One big hurdle for small businesses and entrepreneurs is graphic design. The pressure to create compelling visuals for websites, social media, and print collateral can be intense. While the hurdles of technical skill and cost have deterred many, there are easy and no- or low-cost resources available. In a recent webinar hosted with the Center for Women and Enterprise, Vision Advertising’s Catrina Gardner shared how anyone and everyone can get started in design work for their business; no expensive app or art degree required! Read on for a recap and a link to the webinar recording.
Graphic Design Webinar with the CWE
If you’re familiar with Vision Advertising, you may know Catrina as our communications manager and internship supervisor—but she’s much more than that. Prior to joining Vision, Catrina used her degree in graphic design and studio art to successfully start her career in print design. During that time, her designs were sold at Home Goods, Bed Bath & Beyond, and in small décor shops across the country. With this experience, Catrina’s now a design-driven marketing professional; in her current role, she’s responsible for all of Vision’s design needs both for clients and our own agency.
Given this expertise, Catrina was able to partner with the Center for Women and Enterprise (CWE) of Central Massachusetts to host a webinar helping local business owners get their feet wet with design. In this workshop, she went over:
- Graphic design basics including use of space, balance, and color
- Foundations in visual hierarchy, lines and shapes, and typography
- Free and user-friendly resources available to the masses
Catrina ended the webinar with a quick tutorial of the popular and free design software, Canva, during which she showed attendees how to implement everything she’d covered prior by showing them real-time examples. To watch the webinar recording, click here to be directed to the CWE’s website (you’ll just need to create a free account if you don’t already have one.)
More About Graphic Design on Our Blog
Looking for more resources to help you get started in design? Check out these blogs and webinars on our website:
- 5 Canva Hacks You Didn’t Know Existed
- Business Bootcamp: Zero Cost Graphic Design: Learning the Basics
- Business Bootcamp: Creating Your First Social Media Graphics in Canva
- 4 Reasons Why Your Corporate Logo is So Important
Plus, be sure to mark your calendars for our next webinar hosted with CWE: “A Beginner’s Guide to Canva.” Catrina will be live for a step-by-step, start-to-finish tutorial of how to use this design platform and she’ll be answering attendee questions along the way! Register here to save your seat for this in-demand event.
About the Center for Women & Enterprise
For more than two-and-a-half years, we’ve been partnering with the Center for Women & Enterprise of Central Massachusetts, a nationally known nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people start and grow their businesses. With their focus on providing access to the resources, tools, and support needed for women entrepreneurs and small business owners to flourish, our partnership perfectly fits our history of providing in-person and online events for business strategy and marketing. Learn more about the CWE by visiting their website!
Designing graphics for your business doesn’t need to be a hassle! Maybe you want to learn the skills for yourself through our blog or Vision Business Bootcamps and other events. Or maybe you’re too busy running your business and want to offload design work to the professionals. Either way, our team at Vision is here to help you create stunning visuals to be used across your marketing efforts. Contact us today to get started with social media marketing, global brand management, website design, and other services.
