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I’m reaching out to this community because I desperately need your advice on getting promoted in an agency. You guys have helped me through countless giant question marks and I have always been enlightened by your advice. Any suggestions or ideas you might have would be extremely helpful, and much appreciated! Here is ( my situation )

Hello everyone, hope you are all having a wonderful weekend ( Read more... )

most sign shops, printers, "we'll make a sign AND your website AND print your business cards!" places, etc here don't have websites. i have to call them and get an email address, or go see them ( Read more... )

Is anyone else searching for a job in this economic climate? I am having the worst time ever right now, and I have a pretty broad skill set and nearly two years of experience (my student design job translated to a temporary 'pity position', wherein the university office can't afford to hire me full time, as much as they want to, but they don't ( Read more... )

A friend of mine is applying for a graphic designer position.
He passed the first interview and now the second step is to do a small exercise for them to see his work. I thought you'd find this interesting :)

Everyone that got so far is doing it and they guaranteed it's not going to be used for real.

So a restaurant is opening and this is what they're ( Read more... )

I'm up for graduation this May, FINALLY. year number five... anywhoo, I've been trying to find studios to apply to, I've searched different job lists, I've asked friends who've moved and gotten jobs, I've scoured AIGA as well. For some reason, their job posting/studio resource list link seems to elude me. Do they even have one ( Read more... )

Okay so it's been 2 weeks since I left my internship. I was on vacation and thought I would have my final paycheck waiting for me in the mail when I got back. No luck there! So I waited another week because I thought maybe I left at a weird time, no big deal. Well it still hasn't come in and I'm pretty sure my boss said it was going to be mailed to ( Read more... )

Hello all,

I am looking for some friendly advice. I am a year out of school and landed myself a job as a "Graphic Design Specialist" at a very large corporation. The job description included working on presentations for the top Execs, print collateral, etc. The opportunity seemed great and promising with the opportunity to move around the company ( Read more... )

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who replied to my post about the production job. I had my test today and I think it mostly went well. I decided that I'll ask if they can give me a flexible schedule until December so I can finish school on time. I'm going to ask for one day off, and I'll work 8 hours for the rest of the week. If they agree, I' ( Read more... )

In three weeks, I'll graduate from film school with a BFA in Film Directing. For a variety of reasons, I'm also considering a career in graphic arts and design. Unfortunately, I have no experience or formal training in this field aside from some basic high school art classes. However, I am an experienced photographer, filmmaker, and cinema ( Read more... )