Job tips for design students

Many young designers find it hard to believe that they can make a living doing something they find compelling and interesting--something they love. Finding the right first job, even if it's a summer job or an internship, is not just an important step in launching your career. It is an exploration of the field and a continuation of the learning process. Even the most skilled designer finds the search for a first job stressful.The suggestions that follow can reduce that stress by providing an overview of the process. Read more>>

Make your portfolio work for you

What is a portfolio? A portable proof of your design education and a document of your work. A display of exercises, talent, thinking and solutions to visual communication problems. Read more>>

Common resumé mistakes

People in this business are trained to make fast judgments, so avoid these errors in your first impression. Read more>>

In Addition

Graphic Design: A Career Guide

• What is graphic design?
  
• What designers need to know
  
• Who becomes a designer?
  
• What goes on in design school?
  
• How do design programs differ?
  
• How to select a design school
  
• How to find your first job
  
• Designers at work

How to Succeed as a Freelancer

Design Competitions and Calendar

Responding to a Job Ad

Philip B. Meggs Memorial Scholarship

A scholarship named in honor of designer, author and VCU Professor, Philip Meggs.

Offered to junior and senior students at Virginia Commonwealth University. For more information, please contact:

Philip B. Meggs Memorial Scholarship Fund
Graphic Design Department
Post Office Box 843085
325 North Harrison Street
Richmond, Virginia 23284-3085

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship

The Fellowship Program supports Virginia's outstanding professional artists and art students by offering financial aid to pursue education or advance careers in the visual arts. Types of Fellowships include: Professional, Graduate, and Undergraduate in the categories of Crafts, Drawing, Painting, Film/Video, Printmaking, Mixed Media, Photography, Sculpture, and Art History
Questions? E-mail lee.schultz@vmfa.museum.

Worldstudio AIGA Scholarship

Worldstudio Foundation, in conjunction with AIGA, provides scholarships to minority and economically disadvantaged students who study the design and arts disciplines in colleges and universities in the United States. The scholarships aim to increase diversity in the creative professions and to foster social and environmental responsibility in the artists, designers and studios of tomorrow. To this end, scholarship recipients are selected not only for their ability and their need, but also for their demonstrated commitment to giving back to the larger community through their work.

In a recent commitment to the future of the profession, Mohawk Fine Papers has pledged $10,000 per year for five years for student scholarship awards to be given annually.

The 2007/2008 Worldstudio AIGA application is now available on the AIGA website for students to download. The deadline is April 13, 2007. If you, or your organization would like to offer a scholarship in your name, the name of a colleague or family member, visit the site to learn more about how you can nurture and inspire the next generation of talented designers.

VCUarts: Graphic Design
325 North Harrison Street
Richmond, VA 23294
804.828.1709

Virginia Union University
School of Humanities &
Social Sciences
Department of Communications & Media Arts
1500 North Lombardy Street
Richmond, VA 23220
804.257.5600

University of Richmond
Modlin Center for the Arts
Department of Art & Art History
Richmond, VA 23173
804.289.8272

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
PO BOX 85622
Richmond, VA 23285-5622

Virginia State University
Art & Design Program
216 Harris Hall
Post Office Box 9026
Petersburg, VA 23806
804.524.5944

John Tyler Community College
Division of Arts and Sciences
13101 Jefferson Davis Highway
Chester, VA 23831-5316

University of Virginia
401 Cabell Hall
PO Box 400866, Cabell Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4866
434.243.8855

Piedmont Virginia Community College
501 College Drive
Charlottesville VA 22902

Liberty University
Visual Communication Arts
1971 University Boulevard
Lynchburg, Virginia 24502
434.582.2111

Longwood University
Art Department: Graphic Design
Bedford Building
201 High Street
Farmville, VA 23909
434.395.2284

Virgina Tech
Department of Art & Art History
201 Draper Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540.231.9008

James Madison University
The School of Art & Art History
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540.568.6211