This month we highlight 20 multimedia jobs that we have come across recently that are hopefully of interest to many of you. In particular, note the three killer opportunities at Grow Interactive, the group behind the extremely innovative project “The Girl Effect.” Also, I worked previously as a multimedia producer at The Roanoke Times, so if you are interested in that job opportunity feel free to email me personally to get the inside scoop. Otherwise, happy job hunting everyone!
It’s easy to mope and groan about the economy, our industry, and the inevitable changes that are taking place. But, let’s look at the glass half full and get inspired to make the most of the situation, eh? Included in this post are 15 inspirational packages and sites for you to peruse. I have featured many of them in the past, but hopefully this collection will motivate you to get excited about your potential and what lies ahead …
I filled out my first NCAA bracket today (although I am only familiar with a handful of the teams) simply because it was exciting to “play” with the different interactives. I’m pretty sure I changed my mind on every bracket, but if you promise not to judge me (because I am completely biased towards my Heels), I will show you the five brackets I filled out and tell you what I appreciated most about each design.
The Columbus Dispatch producers Victor Black and Jeremy Lynch write a guest post detailing their latest project, Death Perceptions. In it, they describe how they parsed the data and integrated it into Flash with MySQL. “The project’s theme and design didn’t call for a lot of color, so we felt animation during the display of the query-results helped make otherwise static information more dynamic.”
