During CreateAthon@USC, these students will be overseeing their respective creative teams. They will make sure that all creative work is in line with their vision for the client. Some of them will even be contributing to the creative process!
Year in school: Senior
Major: Advertising
Nonprofit: Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands
What is your goal for CreateAthon?
I'd love to see CreateAthon become a huge thing for USC, drawing together
people from all walks of life and all over campus. I want for it to become an annual
event hosted on our campus every year like Relay For Life or Dance Marathon.
Why did you decide to join CreateAthon?
Not only are we getting the opportunity to help out some deserving
organizations, but we are also getting some great experiences and meeting new people.
What excites you most about CreateAthon? I'm excited for the overall experience; to be able to say we helped plan and participated in the first one
at USC is really something. Plus, who doesn't love pulling all nighters with
their professors and classmates in the dungeon of the Coliseum?
Name: Leesa Delphia
Year in school: Junior
Major: Advertising &
Political Science
Nonprofit: Edgefield Theatre
What is your goal for CreateAthon?
I can't wait to see how we can benefit the six nonprofit organizations involved.
Why did you decide to join CreateAthon?
Benefiting the community benefits all of us.
What excites you most about CreateAthon? Creating!
Name: Kellie McKinney
Year in school: Junior
Major: Advertising
Nonprofit: Helen Hill Media Education Center
What is your goal for CreateAthon?
I want to serve as a support
system for my team, and I hope that my positivity will help foster their
creativity to yield great results for our client.
Why did you decide to join CreateAthon?
I chose to help lead
CreateAthon because I wanted to learn how to understand creative people in
order to best serve their needs and get great work in return.
What excites you most about CreateAthon?
What excites you most about CreateAthon?
All of the nonprofits
deserve great work from us, and I can't wait to see what amazing things our
creative team will come up with for the Helen Hill Media Education
Center!
Name: Jacob Scartozzi
Year in school: Senior
Major: Advertising
Nonprofit: Harvest Hope
What is your goal for CreateAthon?
To do whatever I can
personally to make sure the nonprofits get the most out of CreateAthon. This
means being focused, but also having fun and creating an exciting atmosphere
during CreateAthon.
Why did you decide to join CreateAthon?
I’ve never been a part
of an event like CreateAthon, and I think it could be a new and valuable
experience that I can carry with me for a long time.
What excites you most about CreateAthon?
Working with new
people, and collectively creating something for a good cause.
Name: Cierra Cambrai Michael
Year in school: Senior
Major: Advertising/Fashion Merchandising
Nonprofit: Edgefield County Theatre Company
What is your goal for CreateAthon?
My goal for CreateAthon is to learn, create and have fun!
Creative leadership combined with real world experience, all while working
with other students who have similar goals as myself? It doesn't get any better
than this! I'm learning so
much from my classmates everyday. At the end of CreateAthon, my ultimate
goal is for each nonprofit to be more than satisfied
with their new marketing strategies/campaigns that we have been working so hard
on since August!
Why did you decide to join CreateAthon?
Chris Huebner, my advisor, told me about Creative
Leadership in Spring. Before arriving to class on the first day, I thought this
would be a class with a ton of guest speakers, lectures, etc. Once Professor
Mallia explained CreateAthon to us, of
course I stayed in! Why would I drop a course preparing me for my future?
What excites you most about CreateAthon?
Being involved and working with nonprofits is what excited me the
most. Every day that I walk into the classroom feels like I'm
clocking into work or an ad agency. This is my first time being hands on
in a course and it's worth every bit of the work.
Name: Will Fortanbary
Year in school: Senior
Major: Media Arts
Nonprofit: Helen Hill Media Education Center
What is your goal for CreateAthon?
My goal is to create GREAT branding that these nonprofits can positively benefit from.
Why did you decide to join CreateAthon?
I have a passion to make things better, and I have a passion for people and relationships. CreateAthon is a great way to merge all of my passions into one awesome night!
What excites you most about CreateAthon?
I am most excited that I will get to create cool things that matter!
Name: Jessica Simson
Year in school: Senior
Major: Media Arts
Nonprofit: Helen Hill Media Education Center
What is your goal for CreateAthon?
My goal is to create GREAT branding that these nonprofits can positively benefit from.
Why did you decide to join CreateAthon?
I have a passion to make things better, and I have a passion for people and relationships. CreateAthon is a great way to merge all of my passions into one awesome night!
What excites you most about CreateAthon?
I am most excited that I will get to create cool things that matter!
Year in school: Senior
Major: Public Relations
Nonprofit: Tutor Eau Claire
What is your goal for CreateAthon?
To successfully improve Tutor Eau Claire's ability to reach
& impact key audiences within the Columbia community.
Why did you decide to join CreateAthon?
To get real world experience creating a brand
identity for a nonprofit organization.
What excites you the most about CreateAthon?
The opportunity to help nonprofit organizations,
and as a result the community in which they reside, motivates me as a future
Public Relations professional. This opportunity to test my skills as a
leader before entering the real world serves as a
valuable opportunity.
Name: Meagan Riordan
Year in school: Senior
Major: Advertising
Nonprofit: Federation of Families of South Carolina
What is your goal for CreateAthon?
To help our volunteers create branding that will greatly improve business for our nonprofits.
Why did you decide to join CreateAthon?
To build my resume as well as
help build others' portfolios.
What excites you the most about CreateAthon?
Helping nonprofits!
Name: Stewart Lowder
Year in school: Senior
Major: Marketing
Nonprofit: Federation of Families of South Carolina
What is your goal for CreateAthon?
Year in school: Senior
Major: Marketing
Nonprofit: Federation of Families of South Carolina
What is your goal for CreateAthon?
My goal is to help revamp Federation of
Families of South Carolina designs for their posters and logos so their event, Children's Mental Health Awareness Week, will be more successful in spreading awareness of children's mental health.
Why did you decide to join CreateAthon?
Why did you decide to join CreateAthon?
I think CreateAthon is a great way to
help nonprofits and get great leadership experience that will
be valuable for my future career.
What excites you most about CreateAthon?
What excites you most about CreateAthon?
The fast-paced all nighter will be very
exciting and fun. The challenge of creating something from nothing in a 24-hour
period is very exciting.
Name: Alex Rodbell
Year in school: Senior
Major: Public Relations
Nonprofit: Harvest Hope
What is your goal for CreateAthon?
My goal is to help Harvest Hope leave with some
awesome new ideas that the students initiated and developed.
Why did you decide to join CreateAthon?
I decided to join because I truly have a love for
public relations and event planning. I wanted to be able to help the group
succeed through my previous experience with planning student-led events and it
seemed like the perfect opportunity to get involved.
What excites you the most about CreateAthon?
I am most excited to see the reaction of all of the nonprofits
when we present them with the new material!
To all the creative leaders: THANK YOU! Thank you for all that you do, and will continue to do for 24 hours straight. Probably even much longer than that. Your ceaseless hard work has not gone unnoticed!
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