My Adobe Story Vincent Fu | UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
THE UNDERGRADUATE YEARS
2013-2017
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah | Studied at the University of Utah
While at the U, I enjoyed a great personal partnership with Adobe...
...and I've had the privilege of working with some incredible individuals.
Creative Campus 2016 @ Adobe Lehi
How did this happen?
Early in primary school, I discovered Photoshop 7.0 and began to learn the basics of photo editing and creativity—what would later become known as "digital literacy".
In high school, I took a course which introduced me to Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and the rest of Creative Cloud (Creative Suite).
As I continued to develop my skills and expand to other Adobe solutions, I was hooked.
By the time I started college, I had learned to use a variety of Adobe solutions and applied my skills to every extracurricular activity I was involved with.
I used my prior knowledge in Adobe solutions to not only bring value to each organization, but also seize the opportunity to further develop my skills.
The University of Utah provides the full Adobe CC suite to all its students through an ETLA. Thanks to this, I was able to further develop my skills in a variety of ways.
Every project I finished strengthened my extracurricular skills and opened new doors.
My experience also gave me the opportunity to serve as an Adobe Campus Representative at the University of Utah and present workshops through the Lassonde Institute.
What a perfect set of experiences to complement a degree in marketing and graphic design.
However, I did not graduate in either of these fields.
University of Utah Class of 2017 | Biology Honors BS
Applying visual thinking to science enabled the preparation of an attractive scientific research poster for the research presentation requirement of my Honors Biology degree.
This demonstrates the importance of Digital Literacy in non-traditional fields.
What comes next?
THE REAL WORLD
2017-2018
What to do after graduation, before professional school?
I interviewed for a few jobs, but many of them were ill-suited to my interests. I did not want to work in a lab, which a biology degree more or less prepares me for.
In February, I was referred to ProLung where I was hired as the Front-End Application Engineer.
ProLung is a pre-FDA medical device company that has developed a non-invasive predictive analytic for lung cancer.
After developing the UI/UX of our clinical database, I quickly became the driving force of our small company's marketing.
September 2017 - Promotion to Digital Marketing Manager!
My positions have had nothing to do with my degree. But thanks to having access to Adobe CC throughout college, I developed skills that helped me get this job.
October 2017 - In Business
The one true sign of a real business!
I now had numerous choices when it came to career paths. Access to Adobe solutions opened doors for me in ways that I never could have imagined.
November 17, 2017 | The Phone Call
MEDICAL SCHOOL
2018-present
It should be no surprise that I’m still hooked on Adobe!
One of the learning techniques we use is small group case studies in teams of 8 students. Every case, we each choose a topic to research and present back the following week.
I’ve been using Adobe Spark pages to make my presentations for my group.
A few weeks ago I was feeling extra creative and made an infographic for my learning objective of antidepressants.
At every opportunity, I am still finding ways to include Adobe in my medical career.
Within my first year of medical school, I discovered the perfect culmination of medicine, education, and digital literacy.
A Digital and Social Media Elective to fill a gap in the medical curriculum.
Partnered with an emergency physician also interested in social media and medical education, we received IRB approval for research through this elective.
Course Objectives
- Define social media and digital scholarship.
- Assess online social media presence.
- Explore the various roles of online citizens (consumer, producer, synthesizer, critic, hybrid).
- Compose effective posts for education or advocacy.
- Explain essential aspects of personal branding.
- Apply educational principles to create an online medical resource.
- Use Adobe Creative Cloud to create audio/video/photo products for online medical education.
Digital MD curriculum soon to be published on AAMC MedEdPortal.
Let's connect!
Credits:
Created with images by Logan Lambert - "untitled image" • Ludovic Fremondiere - "untitled image"