Click here for Jolt Retreat | Part 02 In 2020 I put a call-out to graphic designers on Instagram to see if they wanted to chat live. It was time to humanize the beautifully curated grids. The response was overwhelming. We turned the chats into a podcast, super creatively called Designer Chats, and after three […]

In Case you missed it, check out File Breakdown Part 1, so you have the lay of the land before jumping in! Let’s dive right in and start breaking down what different file types are, so you know what you should be saving and sending clients. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) This is one of […]

Let’s face it: Saving files isn’t part of the sexy stuff when it comes to design… There’s a reason why it’s so important to know what the dealio is about file breakdowns. That’s because the design you create is going somewhere — to a printer, to a website, to a t-shirt guy, and so on. […]

Written by Michelle Norton Jelly’s Social Media Coordinator turned Psychology Grad Student You’ve come to the right place. No, seriously. As a fellow creative, I have experienced “feed fatigue” and social media burnout a few times over the years. It can feel completely overwhelming and draining. Not to mention, it can be isolating when you […]

Anatomy of a font’s character Did you know letters can be dissected into parts as if they were a puzzle? Like people, fonts have personalities, moods, styles—and even anatomical features! Knowing these components will help us understand what makes different fonts stand out and why. Ready to discover, dissect, and get nerdy about typography? Let’s […]

Accessibility is the practice of making your websites usable by as many people as possible.  How much have you thought about accessibility in design? There’s no right or wrong answer here — after all, we can’t know what we don’t know. And design as a general concept is meant to be accessible inherently.  Think about […]

By Harris Ryder During my time at school for design, doing an internship was genuinely the most helpful experience that I had, and I felt as though I learned as much in that short span of time than I would’ve in multiple classes over the span of the semester. With that being said, internships can […]

As a (mostly) extrovert I have always been pretty social, but having awesome friends and finding a creative community are very different! When I went full-time with JWD in 2019, I was looking forward to the perks of working solo but quickly realized that I didn’t know many designers. That wasn’t going to work! I […]

Growing up, I use to burn a CD back-up of my computer files every few months. I still have the giant stack of discs labeled in sharpie with the year and details. Little did I know how much more space computers would hold and how many more photo files I would have! All this is […]