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Graphics & Illustration

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General Resources

The AGCAS Sector Briefings for the Creative Arts and also the Advertising & PR Sector give an overview of this employment sector and includes key roles for graduates, case studies and further links and resources. Free copies of these are available from Careers or you can view or download them from the Prospects website.

Prospects website has an explore types of jobs section which includes job profiles for Graphic Designer and Illustrator, amongst many others. Information for each job covers salary and conditions, entry requirements, training and career development, typical employers/vacancy sources, related jobs and case studies, contacts and resources.

Bath Spa Careers Resources

These resources are available for reference in the Careers Information room  (* denotes SP Library):

Books:

  • What Can I do With...an Arts Degree?
  • Art & Design Uncovered *
  • Life After Art & Design*
  • Opportunities in Commercial Art *
  • Creative Careers in Photography*
  • Imagine Animation Directory*
  • The Fashion Handbook*
  • Careers in Fashion & Textiles *
  • The Artist's Yearbook*
  • The Children's Writer's & Artist's Yearbook
  • How to Write a CV*
  • Advice to Young Artists*
  • Artist's Stories*
  • The Artist's Guide to Selling Work*
  • Running a Workshop*
  • Prizes & Awards*
  • Trade Secrets*

Bulletins and Journals:

Artyfacts (Brighton University Careers publication)

B&NES Arts Bulletin (also available online)

Creative Opportunities (online) University of the Arts, London jobs bulletin produced weekly

Where to look for Jobs and Work Placements

All vacancies we receive are published on the Gradsouthwest website, a partnership of SW regional universities and colleges. Make this your first port of call!

Artsjobsonline

Arts Council - arts jobs

Bubble Jobs  a niche online jobs board that advertises the latest vacancies in the online, digital and web industries 

Creative Appointments

Creative Futures
Specialist careers resource for the creative and performing arts, design and communications.

Creative Opportunities
University of the Arts, London site includes work experience, residencies, competitions. Opportunities and jobs bulletin produced weekly on Thursdays

Creative Pool

Arts Hub UK

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Artists' Newsletter online providing information, advice and a professional exchange for artists and visual arts workers.

Arts Council of England
Developing, sustaining and promoting the arts. Information on funding opportunities and arts related vacancies.

Brand Republic - Graphic Designer jobs in the Advertising, Marketing, Media and PR sectors

Bristol Media

British Arts
Online gallery, Arts Competitions, commissions and courses, jobs and opportunities, for everything art...

Change-job.com
Recruitment for the computer game industry in the UK and overseas

Golden Square
Permanent and temporary jobs in design, including graphic design.

MAD jobs - jobs in marketing advertising and design

www.creativepool.co.uk Jobs in design, advertising, architecture, interiors, new media, games and print industries.

ViewCreatives
Find or advertise a job in the Design industries: Copywriting, graphics, web, photography, fashion, interior, Illustration, packaging +...

  • Guardian (Monday): Creative opportunities

For further information on the job seeking and application process, and resources available, search the Looking for Jobs and Applying for Jobs pages of this website.

For further information on Work Placements and to download our information sheet, please see our Work Placement pages.

Useful web links

Anti-Copyright in Design (ACID)
Offers advice and information on copyright issues.

Animation UK
Online reference for all designers, animators and illustrators.

Artifact
A useful catalogue of design resources

Candid Arts
Offers new graduates exhibition space, online database of new graduates. Candid Arts run the Angel Arts Market in Torrens Street at the Angel Islington in London EC1.

Chartered Society of Designers
Services for members include work experience register, information on copyright, recruitment consultants register, bi-monthly newsletter, portfolio surgeries, seminars adn legal advice. Membership open to all design disciplines. Subsidised rate for students and graduates.

Creative Choices
Online service to provide the tools, knowledge and networks to support every individual and business to get in, and get on, in the creative industries and cultural sector.

Directory of Design Consultants
Search design consultants by name, location or field including interior, graphic, fashion and textile design.

Typographic
Provides links to articles, galleries, organisations etc.

Graphic Design

British Web Design and Marketing Association

Computer Arts
Creative resource for web and graphic design with daily news updates and online discussion forum

Foundation for Art and Creative Technology
Agency organising exhibitions, events and conferences in digital and media arts.

New Media Information
A business information site dedicated to new media

Skillset
National Training Organisation for broadcast, film, multimedia and video.

Web Page Design for Designers
How to build your own website and link to resources

Your Creative Future
A guide to education and career opportunities in the creative industries.

Illustration

Association of Illustrators (AOI)
The aim of the AOI is to advance and protect illustrators rights and encourage professional standards.

Stock Illustration Source
The world's largest collection of illustrations for advertising, editorial and corporate use, provides details of how to submit work.

Printmaking

Printmakers Council
Resource promoting the art of printmaking and the work of contemporary printmakers.

London Print Studio
Regional printmaking and graphics centre

Printmaking Today
Contains lists of resources, studios and workshops

Professional organisations

Graphic Design:

British Interactive Media Association (BIMA)
Briarlea House, Southend Road, South green,
Billericay
Essex
CM11 2PR
Tel: 01277 658107

The Chartered Society of Designers (CSD)
5 Bermondsey Exchange, 179 - 181 Bermondsey Street SE1 3UB
Tel: 020 7357 8088

Design and Art Directors Association (D&AD)
9 Graphite Square, Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5EE
Tel: 020 7840 1111

Design Business Association
32-38 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8FH
Tel: 020 7831 9777

The Design Council
The Design Council, 34 Bow Street, London WC2E 7DL
Tel: 020 7420 5200

The Design Trust
9 Burgess Hill, London NW2 2BY
Tel: 020 7435 4348

International Society of Typographic Designers
21-27 Seagrove Road, London SW6 1RP
Tel: 020 7381 4258

Society of Graphic Fine Art
9 Newburgh Street, London W1V 1LH
www.sgfa.org.uk

Illustration:

Animated Film Association (ASIFA - Association Internationale du Film d Animation)
UK Group, 61 Railwayside, Barnes, London SW13 0PQ

Association of Illustrators (AOI)
81 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4QS
Tel: 020 7613 4328

Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain (MAA)
6 Chancery Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 6NR

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
8271 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
USA
Tel: 323-782-1010

Events and Careers Fairs

Artquest
national and international events, exhibitions, fairs etc

www.arts.ac.uk lists information days and events, mostly London based

Alternatives Fair for information rather than recruitment held at University Of Bristol, usually in early November

Art & Design Careers Fair held in May each year in Plymouth

The Production Show - held in London, usually during May

Theme show - Bristol Industrial Museum usually held in May - date tbc

Prospects website has a general careers fair section, searchable by type of event and location

Further Training and development

Most professional organisations run courses and seminars for continuing professional development. Check the list above.

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