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How to find your style?

I found out, as I had my dream internship, that I am really not the creative type. I can't formulate creative and innovative ideas. Everything seems to be benchmarked or derived from someone else's formula.

I am too traditional. My eye for design is proper and pleasing to the eye. Somehow bland and strict and not sassy and popping colours or the genZ way.

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Kris’s Answer

Don’t be too hard on yourself if your style doesn’t seem to match what is trending in the moment. Having an eye for style that is classic or pleasing to a more traditional audience can be just as valuable, and may even stand the rest of time better. It doesn’t mean you can’t still be creative and innovative. It may just mean you haven’t found the role or organization that can leverage your strengths yet.
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Wong’s Answer

Hi Shaina. What you described does not necessarily mean you are not creative. It may simply mean that your strengths are different from the type of creativity your internship expected.

Many successful professionals are not known for creating bold or trendy ideas. Instead, they excel at being organized, detail-oriented, and creating designs that are clean, practical, and easy to understand. Those are valuable skills in many industries.

If you naturally prefer structure and traditional designs, you may enjoy careers that focus on consistency and precision rather than constant innovation. Fields such as business, project management, operations, user experience (UX), administration, finance, or marketing strategy may be a better fit than highly creative design roles.
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Pierre’s Answer

Being trendy isn't the same as being creative. Trendy means mixing things up in new ways or taking bold risks. Early in my career, I realized I'm not the one to make trendy stuff. Instead, I create innovative things that fit what a company can and wants to do.

For nearly 20 amazing years, I worked at a top party goods company, taking trendy ideas and adapting them to existing products. My creative gift is thinking outside the box to invent new things within given limits. I also spot potential issues before a product reaches production. This makes me a great problem solver while staying creative.

This shows there's a place for everyone with different skills in any job. Even though I didn't study product, packaging, or graphic design (I majored in animation), I've had a long, creative career. You may have unique skills to bring to any job, whether it's managing people, working with clients or vendors, or having practical skills. Trust the process and keep your creative dreams alive.

Wishing you the best!
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Kelly’s Answer

Hi Shaina! Creativity shows up in so many ways, sometimes it’s not about ‘popping colors,’ but about seeing solutions or details others miss.

Maybe that internship just wasn’t the right fit, like being a triangle in a square world. You’ve got a unique perspective, and sometimes you just need to find the space or audience that values it.

Remember, creativity is in everything, how you solve problems, how you interpret the world, even how you reflect and reach out like this. So don’t give up!

Keep exploring, and trust that your creative style will resonate with the right place. March to the beat of your own drum!
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