Coach's Duties
As a high school water polo coach and a graphic design student, I had many opportunities to blend the two worlds, designing social media posts, team gear, flyers, and posters for the team to use throughout the season. Here I will showcase some of the work that I did for El Segundo High School's water polo program. Go Eagles!!
Social Media Posts
Flyers for Club Water Polo Team:
Team Gear
Alumni Game
In 2022 ESHS hosted the first alumni game in over 5 years. We wanted to reach as many people as we could, get them to sign up, and make the event feel approachable & fun- not intimidating.
I created two versions of a flyer that could be sent to alumni men & women. It included a QR code so that people could easily register for the event, and utilized warm happy colors to make the event feel approachable.
Over 50 Alumni attended the event, the largest ESHS water polo function that anyone could remember in recent history. We raised over $1000 for our program, and had great feedback from everyone involved. We collected donations and shirt orders seamlessly using the QR code and google form, and had an accurate head count based on the signups to feed everyone barbecue!
We followed up with another alumni game in 2023, with a new set of posters.
2022 Alumni Game Poster (InDesign + Photoshop)
2022 Alumni Game Poster (InDesign + Photoshop)
2023 Alumni Game Poster (Photoshop)
QR code scan UX: Google Form
Mailers
The 2022 El Segundo HS Girls Water Polo Team won a CIF Championship! Only the second one ever in school history. We needed to fundraise around $4,000 to cover the cost of championship rings. To complement gear sales, I created a fundraising campaign letter that we sent to local businesses, posted to social media, and emailed to alumni asking for help raising funds. Companies that sponsored us were honored with their logo on our championship banner.
El Segundo HS is a relatively small school, with around 1,200 students. We often struggle to build the program because water polo is somewhat of a niche sport. I created a recruitment flyer to send out to students inviting them to come try out for the team. Featuring two of our senior captains from the boys & girls teams, team photos, and eye catching colors to highlight the athleticism and excitement of the sport, the flyer was an upgrade from the previous year's simple email. We had 23 new players join the boys team, enough to field 3 teams for the first time in recent history of the program!
Personalized Notes
At the end of the season I like to give personalized, hand written, "pump up" notes to each of the kids with advice and affirmations. This was the 2023 notecard that I made for Trojan WP club- based off of our "team mascots"- one of the kid's dogs (Groot) and my foster dog (Rose), who would often be on deck during practices. (Designed on illustrator, printed onto 4x6 notecards, and red background painted with acrylic paint.) The second one was for the 2024 ES Boys CIF Championship game, with our team motto of "Stay Hungry, Stay Humble."
2023 Junior Olympics Notes
2024 Boys CIF Championship Notes
