Hasta La Ideas

Do you enjoy InDesign, strategic brainstorming, and long walks on the beach? Then you might be just the person Miles Media is searching for. The tourism marketing company is looking to add a versatile art director to its Sarasota, Florida office. The position promises “an opportunity to shape creative trends while working just minutes away from the best beaches in the United States,” and by creative trends they mean sand castles and actual creative trends! Bring your sunscreen and your cross-platform skills, as the art director will be responsible for development and execution of creative ideas in products across print, web, electronic marketing, and multi-media.

Apply for this art director, Miles Media position or view all the current mediabistro.com design jobs.

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Under the name Mintselect, Seoul-based designer Jongchul Kim has developed an insanely deep portfolio of product concepts done under his Mintpass brand.

It takes a lot to tickle us, but his Mint Timepiece 5 Progress Bar clock had us at “Hello.” (Dvice succinctly describes the clock as “Day loading, please wait.”)

The Mint Timepiece 6 Finger Language Clock tells you the time via robot hands and sign language:

The Mint Multi-tap is a clever expandable powerstrip:

The Mint Light 4 Rollight is a portable battery-powered strip of LED lights that can be rolled into a flashlight, or unrolled into task or mood lighting:

Check out more of Kim’s work on Coroflot. (Warning: You may spend the rest of the day browsing his portfolio.)

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Angry Bear

Koi Fish

-> See more at Won Parks Deviant Art page or at Abduzeedo

Head of Graphics
NYC Department of Design and Construction

Long Island City, NY

The Department of Design and Construction seeks a Deputy Director for the Office of Creative Services to head the graphic unit for this busy multimedia studio. The selected candidate will lead a staff of five to execute intelligent, beautiful designs in all media on time and within budget. Under the direction of the Director of Creative Services, the Deputy will be responsible for managing projects; establishing scope, schedules, vendors, approvals, and conducting conceptual explorations; delivering design solutions and ensuring successful implementation of direction through production. A honed and discerning visual sense is essential. The candidate must art direct and coordinate the design team to produce editorial, web, GUI, print, poster, exhibition, signage, and exterior building graphics. Clients are DDC’s capital construction program and other City entities, including the Mayor’s Office. The Deputy Director will also present work internally and to clients; nurture design solutions at a highly professional level through sketches, concepts and computer layouts and participate in external activities as a source of inspiration.

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The best design jobs and portfolios hang out at Coroflot.

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