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I was torn whether to post this here or in the B&F interviewing thread, but here goes... I have an out-of-the-blue interview tomorrow afternoon. It's basically a copywriting/branding position at a marketing firm. From the conversations we've had so far, the manager seems very interested in me. This is a field I've wanted to break into for a while, but this is the first time I've gotten as far as having to show someone my work. I write a lot of magazine articles and promotional copy at my current job, but it's not my primary responsibility, so I've never put together a pretty portfolio. I don't have time to make a polished portfolio website/CD or anything by tomorrow, so I'm going to lug in a folder full of paper. Would a potential employer like this rather see the printed text of stuff I've published (i.e., a neat stack of Word documents), or scans of the actual publications themselves? If it were creative writing, I'd be more inclined to bring in a bunch of irregularly-sized published works, but does it matter so much for nonfiction magazine articles and marketing copy? I expect that my interview and writing will speak for themselves (the manager is aware of my unorthodox background), but I want to make as good of an impression as possible. Trustworthy fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Jan 31, 2008 |
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I'm facinated by user interface design, and would love some advice on how to explore the field further and possibly work toward rebooting my career. I'm currently in middle management at a Midwestern nonprofit cultural institution, where I create and present multimedia science education programs. It's an emotionally rewarding job--it's grown to be a huge part of my identity; perhaps more than is healthy--but the hours are long, there's not much organizational support, and the pay is loving terrible (like just over 1/2 the state's average teacher salary). It's also a job that's prohibitably specific in nature; lately I've been losing a lot of sleep over how unmarketable I am. I have over decade of experience doing what I do. I have a B.S. in Film/Video Production, an M.A. in Communication, and a good eye for design (benefitting from some design coursework and a boatload of content creation/evaluation experience). I'm very comfortable with basic software like Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. (although I do spend more time w/ video), but all my programming experience is worthless proprietary garbage. How can I learn more about the creation of beautiful and functional user interfaces? If I ended up liking it enough to take a career leap in a couple years, I assume I'd need a combination of more software/programming knowledge, more formal design knowledge, and a nice portfolio of projects I've worked on. Where should I start? Should I just bust out, say, some XHTML or CSS or AJAX tutorials and start absorbing? Also is this a really silly idea? Trustworthy fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Oct 16, 2010 |
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qirex posted:Hey, I'm a UI designer! Cool, thanks a ton for the info and advice. I'll definitely hit the design and programming books, and see if I can get a few instructive personal projects going.
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QUEEN CAUCUS posted:https://www.katielisk.com It looks like you used a slightly lighter weight on "Resume & Contact" to make it fit. It was the first thing that caught my eye and it's a little distracting.
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