Employment Opportunities?

Employment Opportunities

What kinds of employment opportunities are available and to hand?
• Competitions and commissions online and by flyer or word of mouth
• Companies
• Self employment

Current competitions and commissions from PCA job wall;

• Artistic Volunteers Needed
This is a no pay commission for a charity I found on Plymouth College of Arts job wall, it states; ‘St Luke's Hospice is looking for artistic volunteers to run creative Art Therapy Workshops with their day patients and the elderly.’
There is further information going into more detail about your commitment, where and when the event takes place and the deadline and for even more information it gives a contact number and an email address; kate.pyman@stlukes-hospice.org.uk

• Music Promotion Artwork
This competition is ‘looking for a range of visually creative designs that will be used as part of albums, mix tapes and singles to be released on a number of different music platforms including iTunes and BeatPort.’
This appeals to me a lot more than the volunteer work even thought both of them are unpaid, purely because it is more up my street and open to interpretation.

• Logo Designer
This commission is freelance and the salary rate is flexible. The person who applies to this must be Plymouth based for easy client meetings, consider Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Creative Suite to be their next of kin and be able to compliment the companies portfolio material;
www.pro-logo-design.com



Companies near by from Thomson Local;

• http://designerhouses.co.uk/ ; A planning and CAD specialised company in architectural services.
• http://www.dot-design.co.uk ; Dot Design involves anything to do with web, print and branding. The owner worked for five years with two different design companies in London and has now been working in the south west for six years. It provides the service of contact to the company for any questions atall, there is a portfolio of work on all the Dot Design areas and above all clients are able to give feedback on the work that has been designed for them.
• http://www.graphicwords.com/ ; another company which provides creative, design and print services.
• http://www.realfusion.co.uk/About/ ; a creative agency also very much brand based but also works with marketing communications, web services, they produce packaging, flyers and even leaflets.
• http://www.n9design.com/ a graphic designer, Plymouth based company. Within the about bar it does state they deliver illustrative goods via any media to promote.
• http://shred.cc/shred/ ; Began in 1996 as a bike magazine, Shred have a work experience profile where people who have been to Shred for a week or so can give an evaluation on their experience.
• http://www.simonzinndesignstudio.co.uk/
• http://www.flameworks.co.uk/ ; a non profit organisation, been running since 2001, set up by ex staff and student from PCA