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Ep #7: Tyler Bradley

Ep #7: Tyler Bradley

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 Tyler is a Graphic Designer who works for Free Burma Rangers, which provides critical aid on the front lines of the longest running civil war in the world in Burma. He is currently raising support to continue to work for this organization, as 100% of those who serve with them work on a volunteer, support-raising basis.To learn more about Tyler’s work and to contribute to his fund, please visit exitrowcreative.com/tyler-to-fbr. And to learn more about FBR, you can go to their website, freeburmarangers.org or follow them on social media. Episode Transcript(NOTE: Transcript is auto-generated. Errors may exist throughout.)Emily: Hello, I'm Emily Stewart and this is who I wanna be when I grow up. My next guest today is Tyler Bradley. This episode is going to be a little different, because I actually met Tyler when we were both undergrads at CBU, so we're not that far apart in age or life stage. What made me wanna have him on the show though is his work with the humanitarian non-profit Free Burma Rangers. Free Burma Rangers provides direct critical relief to the communities most affected by Burma's ongoing civil war, which is the longest running civil war in the world. Tyler is using his background in graphic design to work at the reporting communications division of F B R, his work. Among other things includes creating and distributing resources that graze global awareness for this humanitarian crisis. I was so pleased to get him on the show, and I'm very excited for you to hear our conversation. Let's get into it.Tyler, welcome to the show. Tyler: Thanks for having me. Emily: So the first question I always ask my guests, as hopefully our listeners will know by now, is, Tyler, what did you wanna be when you grew up? Tyler: I'm kind of a dreamer, so I was, I've always been, I. I've always thought about lots of different things. I was, you know, a professional soccer player. Uh, I was a music producer. I wanted to be a filmmaker, a film director. I've got most of it. Most of the things that I thought about when I was younger was were creative, so I at least got to do part of that, um, with the job I have now. Emily: Mm-hmm. Totally. Yeah. So I mean, you kind of landed in graphic design, um, and that's what you studied in college and that's kind of what you do now. Um, but yeah, talk more about how you landed on design specifically. Tyler: Well, when I was in high school, I spent a lot of time, um, I did, I took some graphic design classes in high school and really enjoyed those, but I also spent time kind of making. Home videos with my friends. Um, I was a big photographer in high school, so I know I, I knew I wanted to do something in digital media. I just didn't know what exactly that would look like. So when I was sure, thinking about picking a career and picking, um, a major, I wanted to pick something that I could use the most formal teaching in. Um, and I thought graphic design was gonna be the best option, um, because I figured I could kind of teach myself the other two skills with the goal of using all three, um, to some degree in my career down the line. Emily: Totally. Yeah. Do you feel like formal education in a college environment for graphic design, was that helpful for you? Um, 'cause I hear from, and I think it depends on the school or the program, but some people that I've heard from is like, yeah, I studied graphic design. I could've YouTubed all of that, and it was a waste of time. But did you enjoy the formal education environment? Did you feel like it was helpful for you? Tyler: Um, Design is definitely one of those programs where you, you get out of it, what you put into it. Um, I, I would've probably picked a different school looking back, um, Emily: mm-hmm.Tyler: Or I would've picked a different major because I, I did like graphic design. I definitely learned, learned things in my program, but I found that most of the things I learned were design thinking as opposed to design skills-- learning how to consider your audience, consider the parameters of any given project. Um, and those, those things are important, but they're also things you can definitely learn on the job. I, I spent more time teaching myself in college than I, than I felt like I was being taught. Um, so, you know, it's, it's a little bit of both. I, I got, I got something outta the program, but I definitely have thought about what I would've done if I hadn't chosen it. Emily: Sure. Yeah. And of course hindsight is 2020 Tyler: Of course Emily: with all that stuff. Um, but yeah, that's really interesting. Um, going back a little bit, um, 'cause we met in college and college was kinda the first time that I got exposed to, I. Meeting people who didn't grow up in the states, you know, who grew up internationally. So you grew up overseas in Thailand. Um, so what was it like growing up there? Tyler: Um, I, I loved my time in Thailand. I, my parents were missionaries there and I, um, went to a international school, um, where I...
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