Book Design Part-time Position
11.22.09

I have a project that I could use help with. It requires taking an
existing design and extending it out to other pages in an SE Reading
program (FM/EM/Marketing)

If you know of a talented student that would be interested in working
on this, please have them contact me. Starts up in a week or so.

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Paul C. Uhl

Design Associates Group, Inc. | 1828 Asbury Avenue | Evanston, Illinois 60201 | W 847-425-4800 C 312-215-2151 | www.designassociatesinc.com

South Central Bank Graphic Design Position
11.22.09

South Central Bank is seeking a student in either graphic design or advertising art direction to intern in the marketing department. Design duties may include creating newspaper ads, collateral, signs, posters, etc. Other duties besides design work will be assigned like managing mailing lists, contacting newspapers, acquiring quotes from printers, and other marketing duties.

Required Skills:
Indesign CS3
Photoshop CS3
Illustrator CS3
Great communication skills
Attention to detail
Basic knowledge of Excel, Word, and Powerpoint


Please contact Chuck Rudy (crudy@banksouthcentral.com) with your cover letter, resume, and a pdf of a few samples of your work. No phone calls please.”

Just as a heads up- the ideal person should be fairly self sufficient. There is no one else in the marketing department, so they should know how to create pdfs, file formatting, and some printer expectations (like bleeds, CMYK, etc). They will be reporting directly to the president of the bank and the CFO (don’t worry, it’s not too intimidating, it’s a pretty small bank). The projects start out slow, but they will eventually build more responsibility once everyone gets used to each other. Dress pants and nice tops are the attire.

Although it may seem daunting at first, this is a good internship. I had to learn how to make contacts (like searching for printers), read media kits, manage deadlines, work on corporate design, problem solve and work around someone else’s vision. It’s a good way to gauge how it is when you’re an in-house designer for a small business. The best part is that the position is PAID. It pays more (at least when I started) more than most internships out there.

Snap-on Tools Sculpture Competition
11.07.09

OBJECTIVE

To design a sculpture that highlights Snap-on’s brand identity and commitment to innovation, the
green garage and the training of technicians in automotive repair, wind power and other trades.
The sculpture should have a stunning visual impact and instill a feeling of fearless innovation.
Possible themes could be Snap-on products, alternative energy, green movement, technology and
innovation.

REQUIREMENTS

Each entry must be prepared in a 8.5” x 11” format and submitted via email to
bennett.l.brenton@snapon.com as a pdf file (no larger than 4 MB). Proposals must represent
ideas in three dimensions, and designed to make a visual impact at 20 feet. Size is restricted to
a maximum height of 15’. Please include design dimensions and a concept statement consisting
of no more than 200 words with your proposal. Full color presentations are preferred. Designs
that incorporate or are completely comprised of Snap-on products will likely receive greater
consideration. Please visit snapon.com <http://snapon.com/> for more information about the company and its products.

Entries must be submitted by December 11th, 2009.

PRIZES

The winning individual or team will receive $1000 and full financial and material support from
Snap-on to produce their sculpture which will be installed at Snap-on’s Innovation Center.
Additionally, there is the potential for the artist to be contracted to produce additional copies for
Snap-on for installation at technical colleges across North America.

RULES

The proposed design and representation must be your own work. Entries must be original, created
by the entrant and must not contain material that violates or infringes the rights of another, including
but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright
infringement.

ALL FOR ENTRIES
10.12.09

Attention all Associate, Bachelor, and Masters Degree candidates with an interest in the visual arts, currently enrolled at a Midwest Regional public or private college or university. No matter what major, if you paint, illustrate, sculpt, design, draw, photograph, or just create art, you are eligible to enter the 3rd Annual Fine Art Finals Midwest Regional Scholarship Competition.

Media accepted include:
Drawing - graphite, colored pencil, pen and ink, marker, pastel, charcoal, etc.
Painting - oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, etc.
Printmaking - etching, lithography, screen-printing, etc.
Sculpture - clay, ceramic, plaster, marble, glass, wood, resin, porcelain, metal, etc.
Jewelry - gemstones, precious metals or other materials, etc.
Fibers - textiles, fabrics, yarn, natural & synthetic fibers, etc.
Photography - traditional & digital.
Digital Art - see www.fineARTfinals.com for details.
Graphic Design - traditional & digital, see www.fineARTfinals.com for details.

This scholarship competition is dedicated to the promotion of talented and gifted emerging artists at the collegiate level and awards their mastery of technique and excellence of artistic achievement. Finalists and Winners will be selected based on quality, originality, and the creativity of their work.

First Place: $1200
Second Place: $600
Third Place: $300

Two Honorable Mentions:
$50 each

Entry Deadline:
Postmarked by Friday, November 20, 2009

Entry  Form 1   Entry Form 2

Freelance Graphic Design
Metropolitan Chicago-based educational communication firm seeks a freelance graphic designer to work on a variety of college-oriented publication projects.
Candidates should be fully trained in InDesign (or QuarkXpress) design software.  Experience with Web-based design is also preferred. 
A flair for design and ability to meet tight deadlines, are essential.
Hours are flexible:  Designer can work from home.  Meetings are minimal.
For more information, please contact, Julio Abreu, Publisher/A+ Media at:
847-509-9733. I own a small educational communications firm in Metropolitan Chicago (Northbrook).  In previous years, I was able to tap the talents of your students at times when I needed freelance graphic design help.

American Library Association's Design Competitiion
10.01.09

@ your library, American Library Association’s public awareness campaign, would like to invite students of Columbia's Art & Design program to participate in our design a tote bag contest. We are currently accepting designs that can illustrate the spirit and importance of American libraries.

The Grand Prize Winner will receive $500 and the People’s Choice Award Winner will receive $100. In addition, the Grand Prize Winner’s design will be featured on limited edition of @ your library tote bags!

The design must incorporate “atyourlibrary.org” somewhere so that it’s easily readable, but other than that it can be as creative as you want! Keep in mind that libraries are about more than just books—many offer career centers, classes, movies, music and much more.

We would love to receive submissions from your students and encourage you to share the contest details with your students.

Attached is a JPEG of the contest flier.. Additional information can be found at http://www.atyourlibrary.org/design-contest

We appreciate your support in this exciting opportunity for designers, illustrators, and artists of all kinds. In return, we would be happy to help support your site by linking to it in our blog, as well as other social media channels, such as Twitter. If you have any additional questions, comments, or concerns, or would like to know more about the @ your library campaign, please don’t hesitate to send us an e-mail. We look forward to seeing submissions from your students!

Erin Dorr
Managing Editor
www.atyourlibrary.org <http://www.atyourlibrary.org/>

The 2009 STA Scholarship Award
09.28.09

Scholarship Judging Committee:
Jack Weiss / Principal, Jack Weiss Associates
Cheri Gearhart / Principal, Gearhart Design
Other judges TBD and announced at a later date.

The STA Scholarship: Jack Weiss Founder Scholarship Award: $500
There will be two Scholarships granted this year.

Details:
Entrants must be STA Student Members. STA Student Membership is free.
Sign up for membership at www.sta-chicago.org, or simply submit your poster.
Students will automatically become members.
Awarding of the scholarship will be determined by a poster competition.
The competition is open to registered college students.
Entrants must have a 3.0 GPA.
One poster per entrant.
Size: 24 in. x 36 in. vertical.
Poster Theme: Typography as “meta” communication.
There is a $10 submission fee, payable via PayPal only. Enter by emailing the
poster as a high resolution pdf to president@sta-chicago.org.
Questions can be directed to president@sta-chicago.org.

The posters will be judged by the scholarship committee.

There will be two winning posters selected. The winning posters and any
Honorable Mention posters will be inducted into the student section of the
Chicago Design Archive.

Theme for poster:
Typography as “meta” communication.
Meta- is a prefix used to express a higher, deeper, symbolic or more complex
meaning. For example, the metaphor “dense as a jungle” indicates teeming with vegetation, but it also indicates complicated, tangled or difficult to understand.
While physics describes the physical arrangement of the world, metaphysics
describes the spiritual or cosmological significance of the world. Meta- points in
many directions – to a concept, an explanation, a definition, an example, just to
name a few.

The STA will reproduce the top posters (at 24 in. x 36 in.) and invite all
scholarship entrants to the holiday party where the top posters will be included in
the silent auction.

Timeline:
Submission Deadline: November 1
Judging: November
Show/Holiday Party/Silent Auction: December 2

Chicago Magazine
09.17.09

Is there's anyone interested in a part-time internship with Chicago Magazine? We had an intern who just started, but she found a job, so we have an opening once again. Unfortunately it is unpaid, but great experience, looks fantastic on a resume...the hours are fairly flexible, we really just need someone that can be here two full days a week, say 10am to 6pm, if they have more availability, we'd be happy to have them for more than that.

Jessica Henry
Graphic Designer
jhenry@chicagomag.com

Graphic Design Intern for theFall and Spring Semester

Columbia College Chicago’s award winning inhouse graphic design office (Creative Services) is now accepting applications for a graphic design intern for the fall and spring semester. Send resume and cover letter to bbilow@colum.edu or to request for additional information.

Design posters, postcards, publications, books, direct mail, logos, web sites and campus environment. Applicant must have a working knowledge of InDesign, advanced typography skills and a desire to work hard. You will earn credit and a pay check while doing professional quality work that gets printed and gets noticed.

In order to apply students must be a current junior or senior studying graphic design at Columbia—and you must have an excellent portfolio.

DO NOT LET THIS OPPORTUNITY PASS YOU BY. Graduates of this internship program get jobs in graphic design because they leave with professional work. GET IT, you need this job. 20hrs./week, paid

Ben Bilow
Creative Director
Creative Services
Columbia College Chicago
312 369 7311

600 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605

Hey, meet up with new design faculty, Gary Rozanc on his blog:
Go to:  useaconcept.com

Recent Design Graduates:STA

Congratulations on your accomplishment and welcome to
our incredible profession. We hope you enjoyed the benefits and discounts you received as a student member of the STA.

We want you to know that as a recent graduate, you are entitled — for up to one year after graduation — to a full professional membership for half the normal rate ($45 as opposed to $90). It’s a budget-conscious way to continue
your relationship with the Chicago design community. The
networking possibilities are never-ending.

Please contact Oscar Anderson membership@sta-chicago.org or Cheri Gearhart president@sta-chicago.org
to sign up.


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