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- BonSeff
minimum 5yrs for a production artist? powerpoint and ms word a plus?
jeez, i think after 5 years of production art, you;d be ready to move up to junior designer at the very least.
- Gilt0010
That sounds like something I'd like to do. I fit most of the qualifications except I'm lacking a bit in my Quark and InDesign capabilities.
"comping book and packaging dummies" - would that be putting them together. People seem to use "comp" in 900 different ways in teh design world.
- ********0
i think being at an ad agency or brand agency fits the time spent
most of us are from web, where people have become AD and CD when they are in early to mid 20s.
thats unrealistic..
takes very very long time to get ahead in traditional agency unless you have your degree from brand name school with masters to support it
- monkeyshine0
some agencies won't hire designer wanna be's for production artist jobs.
- johndiggity0
i know a lot of production people that never want to design. what office is the opening at?
- Gilt0010
I did about 2 years of ad design and in store signage for the pacific NW region of CompUSA.
Among other things... i wonder if that will end up getting me any 'cred'. I'm going to school now though, so that should help.
- ********0
'when i grow up, i wanna be a production artist'
- BonSeff0
spin it anyway you want dinky,
but 5 yrs as a production scrub is time served. i dont care if its madison ave or main street.
- ********0
true
i did my time doing production work..
i liked it cause i didnt have to think...
but i didnt like it cause i didnt have to think
- BonSeff0
haha
the knuckle on my index finger still locks sometimes from all the xacto cutouts i did.
- GreedoLives0
what're you talking about you don't think as a production artist? i'm one and every day i have to figure out how to produce the unrealistic expectations that get dumped on my desk.
but in a sick way i like it too.
- BonSeff0
if that's what floats yer boat..
how long you been at it?
do you carry out ideas from a senior designer or ad?
- GreedoLives0
in april it'll be 4 years.
most of the bad ideas come from our largest client, in texas incidentally.
but yeah, i'm not gonna be doing this gig forever.
- BonSeff0
haha - in texas we call those idea swaggers
- BonSeff0
im in no way bagging on production artists. just my opinion that after 5 years seem kinda long in the tooth.
i feel like an ass now.
*gets coat
- GreedoLives0
ah no worries seff... ;)
- ********0
Being a good production artist takes time.
- Soler0
I worked w/ some ladies that didn't like design. just production. go figure.