Burst magazine

Some familiar faces appear in the latest issue of Burst magazine. Check out issue 7:
http://burstmagazine.co.uk/issues_files/Issue_7_Student.pdf 
to see the designs of Visual Communication graduates Sian McGivern, Kamaldeep Chana and Kate Farrell

Media Officer

Bromford Housing Media Officer 9 - 12 month Maternity Cover
Wolverhampton - £22,923

We are looking for an experienced Media Officer on a temporary basis to cover a period of maternity leave. The purpose of this role is to assist the Corporate Communications Manager to deliver an effective public affairs and press awards and programme.

Key Accountabilities:
• Actively seek press stories and write effective press releases
• Draft copy for corporate/internal communications and help with their production
• Provide high-quality copy writing and proof reading
• Produce customer communications/marketing collateral
• Research business awards and assist with entry submissions
•Coordinate the administrative support to large, complex projects to enable the effective and efficient delivery of project objectives
•Perform other reasonable additional duties at the request of the line manager

You will have professional copy writing and proof reading experience along with media / public relations training. The ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise workload under pressure and a proven media management and issues management experience are essential.

As a market leader in care and support services, we continually work with our customers to improve and develop our services, ensuring that we meet their ever-changing needs.

Passionate about delivering high-quality care and support services, we enable our customers to develop and maintain the skills and confidence they need to live as independently as possible. Our diverse range of services, along with our excellent partner relationships make a real difference to over 4,000 customers living in our homes, local authority or other housing association homes.
Join Bromford Group and help to make a difference every day.

The closing date for this role is 26 August 2011.

Successful applicants will need to be available for first stage interviews on 30 and 31 August 2011.

Redan Publishing update from Shropshire Star

Those of you who have read the earlier post about Kate Farrells new job with Redan Publishing, might also be interested in this recent exert from the Shropshire Star newspaper:
'Magazine publisher tops sales charts'
"Redan publishing has for the 4th year in a row topped the Audit bureau's charts of circulation, the firm's top selling books in its Fun to Learn range for pre-school children is Fun To learn Peppa Pig which sold more than 75,000 copies, they outsold titles from the BBC. They also celebrate the success of Sparkle World magazine aimed at primary school girls which outsells Disney's Princess magazine and Barbie magazine."

Junction - free contemporary arts festival, September 2-3

Junction is a free contemporary arts festival taking place on 2nd and 3rd of September 2011 in Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton. The festival brings together a broad spectrum of work from local and regional artists including visual art, live art, video projection, interventions and music all in a lively two day programme. Audiences will also have the opportunity to look around artist’s studios with White Tree Studios and Eagle Works opening their doors during the weekend.

Junction is organised by Wolverhampton Contemporary Art Forum (WCAF), a group comprised predominantly of practicing visual artists. WCAF aim to raise the profile of contemporary art in Wolverhampton and promote the networking of visual arts practice across the city. The festival will be the group’s first major event.

Artists work will appear in the showrooms of local traders, cafes, public houses and interventions in the street. With generous support from many local businesses and organisations we are able to bring you this exciting festival, contributing to the vibrant and upbeat feel of this edge of city-centre community.

Move 'n' shake, AKA. Dave Healey and Keith Vickers

Wolverhampton visual Communication graduates Dave Healey and Keith Vickers are doing well with their company 'Move 'n' shake'. having recently been asked to design a book cover for a hefty volume celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the much-loved television comedy team as well as other promotional items for point of sale and web use. 'The Goodies: Super Chaps Three' required a representative book cover which was to prominently feature the principal cast of the TV series highlighting its zany styling. Their client also wished to use the logotype associated with the series title as it is a well known brand.

"We chose representative shots of each character and combined them in front an iconic image representing the madcap adventures of the TV characters - the giant kitten. In addition to the book cover we provided a poster using a modified interpretation of its imagery for use at a number of publicity events, an animated web banner, a number of 3D animated promotional stings and a photo-comic strip style advertisement."said David

"Time and again Move 'n' Shake have come up with with goods. They designed us an excellent cover and accompanying promotional material for our book on The Goodies, and for our publication on Bob Monkhouse provided a much-talked-about cover as well as layouts of photo plates and editorial pages. I couldn't recommend them too highly." Simon Coward, Managing Editor, Kaleidoscope Publishing
visit their site at:
http://movenshake.co.uk

Graduate Success Update

Kate Farrell - is about to start  anew job with Redan Publishing in Shrewsbury. Kate will be a graphic designer working with editors to produce children's educational magazines for the US and UK market. Redan are market leaders and publish a massive 3-4 million magazines a month.

Congratulations Kate

Last chance to see

There are some great exhibitions on in the West Midlands at the moment.
One of these is at Walsall Art Gallery
Eduardo Paolozzi l General Dynamic F.U.N
This show closes on September 3

A compulsive collector, a jumbler of icons and a pioneer of Pop, Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) is equally revered for his mechanistic sculptures and his kaleidoscopic print projects.

The artist, who described himself as ‘a wizard in Toytown’, transformed the mundane, the derelict and the mass produced into images that zap with electric eclecticism and impress with their graphic complexity. The prints bear idiosyncratic titles such as ‘Totems and Taboos of the Nine-to-Five Day’, ‘Twenty Traumatic Twinges’ and ‘Cary Grant as a Male War Bride’. For Paolozzi, the modern age, exposed as ephemera, is a necessary fragmented collision of visual stimulus and influence, and his work is a health warning for an uncreative and thriftless society.

Entrance to the exhibition is free.
A Hayward Touring exhibition from Southbank Centre, London 
For more information see:
http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/whats-on/exhibition/eduardo-paolozzi-lgeneral-dynamic-f-u-n

Freelance Graphic Designer

Freelance Graphic Designer at Boat Studio

Boat Studio is a deliberately small creative studio in Kings Cross, London.
We mix creating communications with publishing Boat Magazine – a nomadic bi-monthly indie mag.
We’re increasingly working with a huge amount of freelance talent, and are always on the lookout for London-based freelance designers.
Send portfolios, links and rates to davey@allaboardtheboat.com.

Designer and Sports Enthusiast

Designer and Sports Enthusiast

Ambitious and talented young (can I say that!?) designer with a keen interest in sport required for busy Glasgow studio working on some great high profile clients in sport, financial services and education.
The ability to think (and deliver?) across print, digital and above the line would be great.
2-3 years experience would be ideal…but for the right talent, not essential.
Need to be able to hit the ground running.
cv and portfolio to sh@merchantsoul.com

CLEARING CLINIC

Do you know anyone who is still thinking about studying at the School of Art and Design? There is still the chance to do this for the forthcoming academic year. The University is opening a "Clearing Clinic' at 12pm on Monday 15 August for advice on clearing, how to prepare and what to do next.

For more information about clearing at the University of Wolverhampton visit:http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=27621&bnnr=home

Free Clearing Hotline on 0800 953 3222 open from 7.00am Thursday 18th August