Milwaukee Design Position
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- djenders
Looking for talent...
- ********0
use NTB
- mrdobolina0
djenders, you work for journal interactive?
- djenders0
Yes I do...
- namanamo0
from the link
"As a member of the Journal Interactive team, you will have the opportunity to work with one of the country’s most innovative media companies"
bwa ha! almost fell off my chair when i read that.
- mrdobolina0
some nice illustrations on your site, namanamo.
pewaukee, huh?
- namanamo0
thanks mrdob...
yeah, i fled the city about a year ago... i had enough. i found a place on the lake here in PW, im lovin it.
- mrdobolina0
right on, where do you work?
I work for a company doing in-house web and motion for a few trade magazines and newspapers.
- seed0
mrdobolina, I emailed you last week through the contact from on your site. Did you get it?
- mrdobolina0
yeah seed I did, my email has been acting all wanky and I have been slacking off on replying to people. I'll email you now. So sorry/
- namanamo0
mrdob,
im working at a small brand development firm - in addition to doing freelance illus/anima...im hoping i can make the jump back to fulltime illustrator in the next year or so... graphic design is killin me.
- mrdobolina0
right on, namanamo.
seed who posted before me is thinking of potentially moving to MKE and was asking me how the scene is up here. If you have any pointers for him, he would appreciate it a lot.
Nice meeting you by the way. There are a few milwaukee peeps here. 4 that I am aware of. 5 including you.
- seed0
Rick, thanks for the email info and the last post. I was mostly curious about the MKE design scene and what it is like to live there as I was getting contacted by a recruiter with interview opportunities there.
I am making a list of cities to potentially move to and Minneapolis and Madison are high on the list.
BTW, is the majority of design work in MKE print? Also what is WI like as a whole?
- pavlovs_dog0
go to minneapolis...
...outside of state street and the university campus, madison is strip mall heaven.
...milwaukee is prolly a cooler old rust belt city than most would believe, but minneapolis we are not.
and i am not a designer.
- seed0
I have heard a lot of good things about Minneapolis besides being really cold. What about St Paul?
- djenders0
I've had quite a few friends and co-workers move to Minny for design work/jobs. All of them have returned in less than 2 years. There are plenty of great firms in Milw and Madison both. I think you'll find Milwaukee has a lot more to offer than it seems.
I personally enjoy it because I get to work with the NBA, MLB, NFL, the Packers specifically, and some great places like Harley Davidson, Milwaukee art Museum, etc. Can't ask for more than that. A real great mix here in the city. While there is a lot of print work the online world is booming and growing quickly as Milw catches up in some respects to Chicago.
And of course that's a nice perk too, 90 miles south and you have a great get away and an even bigger pool to go fishing for clients.
Just my $0.02.
- djenders0
"bwa ha! almost fell off my chair when i read that."
namanamo - I think you underestimate exactly what we have the ability to do here, and in the other markets we are in, Vegas, etc. For a long time we've been trying to play catch up - now we are leading the way in many respects.
My dept alone has won awards for best advertising program the last 4 years going up large media companies in markets like LA, NYC, etc.
We have the second most successful paid sports subscription on the net.
Strong links to broadcast and print. Whole lot to offer and the new company heads were brought in to push it even further.
- boxcar0
There aren't a huge number of design firms actually in proper St. Paul, but there are a few here and there that are worth checking into.
As for Minneapolis/St. Paul in general, the cities are so saturated with designers that it is impossible to break in unless you are lucky. First jobs here are all timing and dumb luck...nothing more, nothing less. Oh, that and who you know.
I spent ten months looking for the job I currently have. My advice is, if you are looking to move to the Twin Cities, you better be top notch if you want to stay, because otherwise you will end up working at TGI Fridays serving rehashed microwave dinners.
But yes, great scene. Just no jobs.
- boxcar0
^ a bit of an overstatement, I know. But it's rough. Average application numbers for posted jobs range from 100-200. Hints why you'd better be top notch.
- ********0
I heard something about DrHuxtable redoing the Pudding Pops packaging, but I could be wrong.
- mrdobolina0
he put a nude older rudy on the packaging.