMENT EVENTS
The FIDM Career Center hosted an annual Retail Hiring Event and Recruitment Day. Each are day-long endeavors featuring 8-15 recruiters who are appointed interviews with eligible FIDM students and alumni. The following graphics were creating using Canva, Wix, and shared to recommended applicants via Symplicity, Canvas, and on the Career Center's internal office (2022).
For event registration, students were provided a "How-To" guide through: myfidm.wixsite.com/retail. The graphics above were shared on the Career Center television and internally with FIDM faculty & staff.
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FIDM collaborated with the URBN Early Careers team to produce a hiring event for Summer 2023 internships and full time roles.
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The graphics went through several iterations before being confirmed for the final (third) product, all were created using Canva.
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For event registration, students were provided a "How-To" guide through: myfidm.wixsite.com/urbn
WEBSITE DESIGN
To facilitate accessibility of the FIDM Career Center's job application and advising platform, Mia created the FIDM Career Center Login landing page. Using the website builder, Wix.com, Islas reserved the domain myfidm.wixsite.com/login on which to delineate the steps to access the platform
The first iteration of the site was a single page with no scroll feature (see below), to streamline the process, the directions were laid out step by step, to avoid confusion (see above).
MOVIE MARKETING PITCH
In the graduate-level course (2021) taught by Solstice Studios Head of Marketing and Strategy, Vincent Bruzzese, the team was tasked with pitching an original movie and accompanying marketing strategy. With a group of 4, Islas developed the following deck on Canva:
