Job Opportunities

Graphic Designer Position at LSU UREC

The LSU UREC is in the hiring stages for a graphic designer for the Spring semester. The ideal candidate currently holds either a sophomore or junior standing, and must be able to work during the upcoming summer semester. Applicants may return this UREC_Student_Employee_Application via email to (kbayne@lsu.edu), or return to the Student Rec Center Operations Desk. The deadline for submitting an application for this position is November 9.

Intern Needed at Giraphics Prints

Giraphics Prints is seeking an intern to start as soon as possible. Student should be a junior or senior and have an interest in illustration. You can email your portfolio to Josh at josh@giraphicprints.com. It will be a paid internship.

LSU Student Media

Looking for a job? You are in luck! LSU Student Media is hiring! Head on down to Hodges B34 to pick up an application or call 225-578-6090 TODAY!

Graphic Design Roster Photo Shoot

We will be holding another photo shoot for the Graphic Design Student Roster next week in Room 313. In order to make it possible for everyone to be photographed, we are setting up a shoot at 12:30 on Monday and Wednesday, when everyone is gathered for their graphic design classes. I know this will cut a few minutes from your classes, but it will only take a minute or so per student and we would greatly appreciate your time. The photo shoots will go as follows:

Monday – 12:30 p.m. Sophomores and the remaining Seniors

Wednesday – 12:30 p.m. Juniors and anyone else who missed Monday’s shoot.

Once again thank you very much for your cooperation in helping complete this year’s roster!

The roster is located in the Art Building when you enter the first floor from the quad. It is across from the GDSO office.

Design a T-shirt for Coca-cola WIN $5,000

Entry Deadline October 29th, 2012

Presented exclusively by Blank You Very Much, here is your chance to create your own t-shirt design using official Coca-Cola®  assets. Download the asset files and submit your own unique design for a t-shirt.  Please follow the Coca-Cola® & BYVM Rules, Guidelines, and enter now for your chance to win the $5,000 Grand Prize!

The winning design in this contest will be decided by BYVM users and each contest’s judging panel. You’ll start with the brand assets that are provided and from there you’ve got a blank canvas.  Let’s see what you’ve got.

Please allow up to 72 hours for approval of your design.
Must be over 18 to participate
ONE ENTRY PER PERSON, MUST DIGITALLY ACCEPT COKE RULES BEFORE ENTERING
Contest is only open to U.S residents

The guidelines are as follows:
• The archival assets selected as part of the asset pack cannot be altered or distorted in any way
• The Coca-Cola® logo can only be produced in Red and White
• Do not crop logo
• No international logos or flags may be used
• Must include the trademark sign
• When using the Coca-Cola® script it can only be placed horizontal and vertical – vertical script has to run from south to north
• The dynamic ribbon logo can only run horizontally
• The dynamic ribbon needs to be incorporated with a core Coca-Cola element (such as the Spencerian Script). It cannot be represented on its own.
• Outline of the contour bottle needs to be pristine (cannot distort the shape/outline of the contour bottle). If not pristine, the art will not be approved.  Cans can be used, but the packaging graphics cannot be altered.
• If any photography is used in the design, it cannot be of anyone other than the designer
• No children under the age of 13 may be used in photography
• Design theme should always reflect a balanced, healthy lifestyle
• All designs should be targeted to a 12 years and older demographic

COCA-COLA & BYVM EXPRESSLY RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DENY ANY SUBMISSIONS THAT DO NOT STRICTLY CONFORM TO THESE GUIDELINES
Find out more and download templates here.

RoadNinja Fall Student Competition – Win a tablet!

Objective:
The objective of this competition is to create a campaign that will catch the consumer’s eye, inform them, and have them know what to do with the message. In short, Lamar wants users to see RoadNinja’s message, love the branding, download the app and use it. Gone are the days of awareness – Lamar wants action.

Overview:
This competition is open to all advertising/ graphic design students who are interested. The duration of the competition is one month. There will be an initial consultation with Chris Landry to mark the beginning of the competition, and the competition will close with the students pitching their ideas to the marketing department at Lamar Advertising HQ. At the initial consultation, Chris Landry will present RoadNinja to all participating students and field any questions or concerns. The final presentations will take place in the Lamar media room, where all A/V equipment will be provided. Students will be allowed to come in the afternoon before presentations to check A/V formatting.

Competition Rules:
Any individual can participate, but teams are limited to (2) people.
Individuals and teams are allowed to collaborate if they wish, but presentations must be made, and will be judged separately.
Teams/Individuals will have 10 minutes to present their campaign, with 5 minutes for questions following the presentation.
The winners will be chosen at the sole discretion of the board of judges (members of Lamar corporate marketing department). and all decisions are final.

Prizes:
The winning team members/individual will receive their choice of either an iPad (Generation 3), or a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet.
All participating members will have permission to use Lamar Advertising Company on their resume, and any work they produced in their portfolios. Lamar will provide a description of the job for resume use.

Email me with your name(s) if you’d like to participate and I will send your contact information to Chris. He’ll contact you when the first consultation is set up! This is a great opportunity to participate in a national campaign!

 

Vote For Your Favorite T-shirt Design!

Thanks to everyone that sent in designs, if you’d still like to send one in, email me! The design chosen will be printed on our screen printing field trips at Giraphics on your own shirt! Please vote on the poll in the Facebook group. You must be a member to vote, please only vote once!

Here are the designs:

Shirt 1: GDSA Pantones

Shirt 2: GDSA CMYK

Shirt 3: Font Snobs

Shirt 4: GDSA Font Snobs

Shirt 5: Kernin’ Krab

Shirt 6: GDSA Purple

Shirt 7: Graphic Designer

You’ll have this week and beginning of next to vote. The winning design will be sent to Giraphics for the field trip!

Incase you missed it: October 3rd Meeting Minutes

Announcing our 2012 Officers:
Second Vice President – Mary Hendon
Treasurer – Brittany Ball
Secretary – Brittany Gay
Senior Rep – Corey Schneider
Junior Rep – Nhi Nguyen
Soph Rep – Casey Runyeon
Freshman Reps – Samantha Jensen & Elizabeth Sandridge

AAF Houston Conference Sign-up: Anyone can go. Registration is $85 plus hotel. We are working on getting sponsors to lower the cost of the trip. The sign-up sheet is located by Mr. Bower’s door, Room 215. We will collect registration fees before October 19th!
Slideshow from last year’s AAF Conference

Giraphic Prints Field Trip:
October 19^th and 26^th at 2 pm. We will tour the shop, learn how screen printing works, and hand print our own shirts. The sign-up sheet is by Mr. Bower’s door. room 215. We will organize a carpool and all you have to do is bring a shirt. If you can’t attend, we will have other opportunities to get a shirt in the Spring.

Guest Speaker Tiffany Pitre:
She’s a graphic designer at X-Design. AAF is a group of 200 plus professionals in the area, basically everyone that is related to the advertising world in Baton Rouge. They meet every other Wednesday night in the Journalism building. Next month: Dennis Walker- talking from 6-7:30 in the Journalism Building.
Student members of AAF are allowed on the first Friday of every month to go to Juban’s for a free professional luncheon. You must sign-up beforehand. It is a good opportunity to network and to get potential jobs.
Other events: Haunted house tour, media shower this month (Thursday, Oct. 25^th) open bar, auctions, etc.
The biggest Adfed event: ADDY Awards- call for entries starts on January 24^th. The event is February 23^rd.  Good opportunity to win awards. You can put it on your resume if you win. The earlier you enter, the better.

Pumpkin Carving Halloween Party:
We will have food, soft drinks, music, and great company! Bring your own pumpkin! In 319 Art Building on October 24^th.

Student Speaker Sam Varela: AIGA: You can join for $50. It is a great tool for networking. It helps you get your portfolio together. They work in chapters, there is one in Baton Rouge. Courtney Barr is the faculty advisor. Richard Doubleday is the head advisor. To sign up, go to the AIGA website. Let Courtney know if you sign up, email her at cbarr@lsu.edu

T-shirt designs: Submit a t-shirt design to Aime by Friday night. She will post an online poll for voting. The chosen design will be printed at the screen-printing field trip!

Stabbed in the Art Friday, October 5th

If you’ve never attended Stabbed in the Art, here are the details (please pass this on to your artist friends):
October 5th (first Friday of every month), 6:00 – 10:00pm
1284 Perkins Rd (next to the Garden District Animal Hospital)

Local Artists (usually between 25-30)
100% of sale goes to artist (no commission)

Stabbed in the Art is the first Friday of every month. If you’re a local artist, come check out the show and find out how to display your work.

Are you an artist? Know one? All you have to do is bring your art by the TigerDistrict.com warehouse (1284 Perkins Rd) between 1:00 – 6:00 pm. It’s first come, first serve on space to hang (space has been going quick, so the earlier the better). Bring your art (and necessary hardware to hang your work) and some wine or beer to give out, and you’re welcome to join us. It’s pretty much that simple. Feel free to email me if you have questions about that. They’re always looking for new artists, so please come!

The show is free and there’s free wine! Meet and support some local artists!

START Dreamweaver: Introduction to Web Design October 3rd 6pm

Dreamweaver 1: Introduction to Web Design

When: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Where: Middleton (Troy H.) Library – Room 230C

See: http://training.lsu.edu/ViewCourse.aspx?wid=1840 

Description:
Prerequisites: None. Students are introduced to web design through the Dreamweaver interface. The course covers graphical tools found in the software, as well as the fundamental principles of web design and technology. Registration is not required for attending this class.

Dreamweaver 2: Website Management

When: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Where: Middleton (Troy H.) Library – Room 230C

See: http://training.lsu.edu/ViewCourse.aspx?wid=1841

Description:
Prerequisite: Dreamweaver 1. Continues the first course by introducing tools for managing web sites of multiple pages. Also expands technical introduction to include links, uploading files, and web servers.

Contact:
START Program
225-578-4526
start@lsu.edu
http://www.lsu.edu/start

Prismacolor Product Demo, Tuesday, Oct 1st 10am-3pm

Please Join Shelley from Prismacolor to see new products, receive samples and register for “Fabulous Art Materials” to be given away between 10-3 in the Commons space next to the coffee shop in the Design Building on Tuesday, Oct. 2 2012.

Shelley Minnis is an artist and Fine Art Consumer Specialist at Sanford Co. She works with Prismacolor products showcasing processes and techniques. Shelley has a BFA from the University of North Texas and taught art for 10 years. For the past 14 years she has worked with Prismacolor as a product specialist and calls on universities and art/design centers. She also works with fine art groups.

October 3rd Meeting 11:30am Room 319 Art Building

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Our second meeting of the fall semester will be held Wednesday, October 3rd, at 11:30 am in room 319 Art Building. Anyone interested in graphic design can attend! There’s free pizza!

We will be introducing our new officers for the year, discussing our upcoming screen printing field trip, announcing our pumpkin carving party, and choosing our t-shirt design for this year. Please bring your designs printed for voting! If you cannot attend the meeting but would like to design a shirt, email me a pdf!

Here’s a site to mock up your designs:
http://www.shirtmockup.com/

Here are some sites to check out:
https://lsugdsa.wordpress.com/
http://www.aiga.org/
http://giraphicprints.com/

Spread the word!