Website Project for Mobile Mechanic Business Needed

A mobile mechanic business with two locations—Las Vegas and Colorado—needs one or two web pages designed and produced; a very simple design with some materials to be added to the existing site.

The potential client is open to ideas and willing to trade some mechanic work for the work or negotiate a price.

If interested, contact Anita at  702-482-0115

Paid Part-time Personal/Professional Assistant in Creative Industry

Rachel Cline Arts is looking for a Personal/Professional Assistant to serve in a paid, part-time entry / intern position. This is a flexible position (8–12 hours per week) located in the Las Vegas Arts District.

Job brief:

She is searching for a “star” assistant to provide personalized secretarial, administrative
and other support in a well-organized and timely manner.

You will work independently and on a one-to-one basis on a variety of tasks related primarily to professional tasks and communication. Role will at times include responsibilities related to personal affairs and tasks.

Generally, the successful candidate can help assume some of her day-to-day responsibilities to help my life run more smoothly.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the point of contact for select service providers
• Organize and maintain physical and digital inventory
• Run errands as needed
• Manage and schedule appointments
• Manage event details
• Take dictation and minutes
• Update and maintain address book and client lists
• Document and graphic production

Requirements:

• Familiarity with Mac computers and Apple software
• Proficiency with ADOBE products (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Website design or management experience
• Passion for art and design
• Working knowledge of office equipment (printers, scanners, etc.)
• Professional and positive appearance and attitude
• English proficiency
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills
• Up-to-date with latest office applications such as MS Word and Excel and/or Apple Pages and Numbers
• Ability to multitask and prioritize daily workload
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Discretion and confidentiality
• High School diploma
• Reliable automobile and valid driver’s license
• Superior problem-solving skills
• Must be comfortable with a diverse and changing daily schedule
• Plus/Advantage:
• PA diploma or certification would be an advantage
• Personal laptop
• Interest in sales

Résumé and minimum three references require; submit to rachel@rclinearts.com.

Informal interviews tomorrow (Sept. 13) for jobs with Movies Totally Obsessed

Movies TO (moviestotallyobsessed.com), a dynamic Company designing and powering some of the hottest technology in the entertainment business, have a variety of positions opening up with immediate starts. Positions are in marketing, Social media, design, websites and basic advertising & design.

The company develops companion apps synchronized with the world schedule for Movies & TV; they have a music app in Beta testing .

Those with any experience or particular interest in these areas, contact

Many of our current content writers are students from various colleges and universities around the world, so we have a passion and desire for seeking out strong young talent and giving them opportunities to gain experience and knowledge in our interesting world of technology.

The company runs 24/7, so a variety of schedules and weekend/evening shifts are available to fit in with most schedules with out affecting classes.

If interest, send a resume to Heather King, VP of Corporate Operation at shk@flink.to or call her at 702-901-3880 to attend an informal interviews tomorrow.

National Las Vegas Company looking for entry level Design Coordinator

Wagon Trail RV of Las Vegas is looking for an entry level Design Coordinator with skills in

• Web Design (HTML/CSS/etc.)
• Graphic Design (Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Basic Office Skills (Excel, Word)
• Light Photography
• Programming knowledge a plus

Wagon Trail RV is a nationwide company looking for a coordinator to work directly with
the Marketing & Advertising Director. Wagon Trail owns an RV company as well as three dealerships nationwide.

The job is perfect for college students pursuing a career in graphic design according to  Brittany Sword, who is the current Graphic Designer/Marketing Assistant at Wagon Trail RV.

Wagon Trail has a "cool office environment" and is "a great company
to work for" and it involves "fun content to work with", Brittany said.

Those interested can send their resume to andrew@wagontrailrv.com and brittney@wagontrailrv.com.

Join CSN AIGI Student Group now

The Fall recruitment campaign for CSN's Graphic Design Club {CSN AIGA Student Group}
is in progress.

Sabrina Weldy, AIGA Student Group President, said that she "would like to invite you to join our club! By doing so you will have access to student organized workshops, study groups, and meet ups."

"We are a casual club made up of students striving for a GRC Degree. We assist each other with assignments, give each other feedback and promote a positive growth experience here at CSN."

She boldly stated that "our members are more likely to end the school year with higher grades, more enriched with creativity, and possess a higher chance of finding work in the Graphic communication field. All it takes is your participation."

Signing up has no cost. However you are required to join AIGA Las Vegas (the “Parent” Organization of our club) in order to be considered a full member.

Non-AIGA Las Vegas members can still be apart of the student group and participate in all of the group's activities, but some events are Members Only and others may have higher costs to attend without membership.

If you have any issues with joining AIGA, or if the membership cost is an issue, please contact Sabrina on campus or by emailing her at GTW702@gmail.com.

Great opportunities for students up to Sept. 7

Zappos is offering College Internships

When you intern with Zappos, you get more than just "real world work experience."

Details at internships.zappos.com.

Non-design Graphic Artist Wanted

Ideal Foods is looking for a graphic artist to do production and organization work (no design work, though it may require some layout skills).

Candidates must be proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Word and Excel, Mac OSX and Server-based File system. Applicants should be highly organized to maintain a file system, possess leadership skills, be responsible, and have excellent proof reading skills. Experience in the food industry may be helpful.

$30K per year, full-time, though may need to work longer hours at times.
Apply 9:00 am–5:00 pm Monday–Friday by emailing resume to eric@idealfoods.com.

Web Design Interns for Non-profit

Medical Instructional Media is seeking two student interns to work on a non-profit prostate cancer website performing a variety of tasks, including page design, uploading videos, building directories, etc.

Through this assignment the intern would gain samples for their own portfolios and a credit and reference for future employment. The work would be done remote under the direct supervision of an experienced web developer.

This is an unpaid internship requiring approximately 5 hours a week with the number of hours flexible, based on the student's schedule.

For more information, visit activesurveillancevideoforum.com.

If interested, please submit a resume and links to sample work to activesurveillancevideoforum@gmail.com, Attn: Internship, Medical Instructional Media.

CSN Athletics Looking for Intern

 

 CSN Athletics is looking for a person (CSN student or not) that might want some experience in the graphic design world of athletics. It involves creating basic graphics and preparing flyers to help market their athletic contests.

If you are interested in this unpaid opportunity contact Terry Cottle, Coordinator of Athletic Development and Game Management, at terry.cottle@csn.edu.

Design Is _____. Presents: R&R Partners Studio Tour

Watch Preview Video!

Get a behind-the-scenes look at R&R Partners, a full-service, independent, international agency dedicated to helping clients thrive in complex, fast-moving business climates. From product launches and spin-offs to mergers, line-extensions and complex cause-related marketing efforts, they build value and leadership with every step, turning key moments into critical successes.

For four decades, R&R Partners has launched some of the world’s most innovative companies, created legislation, shaped public opinion and pop culture and created literally billions of dollars in equity and value for our clients.

Join us and get insight into what professional life is like at one of the largest advertising agencies in Nevada and meet some of their design professionals.

Entry: Space is limited to 20 AIGA members but I am letting 25 people register so that if anyone drops out we will fill their spot with the next person in line. Tickets will be granted on a first come first serve basis.

AIGA membership is required. 

If you RSVP and cannot attend please email education@lasvegas.aiga.org to cancel.

This will allow us to accomidate students on the waiting list.

If you are not a members and would like to become one visit http://www.aiga.org/join

When: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (PST)

Where: R&R Partners - 900 South Pavilion Center Drive Las Vegas, NV 89144

Your Chance to Join Cogbolt

Cogbolt, LLC is searching for a new employee, someone extremely passionate about creating digital products for the future.

How passionate? Almost to obsession. Someone who loves Sci-Fi movies and video games  to the point of frequently staying up all night on their computer for work and play. And, needless to say, a youthful energy that can bring a new point-of-view to our team.

Cogbolt is less concerned about the candidate's experience and more concerned about the candidate's creativity and ambition. (Members of our staff in the past have been trained on how to use Photoshop and Illustrator and code in Javascript and PHP.)

This is an entry level position, the pay isn’t great, but the opportunity for advancement and the potential to learn on the job is huge

If this sounds like something for you, contact Daniel Harris • 702-483-8487 • dan@cogbolt.com.

GRC Meet & Greet, Oct. 24 at Sunset Park

The CSN AIGA Student Group is hosting a casual Meet & Greet event on Oct. 24 at Sunset Park. This Saturday event begins at 2:00pm near the Pond.

This is an opportunity for Graphic Communication students to join in what is the first AIGA Student Group meet-up of Fall Semester.

This will be a great opportunity to join the club as well as hang out with fellow designers and get inspired.

The event is family and pet-friendly, so bring the kings and pups. Wear blue and yellow and receive a gift.

Please RSVP Group President Sabrina Weldy at 702-815-4295 for more information.
Sunset Park is located at 2601 E. Sunset.

AIGA Big Event Coming to Vegas

This is something worth saving up for. You got a year to do it, so plan ahead.

To quote one of our professors, Dan McElhattan III, "This Will Be Epic!"

Social Media Internship

The World Series of Fighting Global Championship 

is trying to expand its international presence with social media and is looking for a non-paid (possible stipend) intern.

The hours are flexible and the intern can work remotely.

Contact: Debbie Gross • 702-443-0856 • dgross@royal.union.com

Ideal Foods Looking for Part-time Designer

Ideal Foods, a growing local food industry firm, is in the process of expanding and looking to hire a designer to help with design menu layouts & nutritional labels for the food manufacturer.

The opportunity is for 16 hours/week at their location at 3718 Vegas Drive.

Pay is $10 per hour.

Inquires are to be directed to Steve Tlockow • skistlockowski@idealfoods.com • 702-647-3663

What's On Magazine looking for a designer for art project

What's On Magazine is looking to develop a series of maps highlighting local destinations to be used within the pages of it's publication.  The ultimate goal are for these maps to assist Vegas visitors to navigate while in town and for students to be published in a magazine with a 100,000 bi-weekly distribution.

Map currently being used by What's On Magazine.

 

The type of maps they are interested in....

• Strip—from Mandalay Bay to Stratosphere (also showing Town Square and Premium Outlets South).
• Downtown Maps that would  moving them north to Valley of Fire, and Mesquite and basic direction to Zion. 
• Maps that would move them west to Springs Preserve, Red Rock, Spring Mt Ranch and Mt. Charleston
• Maps that would move them in the right direction to Boulder, Laughlin and Grand Canyon
• Maps that would move them to Los Angeles

The publication, a digest format that fits easy in the hands, purses and pockets, is looking to expand its reach to newsstands in LA and bordering towns in Arizona to Mexico; it has started adding Spanish pages to the publication. 

If you have any questions about this project, you can contact Ed Kanet at ed.kanet@csn.edu or 702-651-4159.

2nd Annual CSN Speed Networking Event to Include Media Technologies Students

SELL YOURSELF IN 5 MINUTES to Local Employers
PRACTICE YOUR INTERVIEW SKILLS

CSN Speed Networking Event

FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015 • 12:00–2:30PM
CSN Cheyenne Campus, Whitley Lounge

It was a success in its initial year, last year, and so it entices one to think it will be even better this year

• BETTER because it includes the opportunity for students of the CSN Department of Media Technologies to participate in this intense experience.
• BETTER because there are twice as many training sessions for students to prepare for the event.
• BETTER because you will be there…this is, if you sign up today.

Student Registration: https://apps.csn.edu/speednetworking/studentregistration.aspx
Employer Registration: https://apps.csn.edu/speednetworking/employerregistration.aspx
 

Download the Flyer

Download the Schedule

With MT being included this year, this means that up to 25 Graphic Communications students can participate in this event, which includes a mandatory 2-hour training session to prepare for the interview experience and a 2-1/2 hour intense experience interviewing with a dozen prospective employers and receiving valuable feedback from them on-the-spot.

Each interview experience is 10 minutes long:

• 5 minutes to sell yourself
• 2 minutes of feedback
• 3 minutes transition to next interview

For more information contact: Dr. Warren Hioki warren.hioki@csn.edu or Laura DeGonia laura.degonia@csn.edu • 702 651-4595 or 702 651-4916

11th Semi-Annual CSN GRC Design Exhibit

The public is invited to view on Monday and Wednesday this week art and design work of students in the Graphic Communications Program at the College of Southern Nevada.

The exhibits for each night commence with Judging— by private invite only—from 6pm - 9pm; it is open to the public beginning at 9pm.

Students from Dan McElhattan's GRC 207 and GRC 294 classes will be exhibiting their work respectively on Monday, Dec. 8 and Wednesday, Dec. 11 at the Holsum Design Center, 241 W. Charleston, Suite 143.

On Monday, students in the GRC 294 (Portfolio Workshop) will be presenting a body of their work in portfolio style.

Twelve students will be showcasing their talents, skills, and custom made leave behinds and portfolios: Danial Adair, Shannon Bingham, Hannah Bolton, Joseph Dousharm, Rodolfo Gomez, Tayler Hensen, Alfi Huerta, Thomas La Plant, Victor Luu, Dora Santiago, Matthew Stevenson, and Angel Ulloa.

On Wednesday, students in the GRC 207 (Electronic Design) will be showing their interpretation of the "Oddity" show theme in poster format.

The 16 students who will be showing their posters are Shannon Bingham, Hannah Bolton, Alan Castellanos, Joseph Dousharm, Kris Dupaya, Zachary Dupaya, Rodolfo Gomez, Daryl John De Guzman, Julius Edward Neal Cunningham, Lizz Ochoa, Kultida Pamornboon, Julianna Russo, Dora Santiago, Avery Scott, Ma Tatsha, and Lue Xu.

The theme "Oddity" addresses "What makes each of us unique and yet connects us all is our rarity. We are at odds when faced with challenges of combining mere thoughts into visual constructs that require elicit response. To engage our creative design skills and oddity into a strategy, a message of cohesiveness and most times a form of transaction."

Poster design by Joseph Dousharm.

The winning poster design (to the right) used to publicize the event was produced by Joseph Dousharm.

This semester's show Gallery Exhibition is dedicated to CSN's Media Techchnologies' GRC Program.

The show is sponsored by Jeff Lapour of Lapour Partners, M3AD.com, Franklin Documents, George Harris of Mundo/Mingo Restaurants and Alien/Fubar Tequilia.

Additional credits: Curated Coordination: M3AD - Dan McElhattan III; Entertainment - Yvonne Silva; Location: LaPour - Holsum - Lisa Casteen; Food: Mundo, Mingo - George Harris ||; Printing and Production Support - Franklin Documents; Photography - Checko Salgado; Beverages: RocknRollWine.com - Chris Hammond; Artiface || After Party.

Additional thanks go to Doug Bibo for his service and support;
Dan Reynolds, Daniel Wayne Sermon, Daniel Platzman, and Ben McKee for their constant inspiration, climb and contribution to artists everywhere.

And a special Thank You to all the professionals and invited guests who come to judge the event.

Free Series for Designers from Skillshare

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Free Lance Graphics, Web Design and Video Editor

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AlphaVu is looking for a freelance graphics, web design, and video editor person to help their clients shine.

Interested applicants should be knowledgeable with the following:

• Infographics creation
• Graphics editing
• Web design
• Video editing

We are particularly interested in someone with some graphics knowledge, data visualization/infographics and web design skills.

Pay is $25–35 an hour, based on experience and the project at hand.

To apply, send us your resume and three examples of your work to info@alphavu.com.

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Please send all reply’s to Jennifer Young (jen@alphavu.com)