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 Thursday, September 17, 2009
Job of the Day
Graphic Designer
adidas, Indianapolis
Purpose: Provide concepts, designs, and illustrations of graphics for
licensed and branded products consistent with the overall league
product strategy and the brand strategy.
Key Responsibilities:
•Use
original and creative thinking to create and develop concepts and new
ideas in line with the overall league product strategy. Must be able to
analyze market trends and consumer needs and incorporate them into the
concept process.
•Provide timely responses (service) and
communication to internal and external customers regarding deadlines
and for delivery of league artwork. Work closely with Corporate
Creative Staff and management personnel and show ability to execute the
design direction.
•Demonstrate the ability to show a variety of
graphic styles across lines of product throughout the creation process.
Must be able to communicate concept ideas and graphic programs with
internal and external customers including communicating with related
departments.
Industry News
Thursday, September 17, 2009 4:28:34 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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The Same Language
Feel like you're speaking French when you talk with your clients and colleagues who AREN'T designers? Then today's live webinar is for you. Learn how to communicate with those folks, how to sell your ideas, how to gain respect.
Communication Strategies for Creatives: Connect with Your Clients & Co-workers Live Webcast Registration — today at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.
Register now!
Events | HOW Magazine
Thursday, September 17, 2009 4:25:48 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
For the Love of Photoshop
Seems creatives can't get enough tips and tricks for using Photoshop. (Those Photoshop-related sessions are always SRO at the HOW Conference.) Even hard-core P'shop users always discover new shortcuts and nifty techniques.
The most expert experts convene for an all-out extravaganza at Photoshop World in Las Vegas in early October. Wanna join them? Download a free pass to Photoshop World Expo on October 2 and 3. Industry retailers and venders will be displaying there wares, and there are free training classes available. The event takes place at the Mandalay Bay, which ain't too shabby.
Get the free pass here.
Events | Industry News
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:49:20 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Mini-TED
Surely you've heard of TED: the technology/entertainment/design conference that's known for amazing presentations by really (really!) smart people. TED curator Chris Anderson this year announced that the nonprofit was licensing its name to small local events. Tod Martin, founder of Unboundary, an Atlanta-based design studio, took Anderson up on it, and TEDxAtlanta took place yesterday afternoon.
FOH Sam Harrison scored one of just 100 invitations and shared this report:
When Tod Martin, Unboundary CEO, attended the TED Conference this year, he was awed by the performance of Eric Lewis, a NYC musician who channels the raw emotion of alternative rock into take-no-prisoners jazz piano pieces.
To inspire Unboundary team members and clients, Martin decided to have Lewis perform at the firm’s Atlanta headquarters and began making arrangements for Lewis’s visit. But then came an announcement from Chris Anderson that TED would start licensing independently organized TEDx events, and Martin decided to expand his plans and host a TEDxAtlanta. The 100-person guest list included designers, artists, strategists, journalists, authors, chefs, food critics, business leaders, city and new urbanism developers, educators, investors, social capitalists, etc. He had a long waiting list of others wanting to attend.
Martin had no specific theme for the event (although talks leaned heavily toward sustainability); his goal was to bring together influential speakers and city residents to envision possibilities for Atlanta’s and America’s future.
There were nine participants/speakers (plus chef Shane Touhy, who served creative interpretations of grits during the late-afternoon wine tasting). As with the TED Conference, each speaker had an 18-minute slot to present his/her ideas. They included:
Musician Eric Lewis, who played various selections to open and close the event.
Ciannat Howett, sustainability director at Emory University, who shared her successful plan of building the USA’s greenest university
Dr. Richard Farson, author of “The Power of Design” and a psychologist and educator
Documentary filmmaker Justin de Leon, who previewed his newest documentary, “Give to Live”
By hosting this TEDx event, Martin further positioned Unboundary as an intelligent, creative, concerned organization. It was energizing just to be in the same space with 100 imaginative, influential people. And the speakers were top-notch—entertaining, inspiring, educational. In each of their 18-minute talks, they pointed out challenges we face, but, more importantly, offered visions, directions and solutions. A great afternoon of ideas, interaction and entertainment.
Below, from left: Justin de Leon, Greg Lindsay, Dr. Keith Eigel, Dr. Carl Hodges, Dr. Richard Farson.
Posted by Bryn
Events | Industry News
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 5:01:03 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Bootcamp
If you live in the NYC area, don't miss our business bootcamp that start tomorrow!
Running a Successful Design Business
New York, New York / New York Marriott Marquis
September 17, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm and September 18, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Instructor: Daniel Schutzsmith
Fee: $495
Ideal for creative studio owners, freelancers, project managers and
business developers, this workshop will explore every aspect of running
a creative business. Daniel Schutzsmith will provide expert information
on everything from planning your business and defining your product to
financial and resource management and planning for the future.Posted by Megan
Events
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:08:50 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Job Of The Day
Online Art Director and Graphic Designer
Rodale, New York City
Great media company needs two people — A great online art director and a great online graphic designer.
You’ll
be working on the major branded websites for a top Men’s and a top
Women’s healthy lifestyle magazines. The magazines are on every
newsstand and check-out aisle in America and known around the globe. If
you’re anywhere in Manhattan, you’re a half-block from being able to
buy one of our magazines.
This is a major front-line job,
where your designs will become the high-traffic, high-profile web
products for the brands. No more ad banners for you — it’s Flash tools,
features, infographics, nav bars, headers, footers, photo selection,
photo retouching, tools, calculators, information centers, knowledge
guides — all the forward facing, user-interfacing design work you’ve
dreamed of.
You’d be working for Online Edit & Production
— not marketing. Not sales. Not clients. At this job, you work for the
brands -- on the projects and products that our users fall in love
with. The great editorial products that keep our metrics climbing in
the double digits. Right now our two magazine sites get a combined 5MM
UVs and 35MM PVs/Mo. Help us build it bigger.
If you’ve got
the chops — that is, you’ve got that editorial passion and a proven,
illustrated experience with a major online content destination, then
let’s talk. We'd like to hear about your thoughts on usability. Your
approach to wireframing. How you describe your design aesthetic. What
sites you like. Where you wish the web would go. What the future of
online content is. How you feel about mobile. How you feel about video
on the web.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:47:36 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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