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Entries Tagged as 'Portfolios + Hiring'

Unemployed? Then get busy.

July 29th, 2009 · No Comments

We’re an unabashed fan of Dave Holloway, the creative director/author/extraordinarily nice guy who knows more about how to get a job in advertising than anyone we know. He recently wrote this post for the blog “Please Feed the Animals” for unemployed ad pros that we felt was worth passing along. Is it because he puts [...]

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Tags: Portfolios + Hiring

Looking for a design job? Help the hunt.

April 25th, 2009 · No Comments

It’s not especially easy to get a design or web job in the best of times, and these days, it’s even more of a challenge. But it’s not impossible to land a good spot. It simply requires a little extra planning and effort. Here are some thoughts from SVC on how you can move to [...]

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Finally. A decent book on getting into advertising.

August 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment

As a school that helps art directors and copywriters develop their portfolios so they can land a decent job, we’re always on the lookout for good resource materials that will help in the cause. We don’t find very many, but we forgot to look under our own noses. Dave Holloway, a creative director at Publicis [...]

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Tags: Portfolios + Hiring · Staffing and Management

Blog your portfolio? It's free, easy, and, smart.

October 24th, 2006 · 7 Comments

Craig Swanson, founder of CreativeTechs, the Seattle-based technology support service for design firms, ad agencies, in-house departments, and freelancers, frequently gives talks and workshops at the School of Visual Concepts. This fall, Craig shared some compelling reasons why the aforementioned creative firms should consider using a blog to show off their portfolios to the world. [...]

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Tags: Business Development · Portfolios + Hiring · Technology + Computing