Hello, Suzanne, thanks much for your response...
On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Suzanne Stephens wrote:
> You could describe the job as Print & Web Graphic Designer. Overall, I
> think you're asking for an awful wide variety of skills and such a broad
> knowledge base that you're not, in truth, describing an "entry level" job.
> Entry level implies straight out of college, first job, dirt cheap salary.
I actually had somebody this last summer that filled these requirements
almost exactly, and he was fresh out of high school. I had another one
pretty much like him summer of 1997 (also fresh out of high school), the
main difference being that (1) last summer's hire had a much better
knowledge of Linux, and (2) THIS summer's hire had a much, much better
attitude. ;-)
At the end of the summer each of them went off to college, so that took
care of that. :-(
> And it also implies that you're not willing to pay much.
Willing, yes. Able, no.
> I have no idea what you mean by "Do limited web page design (as opposed to
> simple web page composition." You may want to word that differently as it's
> confusing.
I mean just one step above the production-line, get it out quick, don't
need no steenkin' frames or animation or CGI or ASP or MIC or KEY or ...
;-). Again, our summer hire last summer, and the one before him the
previous summer, were perfect for what we needed. So it's not like
there's no such person out there.
> If by this, you mean print materials for output to your Epson printer,
> that's one thing.
That's what I mean. Limited print runs (a few hundred copies) for ad
flyers and such. One-offs for seminars and dog and pony shows. Stuff
like that. No big ultra-super-slick needed.
> printed, that's another thing entirely. If you're offset printing, I would
> be very wary of using an "entry level" graphic designer.
I expect this person to need (and will get) some supervision.
> I would advise completely dropping the Linux or Unix thing, which I
> imagine you intend for server administration.
Actually, the web pages are composed on a Win95 workstation and then
uploaded to a Linux box. Linux skills would be limited to being able to
navigate around on the command line, set file and directory permissions,
stuff like that. And even much of that is automated.
> Also, be aware that you'll be able to divide your graphic designers roughly
> into two categories: those people who have studied graphic design in
> college and those who are self-taught graphic designers.
Being a self-taught engineer who is now a reasonably successful software
engineering consultant, I'm a great fan of self-teaching. In no way would
I limit this position to college grads. The degree means nothing to me,
demonstrated ability (ability to do the job, or ability to learn what's
needed with limited supervision) and a positive attitude are what's
important.
. . . . . ep
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