Niebler+Career

=Magazine Layout and Cover Designer=

1. A. http://www.folkcatart.com/blogs/jen/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/knitters_book_of_yarn_book_jacket.jpg B. http://www.mymag.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/65006_Rolling.Stone_.2009.10.26_p0001_123_597lo-748x1024.jpg C. http://www.fadedyouthblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/vanity-fair-gisele-cover-winner.jpg A. This is a magazine cover for yarn and it caught my eye because the swirling pieces or yarn are creative and interesting. B. This is a Rolling Stone magazine cover and personally, I love black and white photographs so the contrasty black and white illustration of Madonna intruged me. C. This is a cover for the Vanity Fair magazine and the woman practically pops off of the page with the use of editing and designing. I also really loved the idea of writing "STYLE ISSUE 2007" on the sidewalk.

At first, I was debating between a graphic designer and a magazine layout and cover designer but the graphic designer only made about $20,000 a year to begin with and a magazine layout and cover designer makes about $30,000 to start and as a senior designer I could make any amount from $40,000 to $60,000 a year, most likely with benefits.

These are the skills required from a magazine designing website:

> The schooling required is at least a college and some websites said that many employers are looking for someone with a background of design or arts school. > In order to get started, you need to put yourself out there! A portfolio isn't necessary but showing your artistic talents would help a lot. You would also need an internship to get started. > A typical day would be to receive photographs and information that will be going into the next magazine and to think of ideas and put them to work on the computer to put together a magazine. > For my promotional piece I will be putting together a some of my photographs and text boxes in the form of a magazine cover. I plan to make it look like a magazine resume. > > A magazine designer is someone who handles the look of a publication. Magazine designers build advertisements and graphics, and use photos and other forms of artwork to create covers and inside pages. They need to be highly innovative and understand their magazine's demographic, analyzing trends and paying close attention to what the competition is doing. -- http://www.ehow.com/about_6297218_magazine-designer-job-description.html > >
 * "A magazine designer must be creative and possess strong communication skills, considering she has to relay her design ideas to editors and other managers. Sometimes she will need to take someone else's idea, such as a client who wants a certain look to an ad, and build on it. She also should have a firm grasp of how to use publication-related design software, such as PhotoShop or Illustrator. On top of those things, magazine designers should be organized and professional, and must be able to work well alone or as a member of a team."-- http://www.ehow.com/about_6297218_magazine-designer-job-description.html