Job Vacancies
South West Screen
Board Members
South West Screen is currently recruiting new members for its Board.
A dynamic, forward-thinking team, we are looking for outstanding individuals with expertise in the creative industries who share our vision of making the South West of England an international centre of excellence.
Full details can be found on our website or for an informal chat please contact our CEO Caroline Norbury on +44 (0)117 952 9977.
Clip Ltd
Senior 3D Creative Designer
The ideal candidate should be a natural communicator, dealing with clients and internal colleagues alike, be proficient in using PC based AutoCAD and 3D Max design modelling. Knowledge of Inventor, SketchUp and Indesign would be beneficial. Additionally, an understanding of PhotoShop to create arresting graphics, and a minimum two to three years experience of the exhibition environment is a prerequisite for this position.
Clip offers one of the widest range of exhibition solutions on the market, so experience in designing modular panel and aluminium systems as well as free build is required. The ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate a proven ability to design with Aluminium systems such as Octanorm, Unibox, Sodem etc.
Our design team are responsible for the pulling together of the cost detail for their designs so a solid understanding of utilising Excel spreadsheets and complimentary/similar project management tools is key.
Personal characteristics should include a proven creative edge, dynamism, a desire to embrace and maximise latest design and technology trends, self disciplined, competitive and accuracy, the latter three all of which are a must as our client lead times are often very demanding.
We are offering a very competitive package which includes an above average salary, generous pension contribution scheme and holiday allowances, in a working studio environment which uses the very latest generation of industry software and hardware. Our offices are located in the North of Bristol on the Bristol Business Park adjacent to the UWE.
Visit our website for more information about Clip Ltd. Please send CV's and work samples to: Elliott Turner, Athena, 210 Bristol Business Park, Bristol, BS16 1FJ or alternatively by email.
Team Rubber
Freelance designers
Team Rubber needs freelance designers for web visuals & online/offline layouts. We have an immediate need this week (some icons, email newsletter layouts, and some simple print document layout), and ongoing regular need for jobs ranging from Flash game design, through character illustration to print marketing documents.
Nice people, happy studio, good rates, good work. Give us a shout - email us your details.
so design consultants
Creative artworker/studio manager
So is looking to fill a central role within a small highly creative team of designers. This is a key position requiring an individual with creative artwork experience, is technically minded and who enjoys organising and attention to detail. The person we are looking for will also be customer focused with a personable attitude and not afraid to deal with clients directly.
Responsibilities include:- Management of company systems and work procedures
- Monitoring and control of production, workflow and scheduling for 4 studio personnel
- Ideally fully conversant with both Mac and PC platforms
- Experience in industry standard software: InDesign, Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop, Powerpoint
- Generate artwork and/or commission freelance artworkers depending upon studio workload
- Quality control procedures, artwork and proof checking including impeccable grammar and spelling skills
- Provide client liaison throughout the production process
- Fully conversant with production processes and procedures
- Print buying
- Able to work on own initiative and under pressure to meet deadlines
- Web build / web editing
For more information about so design consultants visit our website.
Please send CV’s to: so design consultants, Unit 2 Greenway Farm, Bath Road, Wick, Bristol, BS6 7UN. Tel: 0117 9374004
Job Seeking
Steve Leard, Junior Designer
"I graduated this summer in Graphic Communication from UWIC. I really want to work for an agency in Bristol. Is there any advice for junior designers trying to make it in Bristol? Any assistance you can give me would be great, I look forward to hearing from you." Contact Steve
Charlie Rowland, Junior Designer (trainee/apprenticeship)
"As you will see from my Curriculum Vitae I have recently completed an A-Level in Art/Design and Photography at Hanham High Sixth Form College. I have undergone work placement at two local companies - The Real Adventure, an Advertising Company situated in Bath and most recently, at Flourish, a Direct Marketing Company, situated in Bristol.During my placements I gained valuable experience, in particular, working on a brief which involved freehand drawing which then had to be transferred onto the Mac. Both experiences were thoroughly enjoyable and helped to confirm my choice of career within design.I am hard working and ambitious and I thoroughly enjoy working with people and as part of a team. I would relish the opportunity to further my professional development." Download CV
Training
Creativity Workshop
Birmingham, 3rd July 2008
As a PR, marketing or design professional, you'll be expected to consistently come up with exciting creative ideas that meet hard commercial objectives, but it can be difficult to continually produce fresh approaches and concepts in a high-pressure environment - particularly if it isn't a new client or project. This course will refresh your thinking by using a set of archetypes, which allow us to move from exploration and creative thinking to analysis, judgement and implementation. This lively and experiential day includes a review of practical skills such as brain mapping and identifies the common blocks to original thinking. Anyone who needs to produce create concepts will benefit from this course. It will allow you to experience focused creativity in a totally new way!
For more details, visit the website.
Bath Spa University Launches Short Course for Business,
Bath School of Art and Design, Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath.
Bath Spa University’s new “Marketing Business” short course is being launched to be of benefit to the future of local businesses and their employees. Freelancers, consultants, owner/managers of small businesses and those in medium sized organisations wishing to offer their staff development opportunities will be interested in this programme, which aims to help those with business and marketing responsibilities become more confident in their marketing knowledge and understand the marketing issues in the context of their own business.
Application can be made by contacting the University’s Business Support Office on 01225 875551 or by email. Download Press Release
MA Design: Interaction Design at Bath Spa University,
Bath School of Art and Design, Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath.
This unique course celebrates multimedia as a unifying digital medium and welcomes applications from creative and enterprising graduates from a wide range of backgrounds. Fusing object spaces, imagery and sound, underpinned with contemporary theory, the course raises awareness and encourages debate of the cultural and theoretical issues of the discipline.
From visual design to technical implementation, you will learn to think creatively and strategically, not simply in reaction to a corporate imperative, but as a human response to an evolving and highly versatile medium, with an increasingly important impact on modern culture.
Based on contemporary thinking in Interaction Design, core modules cover a range of topics such as tangible computing, interactive narrative, collaboration and social networking, and research methodologies.
The course may appeal to wide variety of individuals seeking to extend or enhance their skills and knowledge as there are a number of options for the course.
Full time over one year with the option to apply for a fellowship award which would cover the majority of the fees.
Part time over two years which, if you are able to obtain funding via your employer, could attract 50% funding toward the fees. This may be an especially attractive option to those wishing to remain in employment but develop their skills since it requires only one day a week during term time. Download PDF for more info
We have a new dedicated site containing examples of work and other relevant references. This site will develop into both a live resource and an insight into some of the inner workings of the projects. It contains a few profiles of current and past students as well as links to their own blog sites, which from an integral part of the project development. Over the next month or so this will be updated to include all current students, recent graduates and key teaching staff. The site is in it’s early stages, there is much more to add, but content gives a flavour of the range of skills taught and issues explored. Visit the website
The summer programme to refurbish the MA facilities, developing improved seminar spaces and a new postgraduate social space, is almost complete. This is valuable additional to the facilities, integrating cultural history and theory into the main study area.
Whilst we have already recruited a number of students to start in Autumn 2007 applications are still open, just follow this link.
Research & Development
Pervasive Media commissioning scheme launched
Bringing together leading technology, artistic and media talent, Media Sandbox is a new commissioning scheme to support South West companies/organisations to research emerging possibilities in digital media.
Media Sandbox is looking to make six catalytic investments in innovative Research and Development pilots which exploit opportunities in digital media presented by pervasive computing/wireless technologies. The scheme is an entirely unique opportunity for SMEs to collaboratively create radical new products and processes, pushing forward understanding and potential usage of next generation digital media.
For more details, and to register for the launch event, visit the website.
