Change Order has a great post on why you should learn to work collaboratively.

2. Collaborative making is a sign of maturity in your portfolio. I respect nothing more than seeing a designer's portfolio stuffed with killer creative work, chased by a presentation where the designer talks about how they brought the unique strengths of each team member to bear on the work. The designer carries the vision, while the team supports it. Such a designer can become a leader.

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Designer Megan Cummins  created the packaging for You Smell . . . Like a Lemon soap while she was a student at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Now she's selling the soap with its gorgeous, funny label.



via Oh Joy

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Interactive Designer
PBS

PBS seeks talented candidates for Interactive Designer. The designer will provide design and production support to the General Audiences, Product and Strategy teams under the direction of the Creative Director including working with vendor and will act as lead on assigned design tasks. Key responsibilities include:

• Produce wireframes, comps and final cuts for assigned design tasks;
• Produce and optimize graphics from comp stage;
• Hand-code HTML pages, including DHTML, CSS, basic JavaScript, Flash;
• Work closely with members of the PBS Interactive strategy, product, content, design and technical teams on multiple projects.

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Interesting article on NYTimes.com today about how marketers (and their advertising and design agencies) are taking their messages down a few notches on the luxury scale. From shooting commercials in less-glamorous locations (a middle-class home, not a mansion) to including pricetags on featured items, to dropping coupons into print advertising, seems like everyone's promoting value over extravagance these days. Are your clients taking the same approach? Weigh in on the HOW forum about the trends you're seeing.

I've always thought of ubiquitous advertising as a problem of the modern age, but apparently companies have been doing it for a long time as these turn-of-the-century envelopes show.

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Senior Design Manager - Cheese
Kraft Foods

In this role, you have the opportunity to lead and participate in creating a new experiential vocabulary for the brands in the Cheese Category. You will participate in developing the design vision and strategy for the Design organization in our Cheese Business Unit (BU). You will also participate in implementing innovative design initiatives across the Cheese BU including some of Kraft’s iconic brands. You will partner with cross-functional team members in Research & Development, Marketing, and Consumer Insights & Services while reporting into the Cheese BU.

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Scoop from around the design world to share with you on this Friday:

• The Art Directors Club and Idealist, a clearinghouse and website for nonprofit organizations, have teamed up on DesignismConnects.org. The new site connects creative professionals with nonprofits that need their services. Creatives can match their skills to causes they believe in; both sides of the equation post profiles and users can search to find partnerships they'd like to pursue. Organizations like Crime Stoppers of Mid Michigan, Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley and Evergreen4Kids have posted projects ranging from TV public service announcements to website design. As the year winds down and you're looking for a cause to support, look to DesignismConnects.org (and maybe even get your clients involved, too).

• Neenah has updated its flagship CLASSIC CREST brand with new colors, sizes and weights; the entire portfolio is also FSC certified and manufactured carbon-neutral and with renewable energy. A new swatchbook is available.



• Noted design educator Roland Young joins the faculty of Academy of Art University in San Francisco beginning in January. The veteran teacher was hailed by the school's graphic design chair, Mary Scott, as "inspirational and brilliant."

Print Liberation, a funky design studio that's featured in our Nov/Dec business annual, just released a T-shirt commemorating the recent election.

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Graphic Artist
Pixar Animation Studios

Position Summary:
Provide graphic art, design & support to feature films and related projects. Execute still and motion graphics that enhance set and character elements, that support general aesthetic of films and related projects.

General Duties and Responsibilities:
• Work with Production Designer & art team to help determine elements in the film that require specific graphic treatment.
• Utilizing both still and motion graphics, conceptualize, design and implement graphic elements consistent with the style and quality of the film.
• Research items, timelines, events, people, etc relevant to the period being covered in film to provide a high level of detail and authenticity.
• Provide art, design and graphic artistry to feature films and related projects.
• Plan and oversee motion and still graphics deliverables and ensure that timelines for delivery are met.
• Serve as general production artist as needed on related projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

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