STANDARD 4.0: Students will demonstrate job-engineering skills in design and digital imaging.
4.1 Establish and maintain a positive relationship with client.
4.2 Plan and coordinate production.
STANDARD 9.0: Students will communicate effectively and comprehend oral and written communication.
9.1Demonstrate effective verbal communication.
STANDARD 10.0: Students will demonstrate job-seeking and exhibit employability characteristics required for employability and job retention in the workplace.
10.1Plan a job search strategy.
10.3Exhibit positive interview behavior.
STANDARD 13.0: Students will develop a portfolio.
13.4Demonstrate ability to make an oral presentation.
Assignment description:
In this assignment, you are going to play two roles. In one role, you are going to be a freelance graphic designer, who is trying to get a client to hire you to design a logo or CD cover for his or her company. In the other role, you are going to be the owner of a business (the client) and you want to hire a graphic designer to design your CD cover logo.
As a designer, here is what you need to do:
Have a portfolio to show your client.
Make an appointment to meet your client and show your work.
Tell the client why you think you should be hired.
Come up with an idea for a CD cover to present to the client.
Get approval for the design from the client.
Tell the client when you will have the artwork prepared. Think about what you will need to do to plan and coordinate the production. Set a delivery date and then work backward to decide what you need to do.
As an owner (client) here is what you need to do:
Have a name for the group or artists for the CD
Have a title for the CD
Have information about who might buy the CD
Give the designer a date for the finished CD cover.
You will receive your grade from two sources.
1. You will fill out a client checklist when you are playing the client/business owner role. You will receive a grade for filling out this form; plus,
this form will determine part of the grade for your p[partner, who is role-playing the designer.
2. You will fill out a designer checklist. You should fully complete this for a 100
Client checklist
Your name:__________________________________
Required delivery date for artwork:
Name of musical artist or group:
Title of CD:
Type of music:
Consumer demographics
Age range:
Gender: Male Female Both
Where do they live:
Estimated income:
Education:
Pre-High School Attending High School High School Graduate College
Evaluate your designer.
Based on a score of 1-5, considering 5 to be the highest.
_____Established a positive relationship and exhibited positive interview behavior
_____Demonstrated effective verbal communication
_____Ability to make an oral presentation
_____Quality of portfolio and artwork
Designer checklist
Your final artwork will be given to your client as a digital file, probably completed in Photoshop. Your artwork must include a photograph of the artist.
Your name:
Delivery date for artwork:
Fill in a date for each step:
_____Present ideas to client. Your ideas might be a sketch or rough idea done on computer.
_____Get location and/or props for photo shoot
_____Hire photographer, makeup artists, and stylists
_____Set photo session
_____Begin artwork
_____Finish artwork
_____Deliver artwork.
How will you deliver your artwork to your client?
