Time is a pen dipped in the radiance of stars, writing lines of tones and lines on the pages of youth. When cicadas chirp once again over the branches of the campus, we stand at the end of the academic year and look back. The mornings and evenings spent together in the publicity project team have already turned into amber in our memories. This year, we have taken design as our boat and passion as our sail, and in the sea of "youth", we have found a ship full of starlight and tenderness. ——Title:
First Encounter - Jinghong Zhaoying
First time meeting yo yo yo~
The September wind, wrapped in the fragrance of osmanthus, blew open the door of the publicity project team.
Our first photo shows twelve smiling faces, like twelve stars falling into a stream, shimmering with ripples. The jumping messages in the group chat are filled with the joy of first meeting, and they are our initial coordinates. Originally, the encounter was never a deliberate script, but rather a wind blowing twelve leaves into the same clear spring, secretly remembering the strokes of each other's names in an ice breaking game.
Starry Light and Screen Light Weaving New Chapter
Internal training within the department, Wow Wow! ”
Starting from the minister's instruction to "remember to bring your computer for tomorrow's internal training", we clumsily but bravely rowed in the ocean of design, holding PS and paintable oars. Some people are struggling with the "transparent background original image", while others are worried about the "Baidu Netdisk verification code". However, in the flickering cursor of Tencent Meeting, they gradually learn to use colors to outline stories and weave hearts with lines.
The afternoons of excitedly downloading materials and the nights of adjusting pixels on the screen have become the most vivid footnotes of our first encounter - it turns out that meeting is not just about smiling and exchanging pleasantries, but also sitting side by side in Room 202 of the main building of the Imperial College, watching the sunlight slanting through the window frames, weaving golden webs on each other's faces.
Desk/Sutra Collection Star Dou
Work bombing no no no! ”
The work of the propaganda department is never a one-way rush, but a two-way healing with time.
Someone adjusted the color scheme of the National Day poster at midnight, making the red flag more vibrant than the sunrise; Some people inject festive joy and blessings into posters on the eve of holidays; Someone conceived the cover of volunteer Wanhua "Tongyi" official account the day before ddl, and sketched the outline of volunteers with ink and wash; Someone designed a cultural and creative peripheral for the 75th anniversary of the college, weaving the patterns of the school emblem and data charts into the patterns of time.
The dogwood of Chongyang, the red flag of National Day, the emblem of school anniversary... We use the warmth of our fingertips to turn solar terms and celebrations into visual poetry. The layers that were repeatedly modified, the "last version" that comforted oneself in the early morning, all turned into a faint smile at the corner of my mouth when I saw my classmates' likes.
When posters for the school anniversary, "Campus Treasure", and "Statistical Impression Festival" were posted in front of the booth, watching passing classmates stop and take photos, and when everyone's designed cultural and creative activities received unanimous praise from classmates, I suddenly understood that design is not a cold pile of pixels, but a tangible light that turns love for the college into something tangible.
Originally, work is a long confession. We use the temperature of our fingertips to plant stars in the blank spaces of posters, and hide moonlight between paragraphs of tweets, making every click and every pause a heartbeat that resonates with the academy.
Walking alongside, the long street is illuminated by lights
Department meeting Hey Hey Hey Hey~
Regular meetings are a weekly commitment that never falls, like silver threads stringing pearls together, connecting the fragmented moments into pieces.
We sat around the corner of the cafeteria, using milk tea cups as microphones to fold the planning proposal into a paper boat, letting the creativity float into the distance in the steaming heat. Everyone is attentively listening to the arrangements of the ministers, actively participating in the discussion, and sharing their own ideas; I will also close my eyes and cast my precious vote for the activity I desire - it turns out that love is never just a solitary sail, but a group of people illuminating each other's eyebrows and eyes with the faint light of computer screens during a night meeting.
Longing Love · Starry Frost Reflecting Original Aspiration
Happy birthday Yeah Yeah Yeah! ”
Birthday wishes always come unexpectedly, but they are gentler than cherry blossoms in spring.
The sudden pop up of "@ all members" in the group message, the barrage of "happy birthday" at midnight, and the small surprise secretly prepared by the minister - these tiny warm moments, like dandelion fluff, gently fall in the heart.
Originally, the propaganda department was never a cold workplace, but a glass bottle filled with starlight. We learn to say 'Smith Marseille' here, and also learn to say 'Arigado'; Learn to fight side by side in front of deadlines, and also learn to share the joy of growth on birthdays. Those friendships soaked in time have already grown into more precious entities than design drafts in daily interactions.
Medals and lapels with blue accents
Hiring Conference HAHAHA!!! ”
The auditorium of the employment conference was filled with shattered starlight.
When the group photos unfolded on the screen, we suddenly realized that we had already walked side by side through so many nights and days. The ministers held gilded appointment letters, like drifting bottles filled with stories. I still remember when I received the appointment letter, my fingertips touched the gilded words "Promotion Project Team", which is a medal more precious than any certificate.
When we lift up the letter of appointment, it's like solemnly pinning a period of time on our lapels - that's our medal, with every pattern engraved with a vow about love, companionship, and 'eternal prosperity'.
Long voyage, good wind, setting sail straight
Sutuo team building go go go go go!!! ”
The April sunshine dyed the lawn in front of the Tongyuan Building tender green. We held the "Campus Directional Off road" task card, like dandelions scattered by the wind, rushing towards various check-in points, leaving our unique footprints. The wind brushed past our ears, turning those cheerful laughter into dandelion fluff and gently landing on each other's shoulders.
The trip to Suzhou in April was an escape during the busy academic year.
Before the trip, Dong Ziyue's phrase "Ni Zi is the rule" became the warmest footnote. The nerves that were tense in the design software gradually relaxed in the sweet fragrance of Qingtuan; The anxiety about GPA quietly dissipated among the bridges and pavilions in Yiyuan.
Originally, the best team building is never a check-in on the itinerary, but a group of like-minded people in a strange city, measuring the length of friendship with their footsteps and capturing the shape of youth with the shutter. When we stood in front of Jinji Lake for a group photo, we suddenly understood: the so-called team means that even if we go our separate ways in the future, we can still hear each other's laughter echoing in our memories when we remember this time.
Thoughts on the Star Boat Carrying Light Dreams
Member's thoughts Wu Wu~
Dong Ziyue: The publicity department has gained a lot in a year. What exactly is it? Sigh ↑ (selling off) In addition to knowledge and channels related to design, there is also our friendship (* ´ ▽ '*). I think I will never forget the publicity department in my life. Ounei should! Let's form a lifelong publicity department!
Lu Kaiwen: I was really, really, really happy during the year of promotion! Make university life, which may have been a bit dull and stressful, very different! Two particularly fond senior sisters! Very good friends! Enjoy the implementation of the design and look forward to the cafeteria meeting! Very happy! Always grateful 🥹
Chen Qinxuan: During her one-year work in the publicity department, she met many new friends and participated in many activities. She also improved her design skills and fulfilled her small wish of becoming a graphic designer! Thank you for this opportunity to make my own small contribution to the school and college, and also for the companionship and care of the minister and fellow students over the past year! We grow together!
Jinzi Qi: I'm glad to have made so many good friends this year. I will remember many hilarious moments with you all and feel particularly happy 🌹
Xu Yuanjie: A year has passed in a blink of an eye. During my year in the publicity department, I met many interesting people. She (he) is full of vitality and enthusiasm, and every face-to-face wave is a confirmation of familiarity. In addition to interpersonal relationships, I have also learned a lot from work - poster making, KTB design, tweet writing, and so on. This year has been full of rewards for me and has also shown me sincerity.
Wang Tengxiao: I am very happy to work in the publicity department. Everyone is very kind and sincere. I hope to have the opportunity to play together again
Li Yuxuan: The year of the publicity department was full of rewards - graphic design, aesthetic improvement, copywriting, and most importantly, I met a group of passionate and energetic friends. Let's have fun together!
Sun Yulin: Joining the publicity department is my blessing. Not only did I learn practical design skills here, but I also made many good friends 😭 The atmosphere in our department is really great. I really like and thank the two charming, beautiful, and easy-going ministers! The weekly meetings and happy team building are filled with laughter, once again lamenting that meeting is the beauty of fate, and hoping that every future member of the publicity department will be Hakuna Matata 🥰
Du Chenxu: During my year in the publicity department, not only did we receive beautiful makeup cards that gave us promotional skills, but we also collaborated with beautiful makeup circles. Their tolerance towards me was a blessing in my life. Thank you to everyone!! May our friendship continue to be written, shallow yet deep, with endless joy!!
Chen Junlin: Joining the publicity department is the most correct and resolute decision I have made since entering university! I learned a lot of skills and made a group of like-minded friends during my year in the publicity department. The two ministers are really unbeatable!!! The atmosphere within the publicity department is also particularly good!!! A big family with a strong sense of belonging and cohesion!!! Everyone who couldn't bear to work together for a year, Wuwu Wuwu, wants to be a lifelong member of the publicity department. Although the time spent working together is always short, the publicity department will last forever!!!
Epilogue: Full of flowers on the way back
At that time, the youth stood at the end of their growth,
Looking back on the past,
The rugged road has already bloomed with flowers. ”
As the cicada chirps fade away and the calendar tears to the last page, we finally understand the weight of this sentence.
This year, we went from being "design novices" to becoming independent "propaganda warriors", from unfamiliar individuals to a cohesive team. We learn to seek creativity under pressure, consensus amidst disagreements, and even more so, to salvage the shining brilliance of youth in our ordinary daily lives.
Nowadays, there is still a folder for the "Promotion Project Team" on the desktop of the computer, and the photos in the group album have piled up into a small mountain. With the courage and love we have gained here, we are about to go further into the mountains and seas. But those days and nights spent in the propaganda department, those posters, tweets, and cultural creations that we personally designed, will become the most vivid footnotes of youth——
Originally, the most beautiful scenery is not at the finish line, but at every step of walking with you. May years pass by, and we still remember the one in the group chat where we used emojis to create smiling faces;
And there are those five words that always burn hot at the signature of every tweet: 'Promotion Project Team'.
Afterword:
Youth is a rushed book, but fortunately, we once spent a year together writing a chapter about love, growth, and companionship. May every one of you who leaves the propaganda department carry the warmth here and continue to grow in your own spring.
Image and Text | Promotion Project Team Chen Junlin and all members of the Promotion Project Team
Layout | New Media Center Zhutianyi
Editor in Chief | Qu Lintong, Yang Yang
