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Design Technologist
The New York Times Newspaper
New York, New York

The New York Times is looking for an exceptional DESIGN TECHNOLOGIST to play a critical role in the continuing evolution of the industry-leading news site, NYTimes.com. This person will help develop new areas of NYTimes.com with a full skill-set of client-side technologies including HTML, CSS, Flash/ActionScript and JavaScript/Prototype. He/she will also provide help with other technologies in both client and server environments relating to the user experience, and will be continually expanding his/her technical knowledge.

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Feeling overwhelmed by invitations to register for this or that convention, tradeshow, forum, panel discussion, gala, or workshop? Don’t know which ones to go to and which ones to ignore? Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer break it down for you in their piece for our Hack2Work Special: “The Year in Design: Where to Send Your People (or Yourself)“. They’ve covered it all—where to go, who to send, who to look for, what to expect, what’s pass&eacute, and what’s emerging. A taste:

CATEGORY: ELITE FORUMS

Hotspots: TED, PopTech, Davos
Who to send: Yourself. Leave the boring confabs to your peons—you deserve a boondoggle.
Why to go: Anyone who’s anyone will be there. Plus, where else will you find both sword-swallowing statisticians and world-changing geniuses?
Price: $$$$-$$$$$
Who to chat up: World-changing geniuses; anyone who can offer you a ride on their yacht
Celeb sightings: John Maeda, Gordon Brown, J.J. Abrams, Emma Thompson
Sentence to have in your back pocket: “Did you hear we’re in the middle of the world’s sixth mass extinction? I’m thinking of booking a ticket out on Virgin Galactic.”
Typical swag: The sweetest haul this side of the Oscars: Aliph Jawbones, $1000 Lexus gift certificates, coupons for Steelcase chairs, copies of The Purpose-Driven Life, CFL lightbulbs
Next big thing: TEDIndia

>> Read the rest of Jill and Monica’s piece here
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Head of Industrial Design
Deutsche Telekom
Bonn, Germany

At our Product Design department in Bonn we are currently looking for a Head of Industrial Design. Responsibilities include managing, setting up and expanding the Industrial Design department at Deutsche Telekom AG; developing individual devices and consistent product families, as well as implementing and further developing the Deutsche Telekom hardware design language; implementing and supporting the production process in conjunction with manufacturers, technology companies and partners involved in other production and development processes; using all design disciplines to achieve an excellent overall user experience.

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Michael Bierut’s Hack2Work Special piece was a big hit in the tweetspace last week, but in case you were too busy catching up on this or that, here’s a nice taste:

There is one surefire way to make your client’s logo bigger without actually making their logo bigger, but it is reserved for only the most desperate situations. You must have exhausted all other possibilities. Moreover, you must have run out of any patience, respect for your client, and scruples. Here’s how it works.

You present the work with the too-small logo, and the client explains that its size must be increased. Don’t argue. Instead, listen very carefully, nodding, drawing out detail and nuance. Make it clear that this is a matter of importance and complexity, and the client is right to focus on it. Finally, announce, as if it’s just then occurring to you, that there is only one way to get this exactly right, to make sure that the client is absolutely pleased. You will prepare not one, but five options, changing the size of the logo on each one just ever so slightly. In this way, and in this way alone, can a reliable decision be made. Take my word for it: no client will turn down this offer, since the one thing these kind of people like more than arguing about logo sizes is looking at lots of options. Take the work away and promise to return to the next meeting with this exercise ready for review.

>> Read the rest of Michael’s piece here
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Graphics and Packaging Master
Fred and Friends
Cumberland, RI

FRED is looking for a clever and skilled designer who is comfortable and competent in both collateral and package design. FRED’s studio is small in size, but big on ideas. You will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects, and the satisfaction of seeing your ideas through from beginning to end. We like to do everything in-house, from product concepts, to production design, packaging, and sales materials. We encourage everyone in the studio to contribute ideas and collaborate in the production process.

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