January 2013
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November 2012
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September 2012
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Victory is mine!
Haven’t been able to post lately as I’ve been very busy at my new job. Last month I was offered a part time job as a designer for a small custom apparel company which just went full time last week! Now I spend my days designing t-shirts instead of answering angry phone calls. I was finally able to quit my shitty call center job and now my professional graphic design career (apart from...
June 2012
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May 2012
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"Good Design Is..." Exhibition →
My 10 entries are labeled with my name (Brett Vaida). I really don’t understand the judges’ decision for best of show. Call me crazy but shouldn’t the winning poster in a poster contest based on the work of Dieter Rams look like something designed by Dieter Rams? You know, clean, modern, etc.? What am I missing here?
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Wow, I need to start updating this more...
A quick rundown of events since my last update:
I’ve had two more job interviews, one for a temp position and one for an in-house position at a bank. The temp position paid less then my call center job, lasted only 6 weeks, and would involve only editing photos so I wouldn’t be learning any new skills; I ended up turning this one down. The in-house position at the bank was filled...
February 2012
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Something nice one of my clients said:
Brett has an extremely high attention to detail, which is critical when it comes to selecting our partners. Being so busy, I only have time to ask people once to do something right, and knowing Brett will come through is a huge relief - and he typically even exceeds my requests and adds his own touch. I couldn’t ask for much more in a designer.
-Chad Schneider; Owner,...
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Meh
Tried to network at Meet the Pros but almost no one went to the after-party networking event. I only managed to hand out about eight of the promo cards I made; almost $85 wasted. I made three contacts which have all gone bust in the past week. Applying for jobs online again. Another networking event in a couple of weeks; not holding my breath.
Feeling pessimistic.
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January 2012
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Ok, let's try this again.
So after some very lengthy and disappointing interview processes I’m once again back where I started. One studio in particular continues to give my very mixed messages.
I had a total of three separate interviews there for a front-end developer position. After the third interview I was told that the only other applicant by that point was more qualified but that I could apply for a paid...
November 2011
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Back to the drawing board.
It’s been a little over a month and still not much progress.
After four interviews: one place gave me the possibly of a great job doing web development, but I won’t find out for another three months. At another place the HR lady doing the interview didn’t even look at my portfolio but instead read questions from a worksheet; not holding my breath on that one. Another place...
October 2011
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The plot thickens...
Things have accelerated somewhat. I was contacted by a few more people and managed to get a couple more interviews. I was also offered some freelance contracts handling the overflow work for a couple local firms.
These freelance gigs will be great for making a little extra money, learning how different studios handle their creative and production processes, and gaining agency experience....
September 2011
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56 emails, 34 letters, and $207 later, here's...
I’ve managed to land one interview so far, about a third of the studios aren’t hiring right now, and the rest haven’t responded yet.
The interview is with an ad agency not far from where I live. Hopefully I’ll get more responses in the coming days so as not to pin all my hopes on this one interview. With all the non-hiring going on right now I’m sure competition will...
August 2011
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The search continues...
I met with one of my former professors on Sunday to get some advice on graphic design job hunting/freelancing in Omaha. He gave me a tour of his studio (I think he’s about as obsessed with Star Wars as I am), took me to lunch, and gave me tons of useful intel on the industry in general. We ended up hanging out for almost 3 hours before he needed to get back to work.
Armed with this new...
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Applying for jobs like a normal person.
Taking advantage of a short break I have from freelancing right now, I decided to really start looking for a full time design job. I love freelancing, but trying to run an entire freelance studio by myself while holding down of full time job outside my field is starting to suck all the joy out of my life.
I was going to make some promo packets to mail out and impress potential employers into...
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A busy week indeed.
In the last seven days I:
Joined Tumblr
Handed out 150+ stickers
Redesigned Vaida Design.com
Applied for a position at Phenomblue
Got a new t-shirt for Capslock Friday printed
Saw said t-shirt for sale at the Slowdown
Saw some old friends from out of town play a show at said venue
Got a gig designing t-shirts for royalties
Finished 3 t-shirts for Elliott Equipment Co.
Got 3 new...
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Vaida Design site redesign →
The Vaida Design site just got a facelift. Check it out!
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