ACCOUNTABLE/TEAM PLAYER #2 & #4 (Robin & Chris) Flashcards
Consistently strong performance. Colleagues can rely.
High performance. Team Player
Situation: Pass 1—100 pages over
Action: Quickly redesigned/reflowed to save 80 pages. Without sacrificing design. Editor cut to get down another 20.
Result: Able to make page count and keep on schedule. Problem solver. How can I help.
Responsibility for contributions. Act like an owner. Above & Beyond
Obstacle you’ve overcome. What did you learn?
Situation: Toddler Cookbook had only photo budget. Needed to appeal to both kids and parents.
Action: No illo budget. Took on illos—20 thumbprint illos to make pages fun and lively.
Result: #1 Cooking with Kids Cookbook for many months. Kids who couldn’t read loved looking at book. 3.5 years later, #2 as well as #11 Children’s Cookbook.
Tough decisions and own them
Tough decision—EAD
Situation: Known as a leader on the design team. Design Director asked me to apply for the EAD role.
Action: I made a list of pros and cons. Talked with friends and family. Then went with my gut.
Result: Realized one pros was stroke to my ego. Despite it being a promotion and raise, I didn’t want to give up hands-on design yet. Even though I could be in a higher position, stand by that as right decision for me.
Tough decisions and own them
Time you failed/mistake.
—Wrong File
Situation: Back and forth with file. Sent wrong file for digital proof.
Action: Worked on committee to established file naming system
Result: Less opportunity for anyone to send wrong file.
Comfortable with change. Lean into it, instead of resisting it.
Feel about change.
Hypergrowth stage startup. Change monthly if not weekly.
Situation: As company grew, ADs no longer presented our covers at clinic.
Action: Wanted to understand the reason behind the change. 60 ADs on/off zoom added time.
Result: Cover clinic was streamlined for the team. Saved me time. Allowed focus on written communication for design rationale.
Not concerned with getting the credit; you’re ego-less.
Time that you had to deal with criticism?
Operate in Diva free zone. Not artist
Situation:Regularly attended critique group
Action: CBT WB Therapists
Result:Help me get unstuck. Open my mind new approaches
**Trusted to do right thing. Act in the best interest **
Trustworthy/Integrity
Example a little sensitive. Need to be vague.
Situation: Meeting, someone casually made vaguely homophobic joke.
Action: Shocked. Silence. Spoke up, as calmly as I could, “I’m sorry X, Not comfortable with what you just said. It sounded kind of homophobic to me.”
Result: Silence then He immediately apologized. Afterwards Others glad I spoke up. Inspired to stand up.
Strengths/About/Why Hire
Passion Devoted career to Ad and D books.
Years experience. 150+ books. AD, Feedback 40 or so a year. Pool of designers for freelance work.
TravelNut Other Cultures
Templates, Styles, GREP. More efficient and consistent.
Creative & Strategic Equally comfortable. Both sides of brain.
Problem Solver Both Design & Process. Efficient.
Strong partnerships with other depts. Book building team effort.
Strong work ethic. Best Book. Deadlines. Above and Beyond
