Sunday, July 10, 2011

Looking for Work

What I've been trying to do the past couple of days is land a job designing gig posters. If I can team up with a band, record label, or venue, I'll have a steady stream of work and income. It'd be a good way to get my foot in the door. I'm at a bit of a disadvantage because I don't have a portfolio, and I'm working on GIMP instead of photoshop, but to compensate for that I plan on offering a free poster to prove that I'm competent and pricing each poster at $35 for the design. I don't know what the usual cost of design goes for, but $35 seems extrememly competitive for a high quality design.

So far I've contacted someone related to a local record company about making gig posters and I've gotten no reply. I'm guessing I'll have to talk directly to someone from the company to land the job. They represent 14 bands so I'd be doing at least one poster a week. I'm really hoping to score this job.

13 comments:

  1. Good luck and don´t get discouraged. Sooner or later you will land a nice deal.

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  2. Good luck, any job is a good job (Except for illegal ones!)

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  3. Good luck, I'll be following to see how things go!

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  4. interesting, seems like an interesting line of work

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  5. Good look with your job, it's hard to find a good job in the summer.

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  6. I will have a gig in November with a band. I might be contacting you ;)
    +followed

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  8. That's alot of initiative, asking for a job that people don't seem to be actively looking for.

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  9. I honestly don't think you're at a technical disadvantage by using GIMP. Maybe people think that you absolutely need PS to do things, but that's not true. I've seen great professional work done with GIMP.
    Just look for the CMYK plugin, you're probably going to need it.

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