Style Guides & Other Useful Resources

As the countdown is on until the end of the school year, the communications department has a lot to do in the coming weeks. One such task is finalising the College Annual, The Wesleyan, which I was working on today with my supervisor. In editing this document, we were constantly referring to this style guide to check colours, logo use, fonts, and spacing - especially white space! 

I forgot to mention in earlier blog posts that the College has recently gone through a complete rebranding process – from the boys’ uniform and school logo to the colours and fonts used in documents – and created a new style guide to use for all College letters and publications. I cannot emphasise enough the importance and helpfulness of a style guide for organisations, and especially for new or temporary staff members like myself! For anyone who wants to know more about style guides, go HERE for some seriously helpful information and examples.

Working on a document as large and important as this is still intimidating for me, even though I have nearly completed my internship, as it has a large audience and is so important to be error-free. I'm very grateful for the support of my supervisor at times like these, as she is great at reminding me that everyone makes mistakes and that's why such documents are looked over by so many people! 

Which brings me to my next point - never underestimate the value of people as a resource! Even though I see myself 'winning' out of this internship because of the experience I'm gaining, my department is more than grateful for the fresh pair of eyes in the office to look over documents and check for errors that everyone else may have missed. Having another person available to complete tasks is invaluable at this time of the year as everyone is so busy that things can be overlooked, missed, or late. And I for one am more than happy to contribute, learn and gain the know-how to benefit my career!