Leejay Abucayan is a 24-year old UC Davis graduate currently living and freelancing in Sacramento, CA, who majored in Technocultural Studies with an emphasis in media production, and advanced coursework in Design. He is a media / graphic / web designer, a hard worker, a team player... blah blah blah. Leejay Abucayan doesn't do well speaking in the third person.

Hi there! Let me start over...

To create good quality work, I believe the effort involved is never exclusive to a job title. I constantly find myself going beyond what a position calls for. Therefore, although my formal title is a "media / graphic / web designer," I find it much more suitable to say I'm more or less an all-around creative professional.

I consider myself an Aspiring Everything-ist.

An EVERYTHING-IST because as a jack-of-all-trades, I love dipping my hands in many different creative mediums. Yet, always ASPIRING because as a jack-of-all-trades, I will never stop learning and growing. (Nor do I ever hope to.) One of my discoveries in my years of experience is that discomfort equals growth. By constantly challenging myself and always staying diversely active, I have grown, both as an artist and a human being, more than I ever could have imagined.

Comfort is the death of creativity.

To become comfortable in one's craft is to stop learning and growing. In the past few years, I have made it a point to push myself to take on projects, situations, and environments that initially make me uncomfortable, and I always end up much stronger, more knowledgable, and most importantly, having more life experience in the end. I believe that potential holds a greater value than being established. The opportunity for growth is where true creativity can flourish, and greatness can only be achieved by embracing the unconventional and pushing boundaries.

Let's be friends!

I am currently seeking a company, firm, agency, or creative group that I can be settled in, but at the same time, never fall into full comfort with. My dream company would challenge me everyday, with opportunities to work together, grow together, and improve and enhance each other's overall well-being.

Work hard, be kind...

Finally, I want to bookend my little blurb with my favorite Conan O'Brien quote, which has become my life mantra: "If you work really hard, and you're kind... amazing things will happen." So many amazing things have already happened in my humble 24 years on earth, and I am always grateful every waking day. I'm ready to continue my hustle, and bring my hard work (and kindness) to the next chapter.

I'm hungry. Hungry for a creative challenge. Hungry to learn. Hungry for growth. And ready to get my hands dirty. (But I never take myself too seriously.) Let's work — and play! — together.

...Let's make amazing things happen.