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Paid Internship at Keen!

Fall Internship - Graphic Design, KEEN Shoes

This position works with the graphic design manager and the marketing coordinator to organize and archive image and design assets. It is also allows an intern to be exposed to a wide variety of graphic design and marketing projects including photo shoots, tradeshows, retail design, catalog design, brand design, events design, packaging and collateral design. Occasionally, the intern will be called upon to design small presentations and collateral pieces and to assist on ongoing KEEN graphic design projects.

Key Responsibilities:
• Works with the graphic design marketing coordinator to help organize brand image assets
• Assists when needed on pieces of ongoing KEEN graphic design projects
• Supports the marketing team by being available to help with small quick turn graphic design projects and mock-ups and presentations
• Assists the marketing team by being available for brainstorming sessions

Qualifications:
• Currently enrolled or completing a degree in graphic design
• At least 2 years of graphic design coursework completed

Knowledge Required:
• Thorough knowledge of Adobe programs: Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign
• Knowledge of Microsoft office programs, Entourage, Excel, Word, Powerpoint
• Skills in Keynote, iMovie and web design programs a plus
• Ability to work in a creative environment, collaborate and take creative direction
• Self-motivated, quick learner
• Must possess enthusiasm for learning and helping on all aspects of marketing and graphic design projects

Application Qualifications
Desired Attributes The following attributes are desired for this position.

   * Desired Major/Concentration: Art: Graphic Design
   * Desired Student Status: Junior, Senior
   * $12/hour, 30-40 hrs/wk

Click here to apply!

Sticky is hiring!

Sticky Co. — Now swinging doors open to freelance designers. 

Shoot us an email and tell us how HAWT y'are. 

[email protected]

Internships are cool too.

Internship opportunity at Intel: Web Designer

Information Systems Intern Title:  Internship Title Gaphic/ Web Designer
Company Name:  Business-Education Compact (Intel Corp.)

Description of Duties In this position the selected student will be assisting to create simple websites, creating graphics collateral in Illustrator/Photoshop, and mockups/prototypes for SW products.

PSU-GD Work in Newsweek! Go Jenny! Go Ewan!

Ewan Wang and Jenny Censky are interning with Jeff Glendenning at Timber Press this summer. The two of them helped Jeff with the above infographic which was published in this week's Newsweek. Go take a look! Congrats Ewan and Jenny! Super awesome! Thanks Jeff and Timber Press for providing such a GREAT experience! 

Knit Purl is hiring!

"Knit Purl/Shibui Knits is growing and looking to add another player to its dynamic team.

The position: Design Assistant. To start, you’ll put in 10-15 hours a week supporting and collaborating with our lead designer. You must exhibit strong conceptual design skills, proven production skills, knowledge of printing processes, and proficiency in Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator, on a Mac platform. Beyond that, we are looking for someone with a style and level of taste that can match and push our company’s aspirations.

You will be:

Assisting with design and production of a variety of print, packaging, web and display projects.

 

Applying your knowledge of proper techniques for editing, artfully cropping and saving photos for various publishing needs.

 

Willing to contribute creatively while also hammering out less glamorous day to day tasks.

 

Exercising excellent interpersonal and communication skills; managing your time efficiently and juggling multiple projects simultaneously.   

 

Highly organized and detail oriented, receptive of constructive feedback.

 

Always thinking of ways to do things better and helping those around you do the same.

 

Knowledge of knitting, digital SLR photography, hair/makeup/wardrobe styling will give you added potential of growing with our company.

The place: Knit Purl and Shibui Knits are sister companies in the yarn market. Knit Purl is our retail shop located in Downtown Portland. Shibui Knits is a wholesale yarn company that distributes yarn and patterns to other local yarn stores around the globe. Our business is rapidly growing and populated by intelligent, driven, and fun individuals with a passion for creativity.

The process: Please submit your resume and a .pdf of relevant work, or a link to an online portfolio. We encourage students and recent grads to apply. Applications will be accepted through August 8th, 2011. Send materials to [email protected] with "Design Assistant" as the subject."

 

This FRIDAY: Spring PSU GD Senior show at ADX!

This Friday DO NOT MISS our spring senior graphic design show at ADX! Be sure to see the latest batch of graduates and their amazing work along with checking out the incredible ADX space!

Also: Check out the GREAT write up that ADX did about the show. So excellent. THANKS!

Also: Check out the show website!

New Summer Class: Graphic Design as Art! Sign Up! Sign Up!

Graphic Design as Art: ART 399

This course will focus on creating graphic work that is non-commercial in motive and application and instead examines the history of graphic design in an art context, from the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movements, Dada, Constructivism, Surrealism, Lettrism, Psychedelia, to contemporary graphic artist that play dual roles in commercial graphic design and art. This course will include class discussions, lectures and research into the history of graphic design in an art context. In-class workshops will culminate in one final project that can be a singular piece or modual piece to exhibited in a gallery/art space and/or public space. Projects will be etermined by student and instructor consultation.

Course open to juniors and seniors in graphic design and fine art.

Internship opportunities: PSU’s FIR Advertising Agency

Opportunity for advertising/marketing, graphic design/art, communications students. Gain advertising agency experience while earning course credit --ACCEPTING JOB MATERIALS NOW-- The PSU School of Business has an exciting opportunity for those looking to gain out-of-class experience working on a real advertising campaign.

Last Show & Tell of the Year! Jessica Hische video chat!

Well, this THURSDAY is the DAY that Jessica Hische beams in for the last Show & Tell of the year! Please come with questions to room 160 at noon on Thursday, May 26th!

More about Jessica: 

You probably know Jessica’s work because of Daily Drop Cap a project for which she illustrated an initial cap (nearly) every day for over a year. If that doesn’t ring a bell, you might have stumbled upon one of her silly semi-educational projects such as “Should I Work for Free?” or “Mom, this is how twitter works”.

Go check out her website and keep your drool in check.

Freelance illustrators needed for graphic facilitation // $100 // May 24th from 9-noon

Amy Spring, Assistant Director, Community-University Partnerships, Center for Academic Excellence, Portland State University, would like to hire a few PSU students to do graphic facilitation on May 24th from 9:00am - noon. Students / illustrators would attend a panel discussion and develop graphic depiction of meeting proceedings and be prepared to have their work displayed at the noon hour. Please email Lis Charman or Amy Spring [email protected] a link to your illustration work (flickr is fine) and a short email indicating your interest and availability. Each student will be paid $100. 

http://graphicfacilitation.blogs.com/pages/