Job Opportunities & Resources
- Are you a student who’s great at editing, designing, or web stuff—or know one? Print is offering print internships in its editorial and art departments. Interns will help develop the international magazine’s website and other online platforms.
- Booth Newspapers West Michigan, which covers The Grand Rapids Press, The Kalamazoo Gazette, and Muskegon Chronicle, is is looking for temporary online journalists for its MLive.com news site. The bloggers will be responsible for breaking news online, aggregating content, and interacting with readers.
- Looking for a job in information design and graphics? Check out the Infographics Alumni Facebook group created by Karl Gude. The group offers alumni a way to stay in touch, network, and share news and work.
- The Creative Finder is a platform for designers to showcase their work. It’s also a place where businesses can find and hire creative professionals.
- Is a Paper Resume Still Needed?: Employment Digest looks at the advantages of maintaining a paper resume even with the push to make everything digital.
Recommended Reading
- Advice for Designers: D. Keith Robinson, a designer based in San Francisco, kicks off the new year with some advice for designers of all levels. He offers great suggestions such as focusing on your weak spots and getting comfortable with criticism.
- The MLA, @briancroxall, and the non-rise of the Digital Humanities: Academhack looks at how academic conferences are talking more about how the rise of social media affects digital humanities, but still missing out on the scholarly conversations taking place online.
- Collaboration Tips for Designers Working with Developers: Six Revisions offers four fundamental tips and tricks to help designers work with developers regardless of what design tool is used.
Publishing
- There’s More to Publishing Than Meets the Screen: This opinion article from the New York Times questions whether a distributor should be able to issue e-book versions of a book without collaboration from the original publisher or the copyright holder.
Inspiration
- Creative Infographic Illustrations: Woorkup shares 16 infographics for your inspiration, from a customer’s mailstream to three months of crocheting for Etsy.
- What Do Ugly Boarding Passes Say About the Airlines That Print Them?: “The world really could use more input from young, loud-mouthed design geeks.” Get inspired by Fast Company’s look at Tyler Thompson’s redesigns of the boarding pass.
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