http://www.graphicdesignforums.co.uk/ Looking to employ a UK based graphic/website designer FULL TIME? Looking for a full time position, work experience or an apprenticeship? Got a career related question? Post in here. en Tue, 21 May 2013 14:32:59 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.graphicdesignforums.co.uk/images/styles/graphic/misc/rss.png http://www.graphicdesignforums.co.uk/ http://www.graphicdesignforums.co.uk/design-jobs-employment-forum/9437-t-shirt-designer-wanted.html Fri, 10 May 2013 23:59:56 GMT Hello, I am starting up a clothing company and I am looking to offer royalties for shirt designs. As we are only a small company we cannot offer... Hello,

I am starting up a clothing company and I am looking to offer royalties for shirt designs. As we are only a small company we cannot offer masses of money at this stage but will pay £2 per unit sold to start off. If you think that you could come up with a lot of designs for my company then I may be willing to offer 10% of all future revenue whilst you are creating designs for us.

We are an urban brand selling mainly T-shirts and they do not have to feature the company name. Also it is just the design to go on the shirt not the actual shirt design itself.

Let me know if you would like any more information :)

Kind regards

Richard Booth
Managing Director
Swag Clothing UK ]]> SwagClothingUK http://www.graphicdesignforums.co.uk/design-jobs-employment-forum/9437-t-shirt-designer-wanted.html http://www.graphicdesignforums.co.uk/design-jobs-employment-forum/9413-junior-middleweight-digital-designer-needed-full-time-farringdon.html Wed, 08 May 2013 13:17:09 GMT Hello all, we've got a positon in our studio in London, full time for a Junior Middleweight designer, take a look below and drop me a message if your interested - martin@liveposter.com

No Agencie please.

Summary: Junior/Middleweight Digital Designer, Full Time, London Farringdon, £25-£30K

Brief
We are looking for a middle weight or talent junior designer to join the award winning Liveposter Team. Listed as one of NMA’s ‘ones to watch’ digital agencies of 2012, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is ready to step their career up a level and really shape the direction of the agency. You will be a go to person for all things creative/design, looking after a small team of junior designers.


Company
Liveposter is a multi-award winning agency specialises in creating real time, dynamic and location-based digital marketing and creative concepts. We work with an established client list including Channel 4, Eurostar and McDonalds, Guinness & Last Minute.com


Job Role
This is both a creative and hands-on technical design position- you need to be able to both create and deliver! You will be required to play a significant role in the creative side of the agency, making it essential that you are a creative thinker with the technical ability to create beautifully crafted designs. Working closely with Senior Management team, you will be responsible for designing compelling real world, live or social experiences, across multiple channels that include: mobile, tablet, DOOH and web platforms. Reporting directly to the Design Director, you will oversee design and creative projects from concept, creation, and delivery ensuring a high standard of work.


Day to day activities:
Develop compelling digital experiences that drive both our clients and our own brands forward.
Ensure design objectives, milestones and deadlines are achieved.
Oversee creative direction from concept to implementation.
Ensure your own work and that of the juniors under you is within brand guidelines.
Mentor and support the junior designers.


Required experience:
3+ years experience in digital design, strong technical design skills - you need to deliver accurately and on time.
Strong visual design skills, including an eye for good typography, layout, composition and use of colour
Demonstrable track record and a passion for design.


Required skills:
Self starter & self motivated.
Passionate about everything digital, keeping up with the latest trends.
Excellent attention to detail.
Excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.
Ability to multi-task, prioritise projects, and communicate progress.
Be a team player. Excellent communicator, able to clearly articulate your ideas.
Have a proven portfolio packed full of inspirational work.


Required Essential Technical Skills (You will be tested on these)
Highly skilled & experienced with Illustrator
Highly skilled & experienced with Photoshop
Proficient working experience of Indesign


Bonus skills
After Effects/motion graphics experience
Flash
CSS/HTML5


Ideal candidate:
Is a talented designer who knows digital, is looking to take on more responsibility and develop new skills.
Is excited at the prospect of creating great things with cutting edge technologies.
Produces design work that is clean, fun, and inspiring.
Is passionate about digitals impact on the world we live in.
Is a positive, happy and easy going person that likes to share a joke or two.


Okay, all sounds good so far, so why should you join us?
We are a small but experienced start-up that has been going strong for the last 3 years. Initially building a solid foundation of national clients and internally invested products-these have now reached an exciting stage and are ready to grow. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small agency early on and be a part of a passionate, entrepreneurial team where you can help shape the brand and directly contribute to the success of the agency.
We provide a workplace that has a flat hierarchy, a place where everyone can flourish and inspire to produce products, services or campaigns that they passionately believe in.
All that we ask is that you come into work full of passion and uncontrollable energy that drives you to make your ideas happen.
For all enquires please email your cv and link to your portfolio to: martin@liveposter.com ]]> Liveposter http://www.graphicdesignforums.co.uk/design-jobs-employment-forum/9413-junior-middleweight-digital-designer-needed-full-time-farringdon.html http://www.graphicdesignforums.co.uk/design-jobs-employment-forum/9399-20-years-old-need-some-help-good-advice.html Sun, 05 May 2013 03:17:18 GMT Hi everyone..

I'm fairly new to this forum and thought it might be a good idea to create a thread to help myself really..

I'm 20 soon to be 21 and i have literally just finished my first year at university where i am studying Graphic Design for a further 2 - 3 year depending on whether i take a year out to go abroad or placement etc..

So far my first year hasn't gone as i planned really and not as i expected.. Looking back on the work i did that is in my portfolio that has been handed in i can not help but think to myself.. "What the hell happened to me". I feel as though my work is awful and no where near as good as it should be or could of been. I've heard people say your work is a reflection of what type of person you are and to a point a believe it especially now i looked through my work

I do have depression and will be getting myself sorted at the docs very soon.. i feel this is the cause of my work that i feel isn't as good as what i should and could of been. i feel i've struggled in the first year and I feel like I need some motivation or a kick up the backside.. some inspiration of some sort to get me back to a level where i'm competing with other people in my class.

Tutors say keep looking.. feed your mind.. look around and tell us all how can we be designers if we're not looking at design. I totally agree with this and maybe i'm not looking at graphic design enough, maybe i don't think about it enough.. I am a big worrier and can't help but ask my self, "What am i going to do after University?" I really want to make something of myself and not just be stacking shelves in the local supermarkets or whatever not that there is anything wrong with that but i want to have a job i enjoy, love and earns me money to buy myself some nice things in life such as cars as thats what i am really in to and everybody haves something they want something don't they whether it be a house, car, a few beers or a night out at the opera if thats what you enjoy haha. After all this is the reason i am studying at university isn't it? to have a direction and earn myself a job afterwards hopefully..

I feel like i don't know where to start, where to look, how to look, what to look for, what to take in and what to take from that piece of pieces of design to help me design better and create something that employers want to see so i can shake that persons hand and walk away with a job and hopefully get further up the ladder as i go on from there..

Over the last couple of weeks it has hit home that i've done not as well as i could of/should of but well enough to pass the first year and what i would like is some advice on what to do to help me focus more, help me find a path and any recommendations that anyone can add especially if you may have been in this same situation as me..

I've often thought of being able to walk into a graphic design office and walk round to see what goes on in a day to day work based environment, see what people are doing, working on, see people discussing work or whatever it is that people do in the working environment of a 'Graphic Design' job.. i've often thought about visiting a company or two around where i live and asking to get some work experience but i feel like i'm incapable or i feel like i'd be given a mass of responsibility and work to do and then not being able to do it.. and it puts me off going to ask or investigate into what the role of a Graphic Designer is on a day to day basis.. My main worry right now is that i want to have a job for when i leave uni and right now its all i can think of. I don't want to sell my car cause i can't find/get a job and i don't want to go on benefits or sponge off my mam or dad or have a job that has no relation to what i've studied..

I am after some help, advice on where i should start, what i should be doing or what i should start doing. What would you recommend to someone like me to do? I don't want to throw it away and give up on uni or do something else.. i want to achieve, be great and be a graphic designer.

I really do appreciate if you have taken the time to read through my post and hopefully you can make some suggestions or advice to me so i can get on form and compete with the top end of the class.. i know i can do it.. i'm a 20 year old needing a push in the right direction thats all..

Also would it be a good idea for me in a week or two to create a thread so people may post links, images etc that could be useful for me to look at to feed the brain..
Thank you for taking the time to read through my thread. :icon_smile: ]]> CMWade http://www.graphicdesignforums.co.uk/design-jobs-employment-forum/9399-20-years-old-need-some-help-good-advice.html http://www.graphicdesignforums.co.uk/design-jobs-employment-forum/9346-graphic-design-self-employed-career.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:03:37 GMT Random post, but it's a discussion I was having today with someone!

Is it actually possible to earn a full-time comfortable living from it? I ask this as nearly every designer I know tends to 'have to' charge peanuts in order to get any work, and even though their work is pretty good, tend to attract the type of clients that want designs for nothing or for monkey money i.e. £20 logo and generally struggle financially, having to prop themselves up with bar work and stuff. I know designers don't have to go to that level, but it seems a lot do, and it's quite saddening seeing LOTS and LOTS of LOTS of people fighting over the same mini project and scraping the barrel so to speak. It seems even more cut throat then most other cut throat industries. Its quite rare to meet designers who charge a 'decent' amount. What kind of rates o you need to be charging to earn a 'good' living? We met one who charges £90 per hour, and although his work is fantastic, hes not exactly rushed off his feet. What/where is the balance? ]]> Esh http://www.graphicdesignforums.co.uk/design-jobs-employment-forum/9346-graphic-design-self-employed-career.html