As a graphic design intern at UCI Esports, I craft graphics weekly to promote our program, highlight our collegiate teams’ tournaments, and increase viewership within the Esports community.
My work consists of supplying match graphics to report on tournaments we are participating in, creating promotional material for events that we host, and taking on projects that utilize design to amplify our presence in collegiate Esports.
Additionally, I’ve worked on special projects like spearheading the design of our 2023-2024 Player Jersey, contributing to the design assets for the University of California Esports Initiative (UCEI) 2023 and 2024 Invitationals, and developing our style guide for future interns. Here are some of the pieces I have proudly composed in my position.
SKILLS
Visual Communication
Advertising Design
Visual Brand & Identity
Creative Design
Digital Illustration
TOOLS
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Procreate
Figma
TEAM GRAPHICS
My primary responsibility at UCI Esports is to create 5+ match graphics weekly to accompany our social media posts in reporting on the games that our Valorant, League of Legends, and Overwatch 2 teams participate in. Additionally, I create roster and team announcements to showcase the players of each team during tryout season. I’ve also had the privilege of designing player cards for our 2023-2024 scholarship teams to highlight each player during our Twitch livestreams.
Weekly Match Graphic (VAL ver,)
Weekly Match Graphic (OW2 Ver.)
Weekly Match Graphic (LOL ver.)
Valorant Player Card
League of Legends Player Card
Overwatch 2 Player Card
✸ VALORANT ✸ OVERWATCH 2 ✸ LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
✸ VALORANT ✸ OVERWATCH 2 ✸ LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
Valorant Roster
Valorant: Match Day
Valorant: Match Results
League of Legends: Match Day
League of Legends: Match Results
League of Legends Roster
Overwatch 2 Roster
Overwatch 2: Match Day
Overwatch 2: Match Results
EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Another responsibility that I uphold as a graphic design intern at UCI Esports, is designing assets to advertise our events and announcements, celebrate holidays, and increase engagement with more of our program! Designing for our various events and announcements allows me to experiment with new styles and utilize various design techniques to ensure these graphics visually communicate our brand identity and necessary information!
APPAREL DESIGN PROJECT: PLAYER JERSEY
One major design opportunity I was given was to design the jersey for the 2023-2024 academic year. I went through multiple iterations of the design, starting from sketches on Procreate and then transferring them to be vectorized in Adobe Illustrator. Even after reaching a supposed end result, further iterations were made and we ended up with a jersey that has a lot of love and hard work poured into it for the players to wear!
STEP 1: Draw Initial Sketches & Vectorize Selected Designs
STEP 2: Create First Mockup & Iterate Based on Feedback
STEP 3: The Finished Mockup & Materialized Jersey
A refreshing take on topography styles through a jersey that encapsulates the University of California, Irvine’s campus. Now ready for the players to wear and represent UCI Esports!
COLLABORATIVE DESIGN PROJECT:
UCEI INVITATIONALS ASSETS
As part of the UC school system and one of the largest Esports organizations across the UCs, UCI Esports is a pivotal actor in the annual UCEI Invitationals. Student workers from every UC collaborate to help plan and execute the invitational, and as one of the graphic designers I contribute to the design assets needed to promote UCEI and to help broadcast the event.
UCI ESPORTS STYLE GUIDE
As one of my final projects here at UCI Esports, I designed a formal style guide for future handoff to new graphic design interns and to provide them with some suggestions on how to create graphic cohesive to UCI Esports’ brand & identity.
