W+K Seeking…

Posted on December 30, 2007
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WK Seeking
Well I told myself I would send something into the Wieden and Kennedy seeking thing. Since I actually have all day tomorrow to get something in, I’m going to post my first attempt up on MoHDI in the hopes to get some feedback as well to share with other people who have waited till the last minute to build this PDF what I’m doing. Perhaps it will help others get some ideas.

My initial plan with this was to incorporate tons of art that would transition to each page of the pdf and maintain a flow of reading that would be almost unnoticed but maintain an overall good feeling about it.

I think tomorrow I’ll make some more changes to the file and probably add some more personal information. I really wanted my piece to stand out, right now, I don’t think this totally stands out just yet. Perhaps a few more hours on the thing might make the world of difference.
Being an idea person is amazing but, to be an idea person that gets paid is even better. I’m not totally sure what I’m looking for with this.

Please feel free to download the PDF here and give me what ever feedback you would like in the comments of this post. It’s a work in progress and I probably know best what needs to be improved upon however I’m curious to hear what you have to say. Please be brutal and be constructive. Compliment sandwiches are nice too.

“Those colors are nice.”
“I’m not sure if black text looks that good.”
“You really tried hard to get this right.”

Example of compliment sandwich

It’s hard to say a lot in such a short presentation. I think I might add some marketing things, perhaps some images of my MoHDI dollar or maybe talk about the Adventure Social Club or Monster Dating, I didn’t even mention that I know Flash pretty well or that I learned Illustrator last Friday. I’m certain the version I send tomorrow will be a bit different that the one I posted today.

Comments

3 Responses to “W+K Seeking…”

Joe on December 30th, 2007 9:42 pm

nice work drew! now i know why my website is not done.

i noticed some typo’s.

i think you need more ideas in your proposal. i’d show like 12 ideas, all backed up by mass drawing and sketches that you already have. i don’t know that they would care about your art studio… but that’s just my HO.

the fred meyer rewards doesn’t make any sense to me either. i don’t see where that would impress them. i think you have better examples of ideas. again, just my opinion.

on your describles - i’d show a screen shot of the website - and explain it better. when i read it, i though people were drawing their own ideas… so you just need to tweak you sentence.
Phillip Kerman on December 31st, 2007 10:51 am

A coupla tiny issues:

p6, “simble” should be “simple”.

Also, I’d ditch all the word-breaks… just move them to the next line.

I agree that the fred-meyer thing is whacky… probably against their terms of use and therefore borderline illegal.

In all, I think it’s really good because it gives a sense of what you’ve been up to. I think MAYBE page 2 will put off people with the thing about your dream job… but, then again, if that’s really true then maybe keep it.

Ultimately I think it makes sense to ask why you want to work there. I’m not saying you wouldn’t want to–I really don’t know. I just think it’s wise when “interviewing” to make sure it’s two sided… that you’re interviewing them too. So, for example, instead of saying “my dream job is…” you could say “my best employers have always believed in my creativity (or whatever)… the lucky investor who will ultimately bankroll my big ideas will REALLY believe in me”. I hope that helps.

So, I think page 2 is the only one I’d really work on. Was it the first thing you put together? If so, it really does make sense to re-do it. Think about what it’s really introducing. It’s not terrible, but the one thing I’d work on.

Finally, isn’t it really “art by the SQUARE inch”?
Jeff the Great on December 31st, 2007 12:39 pm

The W+K Seeking site is probably the coolest thing I have ever seen!