Youth Design

Graham

I was not entirely sure what I was signing myself up for back in March. Reluctant but excited, I went through the interview process thinking that this would be a good experience no matter what the outcome was. When I received the acceptance email I was ecstatic! This would be my first real paying job and it was not like an average first job working at the local grocery store. I remember I was so nervous on the first day of work. At orientation all the Karmaloop mentors seemed so nice and excited to be apart of this, but I still was not sure what to expect from every one else at the worksite. I can now say the nerves were 100% unnecessary because everyone was really receptive and willing to let us help out! I started right away by becoming a Karmaloop Rep and designing stickers. Then when I was given an important task of editing some photos for the site, a quick photoshop lesson was prime. The most exciting experience would have to be the Back To School photo shoot that was shot at the Copley Library. My task was to prep all the garments and make sure all the looks were bagged properly together. It was hectic but I loved every minute of it.

Like I said I was not really sure what my summer was going to entail this year, having been in this program and all. But I can say it is one that I will never forget and definitely never regret!

Jonee

This summer was the best summer I ever had: Meeting new people and their small dogs, watching how everything happens at Karmaloop, being apart of the Karmaloop family for the summer. Also having the best mentor who gives me advice, work, and teaches me things about life. Jobs that I did: prepping for the photo shoots: steaming, removing clothes from their boxes, helping models put on clothes, fold and package clothes, and even for a little while I got the chance to edit photos. I’m going to be taking a lot from this summer, and using them for future jobs/ internships. I’m happy Youth Design got me into this internship.

Ronald

During the 7 weeks I’ve been at Karmaloop, I have enjoyed every minute of it! From the first moment I walked in I felt a warm welcome especially from the dogs in the office. I have learned a lot about myself, about ways I can be a better graphic designer, and that not all graphic designers have to work in design firms. They can work in almost anything. I love the environment at Karmaloop everyone is full of enthusiasm and creativity, which they put into whatever department there working in. My Mentor Leandrew has been great. He has taught me about what types of designs that Karmaloop and PLNDR are looking for. If I do ever make my own clothing line I have a lot of knowledge of what I would need to do to get it at the certain level that Karmaloop would accept and put on its website. Not only that I have learned the process to sell and advertise products online, this Summer I learned a lot and had fun gaining experience in my design firm.

Zakia

This summer I was lucky enough to work at Karmaloop. The culture of the place is cool and the people working/interning there are very welcoming. Youth design interns get their own space on “Intern Island” as well as their own laptops. This was useful because we had access to the Internet and photo shop at work. The tasks that I was given were to create tiles for Plndr, Karmaloop’s sister site, help with big projects such as sharpening the images of clothing items from the Karmaloop website (this was a group effort since there were a lot of those), and we even helped out with a photo shoot for Karmaloop’s fall look book. It has been a great experience working here and I would do it all again.