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Professional Packet
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FINAL DELIVERABLES
Designer Research
Designer Statement
Three
Cover letters
Resume(s)
Business Card
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A designer can tell a lot from your resumé. It is probably the first time they hear of you and therefore an introduction to you as a person and as a professional designer. It’s your one-page portfolio. It’s the virtual you. The resume itself is definitely information which should demand my undivided attention. It needs to be designed. Your choice of typefaces and typography, the layout and the organization of information, the paper stock, etc., all contribute to the way I perceive you as a potential designer working for us. It also shows me what you can do on a single piece of paper. But high wire acts are dangerous, so keep it simple and readable. (Even David Carson's business card is ultimately readable.) No elaborate personal logos, please, especially if you're just out of school. It's a bit pretentious.
Your resumé needs to motivate someone to want to ask for your portfolio. Your education and work experiences are very important, but ultimately it's the live you, your work and presentation, which makes one want to hire you.
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Typographic. Clear Hierarchy. Use formatting to help you out. Capitalize and use boldface, italics or underlining to help organize the information.
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Designer Research
Who are your design heros (living), whos work do you look at and say wow? That you want to work for, what to talk to, want to hang out with. This list will evolve with time. Start it now and keep it updated. Suggest to use Google Sheets for this info.
Identify 20 designers / design firms you would like to work for/with/talk to. 5 can be from the Kansas City area. The other 15 can be from anywhere in the world (they do have to be alive)
-- the name of the Person/Name of their firm
-- city they are currently located
-- link to website, instagram and/or LinkedIn profile.
-- contact information (email or @)
-- what project (provide a link) made you feel like you want to work with them and why they have made it onto your list.
*You should not all have the same people and firms. If it looks like you all just shared a file I will not count this as complete.
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Designer Statement
If you participated in Tim Galles workshop you have an idea if not use this doc https://mudesign.net/wordpress/designer_statement.pdf
Hand-in your designer statement as a google doc.
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Cover Letters.
Write a cover letter to 3 different designers you identified in your designer research.
Hand-in the three coverletters in one google doc – put it in your folder.
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Resumes.
Will include typography exploration, hierarchy exploration and layout exploration.
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Business Card
Are cards bearing business information about a company or individual. They are shared during formal introductions as a convenience and a memory aid. While they may not be common to have these days now is teh time to practice how to organize the info (not centered) and make it feel like your resume.
Size: 3.5 x 2 in (89 × 51 mm)
your name
phone number
email address
website (you do not need to inlude http://)
instagram (optional)
linkedIn (optional)
dribble etc (optional)
Will include typography exploration, hierarchy exploration and layout exploration and final card as a pdf.
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April 20
(over the weekend)
HOMEWORK
Resume Content: use this page as a template and type up all of your content for your resume.
Print out your resume content: not formated just all one size. One typeface.
Type Studies: What typeface are you?
Try your name in at least 25 different ways (fonts, styles, case all caps, all lower, title...)
Use 12 or 14 point type for your name.
And do you want a sub-title such as Designer, Designer and Illustrator...
Read Claire’s tips *So, when you find something you like dive deep, find the designer, see where they worked, then dive a little deeper and see their full job history! If you are fond of the work they do, you probably will be fond of the work from the place they work at, and possibly even their past employers.
Start to find resources to find designers here is one place to start…
https://www.commarts.com/gallery?d=design
https://www.graphis.com/competition/design-annual-2023/live-viewing/
where and how else can you find designers / firms / work you like?
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April 25
Inclass: 10 different hierachy studies. Hand them in before you leave class.
Discuss: how to search for designers/firms
Next Steps with resume
HOMEWORK
Resumé Exploration 15 (resume examples : do not go to online sources)
Hopefully you can choose your type styles: how to create the 3-5 levels of hierarchy from your studies that were due today. They were supposed to help you. Create 15 different layouts for your resumes. Think how can you organize it into try each of these layouts. Include some dummy info to fill out your resumes (as if you are a senior) 1 column, 2, or 3 columns. You can use the same fonts or you can try a couple different ones. Try studies with your monongram, try it without... you do not have to use it -- but you should try a few with it even if you think you won't.
Print out all 15 full size and in color
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April 27
Crit Resumes. Pick 3 to refine.
Intro to Cover letters
HOMEWORK
Refine 3 different resumé layouts. 1 with your current info. 2 with future info.
Buisness Card exploration: 9 - 15 different ways to layout your info. Match Resume typography.
Print for class.
Select three professionals and write a cover letter to them. (first drafts)
Print it out for class
Write a rough draft of your biography
Write a 3 - 4 sentence biography that you can include on your Behance page.
Print it out for class
Write a rough draft of your designer statement.
If you participated in Tim Galles workshop you have an idea if not use this doc https://mudesign.net/wordpress/designer_statement.pdf
Print it out for class
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May 2
Peer Review designer statements
Crit Resumes. Pick 3 to refine.
Crit b-cards. Pick 3 to refine.
HOMEWORK
Continue to refine 3 different resumé layouts. 1 with your current info. 2 with future info.
Continue to refine 3 different b-card layouts.
Second drafts of cover letters
Second draft of your designer statement.
Print all of the above for class.
Designer Research: you should have at least 15 names and all the info by now. 20 are due at the end.
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May 4
proof final drafts.
proof resumes
Hand in all by Tuesday May 10 5pm
Make a google folder put everyting in there and that is it!
ResumesBcard pdf of all your explorations of the resume and b-cards. Put finals at the end.
In one google doc put your bio, designer statments and coverletters (so I only have to download one doc)
Designer Research (however you collected the info for 20 different designers)
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