Social Media Reflection

This week in PR Publications our assignment was to design four pieces of media that an organization could use on their social media websites. Because this assignment was to be completed on Canva, a website I had never even heard of, I was very nervous to begin. I knew that if it was anything like Photoshop or InDesign, I would be in for a long night of teaching myself how to properly use it and watching endless tutorial videos. However, this was not the case with Canva.

After completing five simple tutorial videos, I felt fairly confident about doing the given assignment and as I continued to work on them I became very excited. I actually liked what I was creating and felt very proud to share my designs with my company’s audience. I think I was so excited about these designs because I chose to use the same organization that I used for the letterhead and logo design assignment–my parent’s pharmacy back home. I hoped that Bunker Hill Pharmacy would chose to implement my designs into their social media sites and therefore, I wanted my final product to be perfect. I was especially picky when it came to the backgrounds and layouts I used because I wanted the images to be relatable and actually look like something you might see in Southwest Oklahoma.

I really enjoyed designing on Canva! I found it really easy to work with and did not take nearly as much time to learn as Photoshop and InDesign did. Also, I loved that almost everything I wanted to use on the app was free. Honestly, I did not find any limitations with this app and would love to work with it again.

I do believe that without Canva, I would not have been as creative with my design. It gave me several great templates and ideas to go off to ensure that I could create an original, nice-looking design. I really enjoyed this assignment and am proud to say that I can now work another design tool! 

For the sunset image I retrieved the photo from dannimcgriffith.com