Weekly Jobs Round-up

Thanks to everyone who made themselves available for the current roles I am working on.

Here is another update for you with all the latest creative and production based jobs added over the last week!

Simply comment below or DM me to let me know if any of my roles are of interest and I will send you all the juicy details!

Please note - to be considered you must be London based and free w/c 15th of Sep.

• Agency Keynotes Designer - on-going freelance work
• Agency Digital Designer - 3 month contract (corp brand)
• Agency Flash Designer / Animator on-going freelance work
• Agency 3D Studio Max specialist – on-going freelance work
• Agency Proof Readers – Italian and German languages
• In-house Marketing Designer - 2 months with presentation design exp
• In-house Digital Designer - 1 month with UI / UX transactional exp
• In-house MW Copywriter - rolling freelance with agency exp (superbrand)

We always need creatives of all levels, designers, artworkers and des / devs so feel free to send me your details on a speculative basis.

For more info on perm roles check out our website or my twitter page. Good luck!

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR AN AMAZING YEAR

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my wonderful freelance creative community for and incredible year, without whom I would be unable to deliver that extra mile service.

This year has also been a great year for not just CR but for our wonderful clients too.  I would like to thank you all for your amazing support over the past year and would like to welcome our new clients to the CR Digital family.

I can’t wait for a super busy 2014 and am look forward to working with all of you in the busy time ahead.

Have a very Merry Christmas and a fabulous New Year.

Interesting cv.... for the wrong reasons

Hi guys, as you know I receive cvs and folios all day. Most of the time they are an impressive read and a captivating source of rich imagery.

Today I was sent this:

Keep in mind that this is a designer applying for a designer role... I'm not a fan of the clip art, colours, different fonts used and typos. I  have covered up the name and details of the person who sent it to me but tell me what you think? do you like it, good, bad, indifferent?

Here is an older post for a cv I loved! Check it out and feel free to hit me up on twitter @deancousin if you have other cvs that catch your eye.

Best CV ever!

If you haven't already seen this wonderful link for a super cool cv then check it out :-)

CV link here

Thanks to James Pook for the link.

Market rates (Digital Design)

Hi all, I recently had a very high profile client invite me to assist them with their recruitment of a high level digital designer.

The requirement was straight forward:  I need a freelance senior digital designer who can work independently on both external and internal internet and intranet based projects to start asap.

Obviously the ideal candidate needed a commercial folio that showcased their understanding of design principles, use of colour, imagery and typography coupled with seamless usability. Add to this strong CS skills, people skills and a can do attitude and the match is made right?

Brilliant client, brilliant job, brilliant freelancer only one set back – the rate… unfortunately well short of going market rates!

Hopefully the following market data will help you if you find yourself in the same situation:

Freelance bench marking:

Junior Digital Designer: £120-£160

Midweight Digital Designer: £225-£250

Senior Digital Designer: £250-£300

Digital Art Director: £250-£350

Digital Creative Director: £350-£600

Recruitment vid - worth watching if you are into recruitment

Great vid here - worth watching if you are into recruitment.

Vid