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Catching Up with… Hailey Rabdau

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Hailing all the way from Salt Lake City, Hailey joins the Three29 team as our new Senior Designer!

With an impressive background in art and graphic design, we were eager to learn more about her personal life, interests, and what ultimately led her career to us.

3 Influences

Spend time outdoors. It clears my head for creative ideas to flow in and there’s so much to take inspiration from.
Printmaking. I think seeing the way things are made and being part of that process is exciting. I also love working with my hands. I think having really good fine motor skills is important. It makes you more detail-oriented.
Drawing. How much I draw ebbs and flows. Some weekends I’m drawing for 15 hours and then sometimes it’s 15 hours a month, but I really love it. I draw with a mechanical pencil, which I get a lot of shit for. Or I use a 24” pressure-sensitive tablet, which is pretty fun.

2 Fundamental Strengths

I really love people. I just want to talk and hear what people think and share ideas. It’s good for collaboration and it usually makes for really clear communication.
Patience. There’s not a lot that gets under my skin, I’m willing to put in the work and I want to make sure the job gets done right.

9 Things You Love

My dog Dot
Ridiculous slack profile pics
Cryptography
Baking fancy little cakes
Making funny animations
Weird documentaries
Reading poetry
Gambling
Texting

Hailey’s Personal Spotify Playlist

Go-To Resource for Industry News

I still reference the UENO blog even though they aren’t an agency anymore. It’s really well written, I love the voice. It’s got great advice.

Awwwards, Adweek, Broken Pencil are my top sources right now. Awwwards always has interesting ideas. Adweek keeps me up to date on marketing trends and industry standards. Broken Pencil is my source for lofi, alternative, fine artsy media.