创造力的力量
CALS校友找到理想工作
Savannah Johnson’s creative background is what sets her apart from others.
“My skill set has become very diversified, and I’m able to adapt to different positions and complete tasks in all these different areas because of my background,”她说。.
莫斯科本地人, who received her bachelor’s degree in apparel, 纺织品 and design in May 2019 from the University of Idaho’s 玛格丽特·里奇家庭学校 and 消费者科学, 开始了她热爱的事业.
Johnson is the customer relations manager and a marketing coordinator for We Are Camp, 有限责任公司, the parent company of four different brands, 包括高山滑雪板夏令营, 温德尔斯滑雪营, Seek Northwest Skateboard Camp and Milepost 35 Mountain Bike Camp. 户外公司, 位于俄勒冈州, also has a non-profit year-round boarding school called Wy’East Mountain Academy, for which Johnson serves as the admissions coordinator.
除了, Johnson is the youngest person to hold one of seven positions on We Are Camp’s senior leadership team — a unit that is responsible for making company-wide decisions.
成为一个创造性的问题解决者
Johnson always knew she wanted to work in the outdoor industry because she is passionate about outdoor sports. She grew up skiing and snowboarding, and also loves fishing, surfing and mountain biking. Her degree and marketing minor prepared her to be flexible in the workplace and to creatively approach everyday tasks and challenges in her new career.
“Studying design forces you to work with product briefs and within certain restrictions that help you learn how to create solutions,约翰逊说. “Design entails finding solutions for a problem, and that has resonated for me with anything I do. I try to find a path that leads to ‘yes.’”
Chelsey Lewallen, a lecturer in the 农学院 and 生命科学, 衣服说, 纺织品 and design program is designed to creatively develop students’ analytical abilities.
“The most important thing to us in the apparel, 纺织品 and design program is that our students come out as creative problem-solvers,勒瓦伦说.
Johnson values the knowledge and skills Lewallen helped her develop during her undergraduate program.
“Chelsea would always say, ‘How do you eat an elephant? 一次咬一口，’”约翰逊说. “有创意背景, we are taught to break things up and layer them in a way that makes sense. I’ve learned to ask, ‘What else can I do? 我能改变什么?? What can I innovate that will help the business be the best it can be?’”
Johnson completed two internships while at U of I that helped develop her diversified skill set. She interned for Target in a retail management position, 对于Coalition Snow, a women-owned and operated ski and snowboard manufacturer based out of Truckee, 加州. 她获得了市场营销方面的经验, 内容创作, 摄影, 公共关系, event planning and promotional planning.
导航困难
At times, Johnson found herself struggling in school. She is grateful for her professors in FCS who showed her endless support and motivation.
“Savannah is a successful student because of her grit and her endurance and because she kept trying,勒瓦伦说. “Even though she struggled, she learned, more than anything. 她带走了这些知识.”
Johnson said she encourages students who might find themselves struggling in school to take charge of their own learning and to not be hard on themselves when things do not go as planned.
“If you want to learn something, be something, do something, go do it! We are our own worst enemies,约翰逊说.
Lewallen is a firm believer that if students show up on time, 努力工作, 并与他人沟通良好, they will be successful doing whatever they choose.
“Even if what you’re studying in school is not directly related to what your career goals are, you will always pick up bits of wisdom that are going to carry you through and help inform what you do,勒瓦伦说.
In the future, Johnson wants to open her own outdoor wear and gear company for women. She feels confident that her background in apparel, 纺织品, design and marketing has prepared her to successfully achieve her dreams.
Article by Jean Parrella, 农学院 and 生命科学
图片由萨凡纳·约翰逊提供
2020年8月出版
