Magazine Design
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Anyone here worked in magazine design before. The only reason I ask is because I have a job interview coming up next week.
Any tips advise welcome.
- i_monk0
Talk about how you like magazines?
- instrmntl0
talk about monocle
- Knuckleberry0
Know InDesign (or Quark if the company sucks)
- neue75_bold0
Try to understand the readership as much as possible, have a good knowledge of what's out there and obviously, be a master of the grid...
- I manage to get a .pdf of there market research on to company for perspective advertising client. interesting read********
- I manage to get a .pdf of there market research on to company for perspective advertising client. interesting read
- 4040
I work at a magazine and my boss hates it when he has an interview with someone and they don't know anything about the mag or the demo. So learn everything about the company you can, understand what they are trying to inform readers.
- neue75_bold0
also throw around sentences like –
"while many other publications are moving towards web-first and specialty content, I'm a firm believer in the tactility of the print experience, that said, we all know it comes down to revenue streams.."
and then just start laughing...- geniuskelpie
- hahaha,********
- taking from my new book – "Laughing your way to the top"neue75_bold
- it just conjured such a brilliant image in my head of the sort of private school cunt who would do just thatkelpie
- hahahaha, needs more industry jargin!radar
- gron0
Buy and read this book. Its an excellent primer written by people who know what they are talking about. http://www.amazon.com/Designing-…
- i_monk0
What's the position anyway?
- ********0
cheers peaple
- ********0
I also have a mac test to do, I can only think they are going to ask me to do a magazine layout. I just hope I can use Indesign, and not quark, I have not use that app for years know. Shit.
- just show em' some decent porn links. that'll swing them ;)23kon
- neue75_bold0
I hope they're not going to test your speeling and gramma...
;)
- is a speeling bigger of smaller than a pica?kelpie
- >neue75_bold
- me to********
- olli1010
Here are some magazine orientated links for you. Hope they help:
http://www.timholmes.blogspot.co…
http://maghaggery.blogspot.com/
http://www.magazinedeathpool.com…
Many more can be found by following the related links within each of these.
- ********0
Editorial = Right in the trachea