Job Opportunities & Resources
- Liquid Web in Lansing, MI is looking for a Web Design HTML and CSS expert to join their marketing team. Along with coding experience, candidates should also have strong communication skills and be able to write online copy.
- Want to work at Typekit? They’re hiring a community and support manager with excellent communication skills, knowledge of HTML and CSS, and a love of typography. Duties include writing help section content and crafting blog posts about new features.
- Marvel is seeking interns for the fall 2010 semester, including editorial, print production, and web/online. Visit Marvel.com for details on positions and applying. Please note: this internship is for college credit only.
- The Detroit Free Press is hiring a web producer to help build digital media products. Candidates should have programming and web design experience.
- Rapid Growth, a weekly online publication for Grand Rapids and West Michigan, is looking for a Managing Editor. This is a part-time (20 hours/week) writing and edition position.
- Your Blog is Not Your Resume (and 7 Other Tips): Illustrator and designer Margi Kimball explains why your website should not exist merely to get you a job, but instead should be a platform for communication and a space to grow your thinking.
Journalism
- Google News Revamps: Google News has gotten a facelift that allows for more personalization and localization with headlines targeted to individual interests.
- Scientific (Mis)Communication: Editor and writer Dave Munger looks at how science journalism must capture and engage its audience without being misleading, and calls for bloggers and journalists to critique each other and themselves to ensure quality.
Tools & Resources
- Illustrator & Type Tips Worth Knowing: Jacob Cass of Just Creative Design shares five tips to help you improve your typography in Illustrator, from the differences between optical and metric kerning to the correct use of dashes.
- Visual Grammar: Web designer Steven Bradley breaks down the visual grammar behind communication design—objects, structures, activities, and relations—to help designers better understand the visual language they speak.
- So you want to be an e-publisher: Interested in self-publishing? Jeffrey Zeldman shares resources to help you create, test, and sell your own e-books.
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