The finalist directory – see the winning design! October 22, 2009
Posted by helencurry in The Careers Group, competitions.Tags: competition, design, finalists, students, The Careers Group, winners
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A design for life
The Finalist Directory 2009/2010 is out now in our careers services and personally I have found the new cover design completely distracting – in a good way! The winners of our design competition, Moira Gil and Sonsoles Alvarez, have made a list of 170 things to do post-graduation, including:
34. Go to Walden Pond and read Thoreau while drifting in a canoe
65. Overcome your fear of failure
136. Paint the Big Apple red
147. Milk a cow
163. Spend three months getting your body in optimum shape
It is wonderfully creative and I bet if anyone did do half these things it would enrich their life no end. Pick up a copy in your college careers service to see the full list, as well as receive valuable advice on graduate job-hunting and postgraduate study!
Casual work: Seeking a design student to typeset publication September 1, 2009
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The Careers Group, University of London is looking for a graphic design student or graduate to typeset our annual publication The Finalist Directory.
You should be able to work from home on Adobe InDesign. The project will involve an initial briefing with the Head of Communication Services about the layout, plus progress emails to the Head of Communication Services for proof reading.
The project should take approximately 21 to 28 hours and you will be paid £9.10 per hour.
Please send a CV and covering letter, plus an example of your recent work to Alicia Nagar, The Careers Group, University of London, Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN. If you have any enquiries please call Ingrid Ross on 020 7863 6041.
Deadline: Monday 7th September. To start ASAP.
Design Competition: Design the new front cover for the Finalist Directory June 30, 2009
Posted by tcginfo in The Careers Group, creative arts.Tags: competitions, design, directory, finalists, The Careers Group
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The Careers Group, University of London is holding a competition to design the new front cover for our annual publication, The Finalist Directory. We are looking for something new and exciting that will stand out and attract the right audience.
The Finalist Directory is distributed to University of London College Careers Services in September each year and has a shelf life of approximately 6 months. The content includes several careers related articles, an A-Z listing of employment opportunities, an A-Z listing of postgraduate study opportunities and careers event listings.
Producing a winning design for the front cover would be an ideal addition to your portfolio and also ensure exposure of your design to a range of employers, as well as approximately 12,000 finalists from the following colleges: Goldsmiths, King’s College, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway, School of Oriental & African Studies, Specialist University of London Institutes & Colleges, St. Mary’s College and University College London. The winning designer will be acknowledged at the beginning of the publication.
Requirements:
• Size – A4, portrait
• Title – The Finalist Directory 2009 / 2010
• Tag line – The essential guide for graduate opportunities and postgraduate study options.
• Logo – The Careers Group logo should be in the bottom right hand corner
• Colour – full colour
How to enter
Email cs@careers.lon.ac.uk to initially express your interest and we will send you a copy of The Careers Group logos and our brand requirements. Then send your design in high resolution pdf format by Friday 17 July at 5pm. Please remember to include your name and contact details, as well as a short paragraph explaining the ideas behind your design.
If you need any further information please email us at the address above.
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Excited about ethical fashion? November 14, 2008
Posted by tcginfo in Voluntary work.Tags: design, ethical careers, fashion, Voluntary work, volunteering
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Fashion meets recycling, with a hint of volunteering – what could be a hotter combination right now?
VInspired* are currently promoting a project called Fashion Favours, encouraging people to dig out some old clothes and re-invent them. Once you’re done, you can submit photos to their collection, and if they stand out they will request the originals to put on the catwalk and photograph for fashion magazines. If you’ve got talent, it could be an opportunity to get spotted.
It sounds like fun, even to a non-fashion expert like myself. If you just fancy having a go, they include a DIY Fashion Pack, to get you started with easy ways to customise clothing. If you send the clothes into them, they will sell them on eBay, with the proceeds going to Body & Soul ”…a charity helping children, young people and families affected by HIV in the UK”.
So everyone is a winner! Have a bit of fun cutting up old clothes, and raise money for a worthy cause – it all counts as voluntary work, and if you are passionate about it perhaps you can use it in CVs/interviews as evidence of both creativity and ethical concerns?
* VInspired is “volunteering for the 21st century”, it helps connect young people (16-25) with engaging, local volunteering opportunities.
