Deejays & Vinylphiles Club @ UCSD

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Leading creative direction and digital growth for UCSD’s premier DJ organization, focusing on high-impact event branding and community engagement.

TIMELINE

November 2024 - June 2026

ROLE

Graphic Design

Visual Identity

TOOLS

Figma

Photoshop

Illustrator

Nano Banana Pro

Midjourney

Final Cut Pro

TEAM
TEAM

Rayleen Marquez

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Overview

The brand and visual identity for UCSD's leading EDM community.

DVC is one of the biggest music organizations at UC San Diego, and as Marketing Manager I own how it looks and feels in public. We carved out our own space on campus by going all in on electronic dance music and vinyl culture, then built a visual language around it that keeps a high-energy, recognizable identity across everything we put out. The goal was simple: when a DVC post hits your feed, you should know it's us before you read a word.

We led the end-to-end design of a cohesive hardware-integrated ecosystem from scratch, focusing on democratizing home automation for mass-market users.

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Overview

The brand and visual identity for UCSD's leading EDM community.

DVC is one of the biggest music organizations at UC San Diego, and as Marketing Manager I own how it looks and feels in public. We carved out our own space on campus by going all in on electronic dance music and vinyl culture, then built a visual language around it that keeps a high-energy, recognizable identity across everything we put out. The goal was simple: when a DVC post hits your feed, you should know it's us before you read a word.

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Problem

A campus full of music clubs, so we picked a lane and owned it.

The problem with student orgs is that they blur together. To stand out, we committed hard to a niche, EDM and vinyl, instead of trying to be a generic music club for everyone. That focus drives every visual decision I make: the type, the color, the energy of a poster all signal a specific scene, so the people who belong in that scene recognize it instantly. Narrowing the audience is what let the brand get loud.

We led the end-to-end design of a cohesive hardware-integrated ecosystem from scratch, focusing on democratizing home automation for mass-market users.

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Process: the posters

From a Bloom Nightclub rave to a chill Workshop Wednesday, every event gets a face.

I design the posters and social graphics for every DVC event, and the range is wide: a massive takeover at Bloom Nightclub needs a completely different energy than a low-key Workshop Wednesday. I work across Figma, Photoshop, and Midjourney to match each event's vibe while keeping it unmistakably DVC. The test for any poster is the same as the test for the brand: does it make someone stop scrolling and decide to come.

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Process: video and content

I don't just design the events, I document them.

Posters get people in the door, but video keeps the community warm between events. I film our live sets at venues like Mom's Cafe and Bloom on a DJI Pocket 3, then cut the footage into Reels and social content so the energy of a night lives on after it ends. I also started animating our graphics in Canva to make the static posters feel more alive in the feed. It's a constant loop of shoot, cut, post, repeat.

We led the end-to-end design of a cohesive hardware-integrated ecosystem from scratch, focusing on democratizing home automation for mass-market users.

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Outcomes & reflection

A sold-out 500-cap room, 800 new followers in a month, and a 129K-view campaign.

The brand and visual identity for UCSD's leading EDM community.

The work shows up in numbers. We sold out a 500-ticket capacity for our RAVEYARD II takeover at Bloom Nightclub, grew the Instagram by 800 followers in the first month of the academic year (now at 3,700), and my Sun God Afterdark campaign alone passed 129,000 views. What I take from this is that brand and marketing aren't soft when you tie them to a goal: every poster and every Reel was pointed at a specific outcome, getting a specific crowd into a specific room, and that focus is what made the visuals work. Designing for a real audience that votes with their attendance taught me more about what good design does than any brief could.

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