Happy New Year from CP!
Welcome to the first newsletter of 2009 from Creativepool. ®
We hope you all had a very merry Christmas and enjoyed the festive celebrations but now it's time to start shedding the festive pounds, sticking to at least one of your New Year's resolutions and thinking ahead for '09.
January is a great time to reignite your career dreams and find the perfect role! We've got hundreds of jobs in the creative sector, so what are you waiting for?
Take a look at our latest jobs!
Adobe CS4 - FREE Seminar
If Santa happened to pop Adobe Creative Suite 4 in your stocking this year, we've got the perfect event for you... And even if he didn't, this is something you won't want to miss out on.
In association with the good people at Academy Class, we're offering a FREE Adobe CS4 seminar at the Roxy Bar and Screen in London on February 13th. This event is expected to fill up quickly so make sure you register your details.
Register your interest for the seminar now!
CP Career - What's going to happen in 2009?
Was 2008 a good year for you? What do you think's going to happen in 2009?
The first installment of CP Career this year focuses on what happened in 2008 and what might be in store for 2009. Nathan Mayatt, Director of Workstation, give us his thoughts.
Click here to view the article
42% off 3D World Magazine
To kick-off the New Year, we've secured our lovely members a smashing 42% off 3D World Magazine's annual subscription price - that's just £45!
3D World is the only monthly magazine for 3D artists. It provides a unique blend of creative inspiration, practical advice and behind-the-scenes reports on the latest animation, VFX, games and architectural visualisation projects.
Click here to get your reduced subscription!
CP Spotlight: Naomi Ryder
At Creativepool we like to celebrate the best work from talented Creatives across the board - from graphic designers to copywriters, artists, product designers and multi-discipline creatives.
This month, we shine the big, sparkly Creativepool Spotlight on Textile Designer and Illustrator, Naomi Ryder.
Naomi's unique style is in great demand, with Domino Records and Plan B music magazine amongst her clients. She talks to us about innovative designs, beloved sewing machines and standing out from the crowd.
Read the interview here.
B.Creative and Celebrate 2009!
Blue Skies Creative Recruitment invites you to attend Celebrate 2009! - featuring free, junior one-hour masterclasses, on 27th January at The Hospital Club, London.
Speakers include:
Paul Banham, ECD, AIS - A Day in the Life of a Creative Agency;
Matt Powell, ECD, Profero - Brand You: Selling Yourself in a Crowded Market;
Graham Fink, ECD, M&C Saatchi - Getting Your First Creative Job;
Patrick Collister, formally ECD, Ogilvy & Mather and EHS Brann - The 7 Ideas of Advertising.
For more information click here.
BraunPrize 2009 - Enter Now!
Calling all industrial product designers...
There is still time to enter your innovative product design concept for the 2009 BraunPrize. With entrants from all over the world, the competition aims to attract the brightest design graduates, offering a prize of €12,000 (around £11,300 at current rates), plus a six-month paid internship in Braun's design department.
The closing date for entries is 31st January, so you need to get a move on to enter.
Click here to enter the competition.
Skills Advice - Jacob Cass
After impressing us with his blog last month, we've asked Jacob Cass to be one of our resident advice gurus.
Every month we'll feature a designer, or design agency, and they'll give you their advice on everything from how to pitch for business to building the perfect brand.
To kick things off, Jacob explains the process of creating the perfect logo.
Click here to view the first article!
And the winner is...
We literally had thousands of entries into our 40,000th Prize Draw back in November, but there could only be one winner and five runner-ups.
Jo Billinham from Rotherham was the lucky lady and walked away with £1000 of training from Academy Class, an iPod Nano from Play.com and a years subscription to Digital Arts magazine.
Keep an eye out for more competitions in the coming months!
Poll Results
December's poll asked the question 'Do you consider graffiti to be art or vandalism?'
A massive 70% of you consider graffiti to be art with just 30% seeing it as vandalism.
Next month's question is 'Will 2009 be a year to remember or a year to forget for the creative industries?'
Click here to vote!
5 sites to check out
Urban Fonts
Some excellent free fonts for you to choose from.
YrWall
No dust, No mess, just digital graffiti.
Hilfiger Denim
Hilfiger's Autumn/Winter Denim Collection - Lovely.
Alfa 159
Beautiful flash site to promote the new Alfa 159.
Movie Storm
Create your own animation films for FREE!
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