Example of Invoice for Freelance work

Business cards arrived

Ordered from Vistaprint, 250 for £30 including postage. One side blank,

couldn't think of what to have on the other side and theres no point paying to fill up

that side with something unnecessary, people can perhaps make notes on the back, or

whatever. Colour looks alright, graphic designer is just about readable, so works for me!

Covering letter for placement

CV

Chosen business card

I decided to go with this design and colour as it works better against black, the orangy brown, than the other ones, green was too luminous, blue was too dark against a black background and the red, well, its kind of the obvious one to go for, so I went for this one. I am going to do test prints to see how it looks on paper, I have them in sketchbook, which is why I used the brown one.

Business card & letterhead continued

Had to do a few changes, heres what I got now, aligned things a bit better too. The letters in white in my name, I reconsidered as the other letters were the same as in the words "graphic designer", but the white letters left over, stood out too much, and had no significant meaning, so I changed my initials in the logo to white so they stood out.

Business card & letterhead work

Here are what I have so far as designs for business cards. The letterhead I have kept as simple as possible, so it works large and small, and the business cards, there are 2 designs, all in different colours, i may print one design in 4 colours, but see which design is preferred. Feedback is welcome.

Portfolio examples I found

As part of my research I have been looking at examples of other peoples portfolio's to gain a idea of what mine can be. I have considered mine being printed, rather than digital, as a lot of the work going in my portfolio is going to be print. Here are some examples I have found that look interesting. The format for mine has to fit in with the work I am going to show, which will mainly be advertising, branding and promotion examples. As an idea, I should perhaps look at examples that these areas use in showing work and products. The blog below, the guy has used the idea of using a newspaper type format for his, which is interesting.

http://gizemapak.wordpress.com/

Brand Identity

Here is something else I have been working on for the Portfolio and Development Unit. Just some ideas, working from my original idea. I like this typeface better, Corbel. Feedback please :)

What graphic design skills can be used with the process of marketing?

Task 5

• Designers can help when it comes to research, going out conducting surveys, help with the sort of questions in the survey in order to gain knowledge from the intended target audience. Good use of communication skills are needed by the designer to in order for ideas to be understood.
• Ideas for products, the designer can brainstorm and create thumbnails, looking at examples from other successful marketing companies, using inspiration from other designers to help in the creation of an idea, what they used and how they obtained it.
• development, the designer, once an idea is obtained say a logo, magazine, maybe a piece of packaging design, can use computer applications such as Photoshop, InDesign and use of the Adobe suite, in order to create it. Also, to look for flaws, as after the design is done, and out there, its on your head and the clients if theres something wrong, so as a designer we have to have a sharp eye for detail.
• The designer can help in assistance with production as they should already have experience in areas such as print, packaging, web design, etc and this in turn helps the marketing process as those people may not have the contacts or knowledge, but the designer would, and should.
• The designer can assist in the retail area, with promotion and advertising of the design/product with use of P.O.S, posters, mass media ( television, radio, web), etc which they can help in creating in order to generate large interest from the audience, and in turn help make the client and themselves a lot of money, and generate interest for themselves for future companies who need ideas.

Personal Identity

Here is an idea I have been working on for a brand/logo:

Just a start on something, may play around a bit more with the type.



Personal Identity

To do:

-A logo. Something to represent me in a unique way.
-Letterhead
-Business Card.
-Other memorable devices and promotional ideas.

Here are some examples for agencies I have looked at that work in advertising and marketing and branding, of their personal identities.

Portfolio & Career Development

My ideal job position would be in advertising, marketing and branding, mainly print based, i.e such as POS and packaging, billboards and posters, and some digital. This would  involve knowledge and good use of Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Indesign. So a position in an advertising or branding agency as a graphic or digital designer would be my main area of focus for job hunting after I graduate.  Here is a link to some jobs I found:

http://m.jobs.brandrepublic.com/job/413407?FullDescription=True&PipelinedPage=http%3a%2f%2fm.jobs.brandrepublic.com%2fjobs%2fsales-promotion-agency%2fdesign%2f&PipelinedQueryString=sort%3dDate&CookieTest=True

http://m.jobs.brandrepublic.com/job/412938?FullDescription=True&PipelinedPage=http%3a%2f%2fm.jobs.brandrepublic.com%2fjobs%2fmarketing-agency%2fdesign%2f&PipelinedQueryString=sort%3dDate&CookieTest=True

http://m.jobs.brandrepublic.com/job/413332?FullDescription=True&PipelinedPage=http%3a%2f%2fm.jobs.brandrepublic.com%2fjobs%2fdesign-branding-agency%2fdesign%2fjunior-exec-level%2f&PipelinedQueryString=sort%3dDate&CookieTest=True
http://m.jobs.brandrepublic.com/job/411054?PipelinedPage=http%3a%2f%2fm.jobs.brandrepublic.com%2fjobs%2fadvertising-creative-agency%2f11%2f&PipelinedQueryString=sort%3dDate&CookieTest=True

http://m.jobs.brandrepublic.com/job/408960?FullDescription=True&PipelinedPage=http%3a%2f%2fm.jobs.brandrepublic.com%2fjobs%2fadvertising-creative-agency%2fjunior-exec-level%2fgreater-london%2f4%2f&PipelinedQueryString=sort%3dDate&CookieTest=True


Here are some examples of work I have done that could be used in my portfolio, that fit the criteria needed for the area I wish to work in:

D&AD Project for Westfield Stratford. My idea for an integrated market campaign was to have a carnival that would generate interest for the shopping centre, and the Olympics. I chose the theme of dance to use in the campaign as it ties in with the culture side, which is what I was using to drive the campaign.

Chocolate Orange advert designed in college. I was given 8 different well known foods to advertise and this one I used. The idea behind it, came from the knowledge of the orange being a tropical fruit, linking to beaches, hot weather, etc. So I just used the orange but in a different way, to help get the message across. Could be improved design wise.

Below are some photo's I shot for my Defining Practice project on Personal Space and Objects, and photography is closely linked to advertising, so perhaps these can be changed in some way to fit more into the criteria for jobs I want to associate my portfolio.

The two examples below are spreads from my Editorial project in 2nd year, which is a magazine on the subject of Photography, and tone of masculine, so I selected masculine things for people to photograph, edited them for my magazine. These shots could be used in the context of advertising, for an ad for a product, poker one for gambling, and the smoking one could be about awareness perhaps.

The two examples below are posters I designed at college for films of my choice, in my spare time, and I was looking to create the theme of the theme in the advert, i.e. 300's in comic book style because its done by Frank Miller, for Wolverine a kind of animal feel to it.

Companies I have looked at for work

For the portfolio and career development units, I have looked at areas I would like to work in, and this company, I applied there for a job after I finished college, and I managed to get an interview there. They liked my work, but there was someone more qualified than me that got the job, which is the main reason why I came to uni, in order to build on skills and develop more as a designer. I never got the job, their style is kind of similar to mine, and the areas they work in are the ones I wish to work in. Heres the site:

http://www.wtfcreative.com/index.php