I suppose that I should take a quick moment to announce that I did land the job I interviewed for on Friday. I start work this morning. I guess I’d better give you whatever details I can before they have me sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement.
The company I’ll be working for is Schawk, which turns out to be the world’s largest prepress company. The office I’ll be working at is conveniently located in Redmond (WA), directly across the street from that office’s main client, Microsoft. Microsoft is currently gearing up for the launch of their new Xbox and I’ll be supporting the product launch by helping with the design of the packaging collateral, which means I’ll be working on multiple languages packs under the strictest of standards.
This is very cool. I’m absolutely thrilled with the opportunity to work with Schawk! This job seems to be a perfect match to my skill set and, having worked on the MSN brand in the past, I am very excited about adding another significant piece to my portfolio.
My agent is going to get a great big fruit basket for the holidays this year!
Congratulations on the gig Ian… I look forward to purchasing your design!
Thanks!
I want to make it perfectly clear that I am not taking credit for designing any of the packaging or design elements for the Xbox 360; I am merely a hired hand that supports the efforts of the product managers, art directors, graphic designers and all of the other etceteras-that-be. In the grand design of things I am but a lowly freelance designer hired for production work.
That said, the designs I saw yesterday were brilliant! If you’re at all interested in the game console then I’m guessing that you’ve already Googled the Xbox 360, so I’ll just say that I’m very impressed with what I’ve seen.
uh…drooling….yes…drooling would be the word I’m looking for as to the upcoming next gen xbox… On another note…if you find yourself handling one of the boxes for the box… I know a certain single gentleman willing to sleep..err take care of it for the evening…uh.. don’t know his name… =D
Hi, Ian, for the life of me I couldn’t find an email address on your page or I would have sent this there. I just wanted (as I’m sure hundreds or thousands have) to thank you for the actions you’ve taken regarding the photography/profiling incidents that occured, as well as to ask if anything has come of your letters to your representatives? I read the article you wrote, as well as the letter to McDermott, and I was very moved and impressed with the work. It sounds odd, but in a sense I’m glad that this happened to you and not someone who would be less able to turn it into a catalyst for change. Again, I appreciate your work.
-Mike Spotts:.
Professional Photographer (whatever that means)
San Diego, CA
http://www.pbase.com/spotts
http://www.myspace.com/mikespotts