Topics
- Create Google Drive Folders and Lisa French Folders
- Skills Assessment Exercise: You have 45 minutes to create an advertisement to promote the city of Oswego. The text you must incorporate and a selection of photos you can use in your design is available in the assets folder. Choose one of the following format options:
- Pop-Up Web Ad: JPG or PNG at one of the following sizes: Full Banner (468×50), Square (336×280), Skyscraper (120 x 600), Fat Skyscraper (240 x 400).
- Print Magazine Ad: 300ppi, CMYK, Tiff at one of the following sizes: Full Page (7″ x 10″), Half Page Island (4.563″ x 7.5″), Half Page Horizontal (7″ x 4.875″), or One Third Page Vertical Skyscraper (2.1118″ x 10″).
Submit on Google Drive in your class folder following the naming conventions outlined in the syllabus.
- Meet Design Groups: Critique Skills Assessment and Begin Portfolio Critiques.
Homework
- Review Job info below.
- Read: The Most Important Design Jobs of the Future, The Rapidly Disappearing Business of Design, Designer of 2015 Trends, and What is Behind the Rise of the Chief Design Officer?
Design Salaries
Job Titles
- Print/Digital: Graphic Designer, Visual Designer, Communication Designer, Junior Designer, Production Artist, Digital Artist, Package Designer, Typesetter, Typographer, Pre-Press Specialist/Designer
- Web/Interaction: Web Developer, Front-End Developer, Web Designer, Web Master, Full-Stack Developer, UX Designer, UI Designer
Interaction Designer, Product Designer, Service Designer, Experience Designer - Motion: Multimedia Designer, Multimedia Producer, Video Producer, Editor, Motion Designer, Animator, 3D Modeler
- Social Media: Social Media Coordinator, Account Manager, Specialist, Strategist, Community Manager
- Experience Required: Senior Designer, Design Lead,
Design Manager,Art Director, Creative Director, Graphic Design Manager, Creative Services Manager, Project Lead - Other: Merchandiser, Stylist, Environmental Designer, Principal, Freelancer, Account Manager, Strategist
Finding A Job
- designjobs.aiga.org
- behance.net/joblist
- coroflot.com
- krop.com
- jobs.smashingmagazine.com
- http://www.essentialnyjobs.com/
- https://www.jobzone.ny.gov/views/jobzone/guest.jsf
- http://www.howdesign.com/design-jobs/
- AIGA Upstate NY Slack Group
- https://weworkremotely.com/categories/1-design/jobs
- https://www.roberthalf.com/creativegroup (staffing agency)