Job Opportunities & Resources
- Bloomberg has posted 20 editorial positions for a new web-based information product that will report on, analyze and quantify the impact of government actions on business and industry. The jobs are in DC and include graphics editor and editorial assistant.
- Want to work for Facebook? The social networking site is now hiring for several positions in design and user experience, communications, and software engineering.
- The University of Chicago is looking for a graphic designer (job #085372) with magazine/newsletter design and layout experience.
Recommended Reading
- What advice would you give to a design student?: Designer Frank Chimero sums up what he knows about graphic design, including words of wisdom like “[t]he best communicators are gift-givers” and “Design is just a language, it’s not a message.”
- An Open Letter to New Graduate Students: In this article for The Chronicle of Higher Education, Brian Croxall covers the unwritten rules, norms, and quirks of academia for students just beginning graduate school.
Tools & Resources
- Learn Web Design: Think Vitamin has a slew of free web design tutorial videos to help beginners learn about web design. The videos cover HTML5, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, and more.
- Design Is History: Created by designer Dominic Flask as part of his graduate thesis, this site gives a great overview of centuries of design as well as a list of additional resources to learn about design.
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