Set designer Eugene Lee discusses his tenure as the resident set designer for NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Eugene is currently designing McCarter Theatre production of Emily Mann’s “A Seagull in the Hamptons.”

A New York City Graphic Designer, Art Director, Fashion Designer and Philadelphia based Media Arts and Animation Instructor talk about what it takes to work in the Creative Industry with Marc Scoleri from Career Advisor Online a division of Soho Commerce Group, LLC.

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Cameron University Department of Art presents renowned graphic designer Don Sibley
The Cameron University Department of Art will present a lecture by nationally recognized graphic designer Don Sibley of Sibley Peteet Design on Thursday November 10, at 6:30 pm in the CETES Conference Center. The event is open to the public at no …
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I require a graphic designer to design the GUI & GUI elements for each screen. Target aim: Sale on the Android Market & in the Apple App Store(CAVEAT: Apples app submission is strict so there are no guarantee's it will pass submission, regardless of …
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Video Editor / Motion Graphics Designer

catchfire is looking for a Video Editor / Motion Graphics Designer with a core skill set of animation, graphic design and multimedia production. A Video Editor’s primary duty is to tell a visual story using provided and created content. This is achieved through the acquisition and creative arrangement of audio/visual elements, while adhering to industry-standard quality expectations. Final applications include TELEVISION spots, educational and brand videos, sales presentations, web movies and other communications media. Essential responsibilities: • Contribute to the conception of original solutions and create polished deliverables • Consistently create projects that are on strategy and reflect the brand’s personality • Adhere to budget and time constraints • Address feedback respectfully • Exhibit ability on all design trends and historic design influences • Work both independently and as part of a team • Lead and work with other editors

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Lighting Designer/ Board Operator (Noho Arts District)

Seeking LD for 99 seat Production of Bob Cratchit and Mr Tightwad. Traditional Victorian Tale meets Contemporary England. Run at the Secret Rose Theatre, North Hollywood. December eighth – 24th with possible three day extension. Trace Oakley Directing. Fully cast rehearsals in progress. See web sitewww.cratchitmusical.com.
Need LD to set and run board for 12-14 shows, Friday, Sat ( two shows ) and Sunday. Must be available for all shows.
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Web design is the most essential thing in your website efficiency and if you can’t get it right, a good website designer can do it for you. All you need to do is find the best web design services supplier. Let’s take a look at some of the basic characteristics of professional website design you should be looking for.

1. Original content

Most people visit various websites to find useful and reliable information. If your website content is unique and up to date you’re more likely to grab their attention and hold it at least before they make a purchase decision. Why original content is so important for your website? It doesn’t only keep your visitors coming back for more but also helps to rank your website high in the search engines.

Writing quality copy is only half the job. A proficient website designer needs to be able to change and update your content when necessary. There’re content management systems which can serve to add new pages and menu items, manage images and banners, change features and make other alterations.

2. User-friendly navigation

Good web design makes your content easy to find. If you manage to organise your pages well and name them in the way that your target audience understands people are more likely to get back for more. Find a website designer who can keep your navigation consistent from page to page and make sure that your most popular content is a click away from your homepage. If your website has a lot of content, it’s essential that you provide a search box so visitors can easily find what they’re looking for.

3. Simple design

A rule of thumb for every good website is to have the layout which is easy on the eyes. It means you need to use contrasting colours and readable text. Large amounts of text written in white on a black background just won’t do. Lots of text can also overwhelm the reader but if your website designer breaks it up titled with subheads and bullet points, this can improve your page layout and make the text easy to skim. When adding various design elements to your web page, remember that simple, professional design is much more effective than flashy, overcrowded pages.

4. Fast load time

Visitors don’t like to wait too long for a web page to load and if it takes more than mere seconds to load they’re likely to give up and leave your website. Lots of factors can affect your website’s load time including coding, graphics, the server speed, traffic volume, etc. Tell your website designer to use large graphics sparingly because waiting for large images or flash animation to load on each page is certain to turn your customers away.

A professional-looking website with interesting content that is easy to navigate and can be found in search engines is sure to bring value to your business. Make sure you hired a website designer who understands the basics of good web design and knows all the ingredients to spice up your web presence.

Any given day of the city life is a rush.  In the New York City, you are either rushing to get a cab, or rushing back to the office after lunch.  Even when you get a chance to sit and relax in the Central Park, you still see people rushing through.

Homepage design is just like living in the city.  If you are not precise and direct with what you need to do, what you need to say, you will fall behind the marching crowd.

Building an effective homepage design with high return on investment is one of the very neat specialties of any NY marketing and website desigining companies.

– The importance on branding not only lies on big corporations who can afford hundreds of thousands of dollars in market research and focus groups.  An effective landing page starts with proper web design skills.  You know your business and industry best.  Communicate with your web designer, they should convert that knowledge into colors, graphics and content layout that looks most appealing to your target market.  A successful landing homepage grabs attention from visitors within the first 2 seconds.  Web design in New York is often times translated as emotional connection with your potential markets.

  Buzzwords are important elements on making a homepage successful and profitable.  Potential market is looking for your service because they are encountering some sort of problems that your services might provide them a solution.  Your taglines should display your potential market’s problem and explain with your products as a quick solution for their problem.  If you are a family business and have something proud to say, leave it in the About Us section to elaborate.  Homepage is about your customers, not you.

  Because you are simply the best in the industry.  Why are you the best?  Because your customers love you and your work.  Use an interactive module and list at least 10 testimonials.  Spread the confidence and you will get the next job.

  On the homepage, not only you look professional with the perfect web design layout, you can solve a problem, you are the best in the industry.  The final and most important element – call for action.  Since you are a great business, throw in some special offers to give it the final push: 10% Off when sign up on the website, etc.  Include a sign up form on the homepage design and a noticeable phone number.

Once you have a killer homepage, watch leads flowing in from the internet.  However, don’t forget to develop the rest of the site with more detailed and useful content.

Chase Panargio, an e-marketing specialist of Skygate Media (www.skygatemedia.com), publishes his thoughts and comments on the web.  He has over 15 years of experience as a web designer (NYC) before becoming a full time e-marketing specialist.  His motto is “Doesn’t matter how beautiful, without marketing it looks dead”.

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