Job Opportunities in Williamsburg

A Logo For You, Inc., "the premier embroidery and screen printer in Williamsburg since 1987," is looking to fill two positions. They are looking for aspiring artist and designers who are looking to gain some hands on experience. A Logo for You is located at 100 Stafford Court, Williamsburg, VA., exit 242B (Water Country exit).

Screen Printer - Part Time to Full time hours. We currently have a Hopkins, 4 station, 6 color, manual printer. Graphic program experience with Adobe Illustrator and Corel are a definite plus. Salary Range: $10-$15 per/hour

Graphic Designer – Part Time hours. Requires software knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Corel. Salary Range: $13-$18 per/hour

Please fax resume or letter of interest with salary requirements and references to 757-220-6717 or email Regina Kenerley, General Manager at rkenerley@kernergroup.com.

Hampton Roads Adobe Users Group

HRAUG meets once a month to go over elements of Adobe software, such as techniques or workflows. It’s free and open to all, and they give away stuff like books, shirts, and a copy of Creative Suite once every 6 months. They’ve just re-tooled the group in an attempt to make it more valuable to designers.

October's meeting at the TCC Visual Arts Center in Portsmouth will look at color correction in Adobe Photoshop. Every new version seems to offer more tools to help with color correction. They'll go over all of them, in depth, as well as give examples.

They'll also be giving away books and other paraphernalia, and provide details about giving away a Creative Suite.

Where: TCC Visual Arts Center, 340 High Street, Portsmouth
When: Tuesday, October 13, 7:00–9:00
Cost: Free

HRAUG's portal site is www.hraug.org, it’s got a link to the Adobe Groups page as well as links to sites and sponsors.

Promotional Designer Wanted

The Student Affairs Office is looking for a student to work as a Promotional Designer. The Promotional Designer will be responsible for designing and producing printed materials to advertise programs, services and activities for the Office of Student Affairs. The Promotional Designer will be responsible for designing/distributing fliers, brochures, and other promotional items such as t-shirts, posters, pins, magnets, etc., as needed. Qualified applicants will have working knowledge in the following software programs: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. The student will work 10 hours a week at $8.00 per hour.

Applicants may complete the attached application along with including five examples of their work and return it to the Student Affairs Office (2008 Webb Center) no later than September 30, 2009.

Andrew Breitenberg: Visiting Artist, October 8

Andrew Breitenberg will give a presentation as the Art Department's Visiting Artist program on Thursday, October 8, 7:00pm in the Baron and Ellin Gordon Gallery atrium. Breitenberg is a Virginia Beach native and graduate of the Swarthmore College Critical Visual Studies program in 2001. He subsequently went on to graduate study in graphic design and work as an advertising copywriter in The Netherlands. For the past few years, he has been an activist for social justice while working with community groups in Africa and Nicaragua. As part of his work, he has produced regular "Field Reports" outlining his activities, which have appeared in the New York Times on line, plus major faith-based websites like Sojourners and JesusManifesto in addition to being distributed throughout his community of friends and supporters. Breitenberg will speak about and show images from his travels, his work in design, and the intersection of creativity and faith.