Ernesto Velasco
Senior Branding Consultant
Factory Xiii
Milestones
My road in life has taken me all over.
Went to college for photography (2 years)
went to college for graphic design (4 years)
started a clothing company (Died 5 years later)
started a shoe company (designing, managing workers, doing shoots and marketing) Died 7 years after I started because of narcos taking over in the factory
Moved to los angeles
Started marketing certificate UCLA extension
Started my advertising agency
Starting a company on vaporizer
Education
High School
Universidad del Valle de mexico
Universidad del Valle de mexico
Certification/License
marketing
UCLA extension
marketing
UCLA extension
Career
Senior Branding Consultant
I organize photoshoots, I take photos for different campaigns, graphic design and market the campaigns
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Fashion
Entrepreneurship
Teaching / Mentoring
Day to Day
Wake up, exercise, meditate, write in my journal goals for the day, get my photo gear in my bag, start shooting the photoshoot for campaigns, go to my office and download all the pictures, edit and add graphics to it, then figure out the best way to create a marketing social media strategy for my client.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for high school students
Study and get a mentor
Recommended Education
My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Society in General:
"I was living in mexico, now I live in Los Angeles and im legally able to work here, Went to ucla extension but as an internationall student I heard a lot of racism from other people outside UCLA, also that I was not going to be able to work in usa"
Challenges I Overcame
Financial
