12th Grade — Studio Job Cycle: Complete a Real Request, Start to Finish

⏰ Do Now — Start Here

Of everything you've learned so far this semester, what part of the studio pipeline are you most confident running on your own?

This is a real client, not a hypothetical one

Treat every request the same way a professional studio would treat a paying client: confirm the brief, communicate proactively, and get sign-off before production. The staff member's satisfaction is part of the grade.

🎯 Today's Big Question

Can we run one full request through our entire studio pipeline -- intake, design, approval, production, and delivery -- on our own?

📈 By the End of Today, You Will Be Able To

Independently move a real request through every stage of the studio pipeline.
Apply the correct production method (print, 3D print, or video) to the job.
Reflect on which pipeline stage was hardest to manage, and why.

🧰 What You'll Need

An assigned live studio request
Whichever production resource the job requires (printer, 3D printer, or camera/editor)

📋 Your Plan for Today

Day 1: Intake & Discover/Define

Do Now (5 min): what's your plan for confirming this job's brief? Independent/team work (35 min): confirm the brief with the client and define the problem clearly.
Document (5 min): log your problem statement.

Day 2: Ideate & Design

Do Now (5 min).
Independent/team work (35 min): generate options and build toward a strong draft.
Check-in (5 min).

Day 3: Client Approval & Revision

Do Now (5 min).
Independent/team work (35 min): present the draft, log feedback, revise, and get sign-off.
Debrief (5 min).

Day 4: Production & Delivery

Do Now (5 min).
Independent/team work (35 min): produce the final piece using the correct method and deliver/install it.
Confirm with client (5 min).

🖥️ Today's Slide Deck

Short, on-the-board pacing slides — project these to follow along. (The full details are in the handout above, not here.)

📚 Key Words

Pipeline: The full sequence of stages a job moves through, from intake to delivery.
End-to-End Ownership: Being responsible for every stage of a job, not just the design portion.

✅ What Your Finished Work Should Include

Full job cycle scored with a rubric covering every pipeline stage: clear brief, genuine ideation, documented feedback/revision, correct production, confirmed delivery.

Exit Ticket: Which single stage of the pipeline gave you the most trouble on this job, and what would you do differently next time?

📊 Before You Leave

Quick, anonymous class check-in -- takes less than a minute.

Class Check-In

📁 Portfolio Update — Once a Week

Once a week, add your best finished or in-progress yearbook (or, later, studio) work to your portfolio with a 1-2 sentence caption -- and once you're in the Design Studio phase, a photo of the piece in its real, installed location if possible. This is the same evidence trail you'll use for Archive & Portfolio and any PBAT/portfolio review.

✍️ Example description for your Google Sites portfolio (fill in YOUR blanks -- don't just copy this):

For this piece, I made ______________ (name what you made) for “Studio Job Cycle: Complete a Real Request, Start to Finish.” This project asked: “Can we run one full request through our entire studio pipeline -- intake, design, approval, production, and delivery -- on our own?” I used Pipeline by ______________ (explain how you used it in THIS piece). The hardest part was ______________, and I solved it by ______________. I'm proud of ______________ because ______________.

🔗 Want to Learn More?

No extra links for this lesson.

🚀 The Extra Mile

Cross-Class Connection: This IS the full Business/Entrepreneurship cycle — intake to delivery — run for real, not simulated.

Career Connection: This is the single most complete, real-world case study a student on this site's Careers hub could put in a portfolio.

Go further -- turn this into a portfolio piece:

Document the entire job as a full case study (brief, process, revisions, delivery) — your strongest portfolio piece of the year. Start here: gather the original brief and every revision file into one folder before writing a single sentence of the case study.
Write a short client-facing wrap-up email summarizing what was delivered — real professional communication practice. Start here: list exactly what was delivered (files, formats, dates) in bullet points before writing the email's prose.