Kolinio Sucutolu Settles with Graphic Designing
Kolinio Gordon Navosa Sucutolu has come a long way in his career to finally settle after finding his niche as a graphic designer. The 29-year-old originally from Namoli, Macuata, was farming in the village for more than five years before he worked at a construction company in the North.
After working for a year as a carpenter, he decided to explore his artistic side and got himself enrolled at the Fiji National University (FNU) to study Certificate IV in Graphic Design. Whilst he undertook the course, Mr Sucutolu took one step further into learning by watching tutorial videos on YouTube to become more well-versed with graphic designing.
“Even though I was learning the basics of graphics at FNU, I had a lot of interest in designing,” he said.
“Every spare time I get on my laptop, I learn professional graphics on YouTube.
“YouTube helped me a lot because when I started working, I had less knowledge in Photoshop. Now both Photoshop and InDesign I can design an ad within minutes.”
Current role
In 2020, while waiting for replies from companies for work as a graphic designer, he returned to Labasa and worked as a cane cutter for four months before returning to Suva.
“One Sunday, I read the Fiji Sun newspaper and I saw the advertisement for a Graphic designer position. I thought to myself why not give it a try,” he said.
“I sent my application on Monday. The very same week on Wednesday I was interviewed, and I started on Friday as a Graphic designer for Fiji Sun.
“I was fortunate to be offered a job at the Fiji Sun proud to be joining a newspaper company which dreamt of working in.
“I just want to thank Fiji Sun for giving me the opportunity to learn and broaden my knowledge in graphics.”
Currently, Mr Sucutolu is a graphic designer with the Fiji Sun advertising department, he designs ads for the daily newspaper.
He has one unit left to complete at FNU and plans to further his studies in Graphic designing. and I’m I never