Yes. or No? A Job Offer...
"Our small Landscape Architecture Firm is searching for a graphic artist to
join our team for a design competition. Responsibilities will include mangaging the creation of hand graphics suitable for layout, image manipulation in Adobe Photoshop 7.0, board/sheet layout in Adobe Indesign, and coordination with other team members to create an interesting composition that not only sells the team's design but also stands on its own.
Responsibilities:
The team member would work in our office (most likely on our PCs) to create,
layout, and manipulate the board and edit the graphics. The final product
is (2) 24"x36" sheets printed on high-gloss paper then mounted on Gator/Foam
board. The main body of work will be completed on November 22th with a few
hours needed on November 21th for coordination issues.
Additional info:
Our office uses PCs only and would hope to avoid any cross platform
conflicts. We are running Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and Adobe Indesign 2.01. In addition, two of the team members are very knowledgable in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Indesign and will work in conjunction with the graphic designer to meet the deadline.
Applicant criteria:
The position is available to freelance designers and design students who can
display thorough knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Indesign with a
great sense of composition."
OOPS...<edit>sorry, forgot this...
"Compensation: $30 as consultant with 15 Hrs avail total
This is a contract job."</edit>
join our team for a design competition. Responsibilities will include mangaging the creation of hand graphics suitable for layout, image manipulation in Adobe Photoshop 7.0, board/sheet layout in Adobe Indesign, and coordination with other team members to create an interesting composition that not only sells the team's design but also stands on its own.
Responsibilities:
The team member would work in our office (most likely on our PCs) to create,
layout, and manipulate the board and edit the graphics. The final product
is (2) 24"x36" sheets printed on high-gloss paper then mounted on Gator/Foam
board. The main body of work will be completed on November 22th with a few
hours needed on November 21th for coordination issues.
Additional info:
Our office uses PCs only and would hope to avoid any cross platform
conflicts. We are running Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and Adobe Indesign 2.01. In addition, two of the team members are very knowledgable in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Indesign and will work in conjunction with the graphic designer to meet the deadline.
Applicant criteria:
The position is available to freelance designers and design students who can
display thorough knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Indesign with a
great sense of composition."
OOPS...<edit>sorry, forgot this...
"Compensation: $30 as consultant with 15 Hrs avail total
This is a contract job."</edit>
Comments
not sure.
can you work at home on your mac and pretend it was done on a PC by making it just a little uglier when you're done?
There's enough ignorance in this world, why contribute to it? I would get physical with a PC centric moron before the day was over. Why place myself into such a scenario.
Originally posted by Artman @_@
OOPS...<edit>sorry, forgot this...
"Compensation: $30 as consultant with 15 Hrs avail total
This is a contract job."</edit>
wait, the total job is $450? whoop-de-f*ckin'-doo. someone wanna pay me $200 just to gett he job and screw over their pc's on my way out?
you wouldn't hire and artist, then when they show up with their brushes take them all away, and hand them your crappy ones instead.
sounds like they're more concerned with agenda than work. not a good job, IMO.
I would spend 200 bucks just to get to their boon-dock corporate campus (live in city...car? what is car?...) by train. I HATE the term "cross platform conflict". Coming from them...its a problem...for Mac users its why we use MACS.
God, when is the job market/world...ever going to be (ab)normal again
Sounds sucky.
Originally posted by alcimedes
can you work at home on your mac and pretend it was done on a PC by making it just a little uglier when you're done?
LMAO
Anyway, if you're not working now, it's a quick 2 day job and it's better than being a bum.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
They probably won't find anyone, so depending on your income requirements, you can probably negotiate terms.
Anyway, if you're not working now, it's a quick 2 day job and it's better than being a bum.
I am working now. Barnes & Noble, full-time. That requires working insane shifts so this job's out of the question. Including the fact its 10-15 miles out of the city. If it was in the city I'd try it, honestly. But only if I was allowed to work at home.
But these PC Nazi's don't want it any other way. If they said that I couldn't use my Mac then the negotiation's over.
The job would tempt me, on the surface (Photoshop and InDesign are wonderful), but ultimately I'd be hand-tied because I simply don't know Windows. Nor do I have any burning desire to do so, to be honest.
A shame. Sounds like a neat little job.
Heck, Adobe themselves have made their apps nicely "cross platform" (feature parity on Windows and Macs) as of late (unlike years ago with Illustrator at 7 and the Windows version at 4 or whatever, and features not matching up).
That one's tough, Artman. I'd be SO tempted...but only if I could convince them that there would be no "cross platform troubles".
Someone's comment upthread about "taking the brushes away" rings very true. They're really limiting themselves to the people they can get, since the Mac is still such a strong graphics/creative platform. They've basically took about 65% or so potential candidates out of the running, I bet.
yeeeeeee