Hi all! I am a senior graphic designer looking for work. I prefer freelance but will also consider full time however it must be in the GTA. I currently work for a well known design firm in the Mississauga area but am looking to share my talent elsewhere. Anyone have any suggestions as this is a pretty saturated field? My main area is corporate branding or anything to do with print.

I don't have any leads on jobs, but would be interested in any advise you may give a recent graduate junior graphic designer to get started in this industry.

Do you have a website with some of your work?

Cheers,
Tyrone

Jumbo Jones wrote
* "I don't have any leads on jobs, but would be interested in any advise you may give a recent graduate junior graphic designer to get started in this industry."

That would be advice and I'd advise you to be methodical in weeding those "oops" out when trying for a design job ;)

Mainly teasing you but a real caution as you likely will get proof reading as a good portion of entry level work and ou don't want to trip on the way in.
Email me I might have a lead. :cool:

and ou don't want to trip on the way in oopsy daisy!!

Yeah but I'm not applying for the job - ;)
I did try and make that typo free...goes to show - extra pair of eyes eh :cool:

I don't have any leads on jobs, but would be interested in any advise you may give a recent graduate junior graphic designer to get started in this industry.
When I graduated from an Advertising course I ended up
being a file clerk for a firm called Phantasmagoria in
Toronto, I quit after a month.

Somehow being a starving artist was more appealing at the
time, Wished I'd stuck it out though.

I ended up going on to college and became a sucessful
college educated starving artist. ;)

Dave :cool:

I ended up going on to college and became a sucessful
college educated starving artistDave, I can relate ;)

I had to work in a ****-proof-cow-matress-cover factory before I landed my first gig. Boy am I glad to be outta there! Persistance and tenacity are key, almost moreso than talent. Keep at it and you'll get there.

hey macdoc

i dont want to snake in on jumbo jones deal here, but if for some reason it doesnt work out for him, perhaps you can pass my name along.

please and thank you.

-xorpion

I ended up going on to college and became a sucessful college educated starving artist What college did you guys go to?
I did 4 years at OCA.

i went to george brown college.

Good luck with the job hunt. I was at one time going to go into the graphic design field and often wondered what would of happened if I did.I can imagine the learning curve if you learnt your skills before computers became dominant.

oger Wrote:

What college did you guys go to?
Ontario College of Art - Advanced standing into 2nd year
for Fine Arts, Spent my 4th year Off campus in Pietra Santa,
Italy for studies in Bronze sculpture, Drawing and Painting.

George Brown (Kensington campus) for Cabinet making.
George Brown (Casa Loma) for Constuction carpentry.
George Brown (St. James) for Offset printing and pre-press.

Plus a few more one year courses for Computer animation
and photography.

Dave :cool:

[ December 11, 2003, 09:19 AM: Message edited by: dolawren ]