Creative Showcase
Explore My Work
Welcome to Brayden Galvao's portfolio website, where creativity meets functionality. Dive into a collection of marketing and UX designs from school and internships, crafted to impress potential employers and industry professionals. Discover digital marketing campaigns, website designs, reports, and captivating graphic creations. Let's connect and inspire!
Education
2021-2025
Wilfrid Laurier University
Major: Communication Studies
Wilfrid Laurier University's Communication Studies program offers a Bachelor of Arts degree that adapts to the ever-changing landscape of communication. It provides students with dynamic courses that delve into media, culture, and communication theory, exploring how these elements shape and influence communities, institutions, and governance both locally and globally. The program equips students with essential skills and insights, preparing them for diverse and exciting careers in fields such as public relations, politics, the non-profit sector, and various industries. Ideal for those passionate about understanding the pivotal role of communication in our world and eager to influence its future direction, this program positions graduates to be at the forefront of communication innovation and practice.
Minor: User Experience Design
A minor in User Experience (UX) Design focuses on equipping students with the skills to enhance digital experiences and products through user-centered design. UX designers employ various methods to understand users by gathering and analyzing information about their goals, needs, and tasks. This understanding is translated into creative design solutions. Students learn to iterate designs through processes like prototyping, testing, and evaluation to refine their ideas. Additionally, the program emphasizes measuring the efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction of designs to ensure optimal user interactions. This minor prepares students for roles that improve both digital and physical environments, focusing on creating intuitive and engaging user experiences.
Extracurriculars
General Member:
Business Design Laurier
At Business Design Laurier, our mission is to provide a space where students can explore their creativity and enhance their skills in human-centered design, technology, and innovation. Within Business Design Laurier user experience is prioritized, ensuring that students are at the heart of everything within the club. As a general member of Business Design Laurier I am able to unleash my creativity within UX design and design thinking, while collaborating with other students with similar mindsets. We are also able to network with a number of industry professionals, attend workshops, and participate in UX design and thinking competitions.
General Member:
Real Estate Laurier
Real Estate Laurier's goal is to educate, inspire, and connect members who have an interest, whether casual or professional, in real estate with top industry professionals. As a general member, I am able to attend informative sessions that feature Q&A segments and social networking opportunities that are aimed at introducing students to experts in various real estate fields, including commercial and residential sales, development, investment properties, property management, and capital markets.
General Member:
Laurier Insurance & Risk Association
The Laurier Insurance and Risk Association (LIRA) is a student-run club at Wilfrid Laurier University, acting under the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics. The club's aim is to teach, encourage, and connect Laurier students to the insurance industry. As a club LIRA hosts events throughout the year designed to educate students about the field while also giving them the chance to put themselves out there through networking sessions and case competitions. As a general member, I am able to participate in a number of these networking sessions, case competitions, workshops, and so on.