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Posts Tagged ‘design’
Monday, May 10th, 2010
As the new kid on the Tarte block, I was tapped to introduce myself!
Hello!
My name is Amanda Strong and I am the new Part-Time Designer here at Tarte Advertising!
I graduated from Ohio University’s School of Visual Communications with a degree in Publication Design and Information Graphics. Since graduation I’ve designed newspaper feature fronts, created 3-D environments for a trade show display company, worked as an in-house brand designer for a global optical retailer and also run my own freelance design and photography business on the side.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana (the ONLY Hoosier in a family of Buckeyes!), I grew up the eldest of two daughters. I am easily won with cuteness and cupcakes, make the best guacamole you’ve ever tasted and hate scary movies. I can be found spending non-design time with my family, running, baking or trolling Etsy for adorable things I can never resist buying.
Today I reside in Loveland with my husband, Chris, our brand-spanking new daughter, Quinn (born Christmas Eve 2009!) and our little dog too, Vinnie.
Tags: design, Tarte Advertising
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Tarte Advertising, Inc. is currently seeking a creative and detail-oriented Junior Graphic Design/Production Assistant to work with our Creative Director in our office in Blue Ash, that can start immediately. The position is a Part Time position, with the possibility of turning in to a Full Time position.
Duties & Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to):
• Resizing and editing existing print designs
• Concepting and creating various small print projects (business cards, brochures, note cards, direct mail, etc)
• Preparing files for press and web
• Assisting with concepting for various large projects
• Image searching
Requirements:
• 1-2 years design experience
• Experience using Mac design programs including Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, InDesign
• Knowledge of preparing files for press
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Web design knowledge preferred, but not mandatory
This position will work approximately 20 hours per week in-house. Tarte Advertising is flexible with the exact time and days required.
Pay based on experience.
Please send your cover letter, resume and portfolio samples to info@hellotarte.com.
No phone calls, please.
Tags: design, graphic design, job, part time, Tarte Advertising
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
We have been working with Websites By Kristen for over 3 years now & truly have enjoyed building a great relationship with the company. They are fast, experienced, smart and we just work really well together. Yesterday, Websites By Kristen posted a blog entry that I found to not only be one filled with great advice, but also one that made me laugh out loud - several times. Check out the entry below and be prepared to have a good giggle.
Top 10 Things I HATE To Put in A Website
Lets face it, there’s a lot of ugly websites out there. The Oatmeal published one of my favorite articles about the life of a web designer which can be found here: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell. There is a fine balance between doing what you know is best as a professional web designer and doing what your client wants in order to please them.
Most of the time you can come to a happy medium, but sometimes you just have to give in and do what the client’s wallet wants or risk not getting paid for your work. I definitely have several websites I have completed that I feel are not worthy of my portfolio because my client butchered a really good design with crazy web crap. So here’s a fun little list of the top 10 things I HATE to put in a website.
1. Animated Gifs. These were cool in 1992 on a personal geocities website… not in 2010 on a professionally designed business website. I would rather fire myself from a job than have 60 dancing bananas all over a website I designed.
 … kill me now…
2. Scrolling marquee text. People hate to read, so why would you want to force them to read MOVING TEXT!! So counterproductive….
Websites by Kristen does not condone the use of scrolling marquee’s. Make it stop!!!!
3. Large font size… I’m sorry, but most people can read 12-14 point font. Just because you are blind and can’t read your own website doesn’t mean the rest of the world can’t. That’s why they make accessibility tools in your browser.
Your body text font should not be this big! If you think it should, get some glasses!
Read the last of the list by clicking here. Thank you Kristen Kirby for this post!
Tags: design, Kristen Kirby, Website Design, Websites By Kristen
Posted in Audrey Keyes, Guest Blogger, Websites | 1 Comment »
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Are you a person who will walk down the aisle of the grocery store, or through the makeup department or around the wine store and purchase something just because of the way it is packaged? If it looks pretty, then you purchase it? I admit it, I am that person - and it drives my husband crazy! I can walk into Sephora with no intentions on buying anything (because I don’t need anything) and walk out of there with a bag full of products that are packaged perfectly.
I love packaging. It is design on a 3-D level and the results can be amazing. Not every designer is great at package design, but the ones who are make me want to stare at their designs all day. Below are just a few examples of what I feel is fabulous packaging.
Some of these examples I love for the simplicity of the design. That simplicity helps them to stand out on a shelf full of clutter. Others I love for the use of fonts. There isn’t one style that I like - it just has to stand out to me.
Click on the images below to view larger images.
If you have a product that you need packaging for, Tarte Advertising is here to help. Give us a call and let us show you our portfolio that includes a range of packaging projects we have completed for clients.
Do you have a favorite package design? Let us know what it is and why.
Tags: 3-D, design, fonts, label, Packaging, product, simplicity
Posted in Audrey Keyes, Inspiration Monday, Just kinda cool, Packaging | No Comments »
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
As I promised in the last blog, “Pattern, pattern everywhere”, I went out looking for random patterns in odd places and here are a few of the things that I found. Some are more obvious than others, but can you tell what each of these are?
Tags: design, pattern, photography
Posted in Audrey Keyes, Just kinda cool | 1 Comment »
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