{"id":5135,"date":"2014-04-21T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/?p=5135"},"modified":"2018-08-09T16:37:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T20:37:09","slug":"4-things-you-can-do-to-enhance-your-design-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/2014\/04\/21\/4-things-you-can-do-to-enhance-your-design-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Things You Can Do to Enhance Your Design Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Design and public relations have more in common than you may think. They both have the same end result: delivering clients\u2019 key messages in the best possible way. The look and key message should be one in the same. Here are a few helpful hints to enhance your design skills:<\/p>\n

Play Around
\n<\/b>The most useful advice I can give anyone when it comes to enhancing your design skills is practice, practice, practice! Just like any great athlete would practice daily, we must sharpen our skills as well. Take 10\u201320 minutes a day to play around in Adobe Creative Suite<\/a>. I guarantee your skills will improve.<\/p>\n

Recreate
\n<\/b>To enhance your design skills, the easiest thing you can do is re-create ads, promotional material, flyers\u2026anything. I\u2019ve done this countless times, and it has helped to keep my design skills fresh and up-to-date with current trends.<\/p>\n

Below is an ad that I saw on Southeast Missouri State University\u2019s campus that I thought was different but eye-catching. So, I decided to make a similar design for my thank-you letters.<\/p>\n

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Use Shortcuts
\n<\/b>It\u2019s all about saving time. The most common shortcuts that the creative department at my internship uses are:<\/p>\n