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The Collective Team.
One of our clients is looking for a Design Manager.
Reporting to the Head of Corporate Branding, the successful candidate will be an experienced, highly motivated, individual with a strong track record in corporate design management and will play a pivotal role in providing creative direction to the development of clients brand identity. As well as managing a budget for the product area, the post holder will be responsible for managing products through from initial concept to artwork, while ensuring that levels of quality and innovation are maintained.
Main responsibilities
* Develop and produce concepts, designs, and art direction for corporate projects
* Deliver practical, hands-on, design for a wide variety communication materials (annual reports, corporate magazine, events and other applications)
* Devise creative strategies and direction for design management
* Co-develop, manage, implement and monitor global visual identity guidelines
* Set-up a brand/design portal throughout the whole company
* Manage freelancers, printers and design agencies
Minimum requirements
* Excellent portfolio demonstrating in-depth experience and ability to manage, develop and monitor corporate identity/company house style and relevant guidelines at corporate and product level
* Proven design management and skills
* Superior hands-on design skills and creativity
* Ability to work on own initiative, thrive in a dynamic and high performance environment and deal effectively with deadline pressure
* Highly proficient in using Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
* Experience with print coordination and purchase negotiations
* A team player with a clear understanding of the role, position and boundaries of design in a corporate environment
* Job ratio is 65% design activities and 35% management activities
About client
Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, they are a Global Fortune 500 company and are consistently ranked as one of the leaders on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes. With operations in more than 80 countries, our 55,000 people around the world are committed to excellence and delivering Tomorrow's Answers Today(tm).
If you are interested in this permanent job, please contact sandra@thecollective or wilma@thecollective.net.
The Collective would appreciate it if you could r.s.v.p to Caitlyn de Wild at; caitlyn@thecollective.net by the 18th of March 2010. We look forward to seeing you all there on the 25th of March 2010.
Proving she’s got the stamina and commitment needed for long-haul projects, copywriter Miriam Young ran the New York City Marathon on the 1st of November 2009, finishing in 5 hours 32 minutes. “Not a bad first attempt for the girl who used to take taxis between pubs!” 
In these depressed times we're all looking for more work. Here are 10 ways to help you get more freelance assignments from The Collective...
1. Say hello
Come by The Collective. There's no substitute for meeting you to keep you top of mind. Bring chocolates or flowers or both. Or just email us regularly if it’s too far to come.
2. Collective drinks
We are having drinks in the shop on Thursday 28th May. Show your face, meet other freelancers and stay in the loop.
3. Availability
Tell us when you get a big job and you're unavailable. Then tell us you've just finished, did a great job and are now available again.
4. Update your profile
Is your profile on The Collective website amazing? If it's not as good as it could be you're selling yourself short. Even if it’s already great, it still needs to be refreshed periodically
5. Answer your phone
Most jobs need to be done at short notice and most freelancers still don't answer their phones straight away. Some people have lost work because of this.
6. Promote yourself
If you have time on your hands, send us your promotional ideas. We're helping Erik and Raoul contact some clients directly because they came to us with a proposal.
7. Promote The Collective
The more work we get the more work you get. We had the idea to send a postcard to all agencies in the summer saying that we're available when they're on holiday. If you come up with another good idea then you'll be the first person we recommend to get work that comes from it.
8. Blog it
Did you win a award? An important pitch? If you’ve done something amazing in the advertising world, we can write about you on our blog and in our newsletter.
9. Show your portfolio
If there’s an agency you want to show your portfolio to, let us know and we'll arrange a meeting for you.
10. Surprise us
You're the creative, think of something that we haven't.
AND IN OTHER NEWS....
House of Orange, the photography agency, will organize a print sale next week Wednesday (20th May) of all their photographers, with small prices as low as € 20,-
17.00 – 21.00
WHY NOT
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 28-30
1012 RZ Amsterdam
QUARTERLY DRINKS
Our next “borrel” will take place at the good old Collective pad on the Vijzelstraat 67. Not in the office but downstairs in the shop. Please join us May 28th from 17.00 till 19.00. See you then!
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The Xtreme Bonbon Junkies Festival is a student festival for jr. copy and art students and is the only international event for Copywriters. Martin Mol held a workshop here last year, and gave a lecture the year previously. He comments: “They’re here, so eager to learn, it is a pleasure to pass on our western creative advertising knowledge”.
