Getting a part time grafics related job?

[Uriah]

I'm thinking about my job possiblities.

I thought it would be cool to get a part time job at a sign making place or something, but I have no idea what the general requirements are to get hired. I'm only 16, but I know my way around photoshop fairly well, and took a college grafics design class over the summer (Passed with an A)..

Sooo.. does anyone here know what is generally required to be hired at such a place? College degrees, ect?

Thanks in advance.

[Esoteric]

hmmm, well most places I see job adds for want you to know photoshop, Illustrator or freehand, and quark, primarily. Sometimes they want pagemaker, powerpoint and some other junk too. But I think if you already know photoshop and you want a job in a generic graphics place like that, learn Quark and one of the vector drawing programs (vector especially for a sign shop, maybe even a typography or 2D design class would help).

If you're strong in Quark, Illustrator/Freehand and the creation of layouts for printing, they'll hire you for the grunt work, and then maybe let you create some artwork after they see what you can do.

[Ashley]

Good luck getting a part time job--most design places I have talked to want full time or internship positions ONLY. I would say too a proficiency with computers and xerox machines wouldn't hurt, on top of software proficiencies already listed. I would bring in a portfolio of your work too.

Oh, and a good lookin' resume too.

[Golden_Griff]

I'm suppose to intern at a graphic design firm this coming fall. I have no idea what to expect I'm kinda nervous about it because I've only done one sem of graphic design (although the professor said that i did some good work )

[MyrrhLynn]

Good luck getting a part time job--most design places I have talked to want full time or internship positions ONLY. I would say too a proficiency with computers and xerox machines wouldn't hurt, on top of software proficiencies already listed. I would bring in a portfolio of your work too.

Oh, and a good lookin' resume too.

Yup I agree. The only way you could possibly get hired (even part time) is if you know someone really high up in the company who gets you a job. One possibility is that you could do some contract graphic design work for a small company, but good luck finding something like that.