About Me

My Name is Jessica Kraus, but my friends call me Jess.  I am a junior here at Quinnipiac University majoring in advertising and minoring in interactive digital design.  My campus activities include Step to Perfection, ALANA and I, and Phi Sigma Sigma. My favorite color is pink!  I love fashion and shopping, and my favorite past times are writing and dancing.  I was born and raised on Long Island about a half hour out of New York City.  I live with my parents and my 16 year old brother.  We have two dogs, Hollie and Tobie.  Hollie was supposed to be a black labrador retriever, but turns out she is a mutt whereas Tobie is a 100 plus pound black labrador retriever.


This past summer and winter break I interned at New York Life.  Having the opportunity to spend so much time in the fast paced city environment assured me that I want to live and work there.
It is a dream of mine to be a writer for Seventeen or Vogue magazines.  However, I also love advertising and being creative with design, so before the dream comes true I would like to spend time in those areas of work.  After taking IDD 110, I took a liking to creating my own magazine layouts.  Not only do I want to write for Seventeen, but I'd also like to design for them.


Right now, other than school and looking for internships a lot of my time is devoted to bettering my sorority, Phi Sigma Sigma.  I currently serve as the Vice Archon which is the equivalent of the Vice President.  We devote many hours to helping the local Hamden community as well as Quinnipiac University.  My favorite community service activity we partake in is our trips to LEAP which is an after school programmed based in New Haven.  I love working with the children, helping them with their homework, and participating in sports and activities.


I am excited to get to learn new skills in this class this semester and be able to apply them to the real world.  I never thought I would be able to work with any of these programs or be able to design anything.  This whole process new to me, but I am excited about all of the opportunities the world of design has to offer.

Attached is a piece worked on in IDD 160.