Job Opportunities & Resources
- A developer (PHP/MySQL/etc.) is needed for an open source, NEH grant-funded, Humanities-based digital archive project. Candidates should have experience with multiple innovative multimedia projects.
- The University of Oregon Office of Communications is looking for a full-time Web Content Associate. The job involves being a multimedia storyteller, and applicants should have experience in writing, editing, and social media.
- What Makes A Great Cover Letter, According To Companies?: Smashing Magazine asked web and design agencies what the dos and don’ts are for great cover letters, from structure to language to creativity.
Call for Papers
- Are you interested in rhetoric and video games? Rhetoric/Composition/Play: How Electronic Games Mediate Composition Theory and Practice (& Vice Versa) will be an edited collection of academic essays that assess, theorize, and contextualize computer/video games vis-a-vis composition-rhetoric. Proposals of 900-1200 words will be accepted until June 1.
Tools & Resources
- Brand New Classroom: From UnderConsideration and Brand New comes Brand New Classroom, a space where the work of talented students from around the world can be showcased and critiqued. The focus is on identity work with forays into packaging redesigns of well-known products.
- Why Web Design Doesn’t Cost £40: Web design is often misunderstood and undervalued by clients. To show that you get what you pay for, web designer Grace Smith explains the lengthy process behind producing quality design work. She also follows up with examples of what cheap web design really looks like.
- Name that logo: The Society for News Design has put together this quiz for design obsessives that includes 26 distinctive letterforms and four well-known symbols from newspaper and magazine logos around the world. How many can you name?
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