Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Re-entering the job market: how to make your comeback | Guardian Careers | guardian.co.uk
Although I have been (over)-active in seeking employment within the last few years on & off, the relevancy of this article, or update of what today's employers expect, is not quite apt to me. However, perusing the advice given, in the mindset of being a job-seeker, has reminded me of what is expected & update of the trends of CV's of today: Re-entering the job market: how to make your comeback | Guardian Careers | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 17 June 2013
Too many artists and not enough jobs | LinkedIn
I am a member of a few groups on LinkedIn, & one of my updates today gave some informative, & thought-provoking advice, in reply to trying to get a job as an artist in games. I do question whether I have the necessary skill, or expertise to even apply for work in games, & reading these posts really hasn't imbued any more confidence in me. However, it is all industry-specific advice & simply clarifies my thoughts on demanding/needing a stupendous portfolio, & to keep learning to develop one's skills & knowledge, pertinent to the selected roles. One of the replies is quite apt to UI:
Too many artists and not enough jobs
Any thoughts on this? I've been searching for years and it's just so tough to break into the gaming industry as an artist.
What are some possible alternatives for artists who can't find work in the industry?
What are some possible alternatives for artists who can't find work in the industry?
Rohn M. Dungee/info@rohndungee.com • Hey Mark. It may not be you, it may be your online portfolio that's holding you back. As a marketing professional I can tell you that if the only representation of you as an artist is represented in the form of an online portfolio, than how your work is presented in that online portfolio is just as important as the actual work. Reconsider your color selection, navigation and font to a choice that "hits" your user in the face and makes your page a pleasant place to be. You do that successfully and your appeal will go way up with recruiters. Hope this helps. - Dungee
Banshee: The Game and Feature Film by Si Stratton — Kickstarter
Prior to starting my degree at Glyndwr, I was selected to attend a Graduate Freelance Academy at Bangor University. One of our members set up a Facebook group, & this was posted this morning:
Friday, 14 June 2013
Facebook hashtags #introduced - Telegraph
To help with marketing/online promotion etc: Facebook hashtags #introduced - Telegraph
Social Media Dimensions Cheat Sheet | Social Media Today
After my meeting at University this week, I am far more focused, & reminding myself that I demand an exceptional portfolio to show potential employers at the end of my degree; my initial objective!
Looking at various roles/careers in the Games industry, GUI stood out as 1 of the roles suited to my skills & creative experience; Blitz Games Studios Academy. Other roles were eliminated post perusing & analysing, which has also been beneficial in focusing my focus!
I followed a link via Facebook: Social Media Dimensions Cheat Sheet Infographic, & the information on Facebook layouts in this article will prove extremely useful in allowing me to understand, & design, successful layouts for online games that my be linked to the main social media players, ie Facebook/Twitter. Whilst also keeping me up-to-date with today's trends & what has been tested extensively & works....it also refreshes my knowledge. I was extremely hands-on when it came to the design of the UI of my own business website; designing & creating all my own marketing literature, including online brochures/e-mails/newsletters/promotions etc. Thus, I have relevant prior knowledge & practice to build upon.
Did you know that if you want your display picture on Facebook to show up exactly as you see it as a file on your computer, you have to upload a 180 pixel by 180 pixel copy of it to Facebook?The cover photo, on the other hand, displays at 851 pixels by 315 pixels.Or did you know that the border surrounding the profile photo on Facebook is 5 pixels, the gap from the left side of the cover photo to the profile photo is 23 pixels and that the gap between the top of the cover photo and the top of the profile photo is 210 pixels?These are just a few samples of what you will learn in what could be the most thorough social media dimensions cheat sheet ever, brought to us by tentsocial.Learn more about the exact dimensions of media on social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube in the infographic below.
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