Hopes of Designing

So who is Joe Buchmann? I'm a creative designer with aspirations to find a job doing what I love....design.

I graduated from ITT Tech in Spokane, Washington in 2006 with a BAS degree. I brought my girlfriend and two lovely children to California in hopes of finding my perfect job.

For the past two years I have been working at a company called Seasonal Reflections. Currently I am the Marketing Manager there. I've realized that this is not the direction I planned on going in life and decided to find out what I need to do to get into a design position. So here I am, hoping to introduce myself to the design community through blogging!

I met Tom Ortega. What a great guy! He opened my eyes to the kind of potential that lies in the Bay Area and gave me some great direction to follow. I now realize that I have my work cut out for me in order to make a name for myself, but you know what.....I'm gonna do it!

So what do I want out of life? Well, what does anyone want? To be happy, of course. To have a job I love and be able to spend time with my family. At home, I'm a very charismatic, fun loving type of person. I enjoy taking my kids to the park, on a trip, or just having fun with family and friends. I look forward to making a trip back to Washington once a year to visit my parents, family and friends. At work, I'm a very focussed and organized type. I'm really big on keeping my work station spotless and arranged neatly. This helps to keep me efficient on any projects I'm working on. I tend to find the best way to do a job after sizing up the situation. If I can simplify processes, or create new and better ones, then I will. Efficiency is the name of the game.

So this is my introduction. I will be writing again with updates on my progress into the wonderful world of design. In the meantime, I am happy to hear anyone's suggestions on things I should be doing.