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Topic: Probono WEBSITE DESIGNER Needed for FASHION Collec
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| wimbledon.designs | Posted – 4/25/2008 4:48:37 PM | show profile | email poster Good afternoon, Young NYC Designer to exhibit at Wimbledon Fashion Week in London looking for a WEBSITE DESIGNER who have create a beautiful and sophisticated website for a collection of couture dresses and women's spring jackets. The website should be chic but easy to use. Although the work is pro-bono, in return for your work, much promotion will be given to the graphic artist including promotion among the European, Wimbledon clientele and American fashion Industry. To express your interest, please reply with your name and contact to wimbledon.designs@gmail.com for more information. Which can lead to many successful prospects. Please include any website links or portfolio of work if available. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you. Warm Regards, Wimbledon Designs Collection. wimbledon.designs@gmail.com |
| MTCreations | Posted – 7/24/2008 11:40:00 AM | show profile Ah yes, free work - we make money, but not you! Usually pro-bono is for Not-For-Profit firms one believes in, or wishes to give back to the community in some way. Couture fashion doesn't seem to be on the NFP list. Are you giving away the dresses or expect to make a profit? See this video for our industry's general view of these types of requests: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfsX3u-8D64 ------ Remember, in the end, bad design costs you more than good design, and great website design is a Mike Truese Creation |
| anonymousdesigner | Posted – 7/25/2008 5:17:28 PM | show profile Thank you! I get a swift pain from individuals and companies who expect premium work for no pay "but the exposure, credits and contacts will make it well worth your time!" ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? exposure, credits and contacts won't pay my rent. Oh, and I agree pro bono is a grossly misused term these days. It means "for the good" and generally refers to work done for those individuals and organizations who are somehow contributing to the community, local or global, NOT to those who are not willing to pay for hard work and creativity. If you don't have cash to pay a creatve with, do a barter of some kind, either in goods or services. I have found this to be an equitable arrangement on several occasions. As my Dad used to say,"When you want to pay nothing for something, you often end up with something worth nothing..." |
| ManhattanMatt | Posted – 7/29/2008 4:58:20 PM | show profile Wimbledon ... ... please learn what the term "pro bono" means, and use it correctly. It's a Latin phrase meaning "for the public good". It doesn't mean "free labor". |
| scotty | Posted – 8/1/2008 11:31:46 AM | show profile An interested designer with extra time could do this job, just because there is no pay it does not mean no one would be willing to do it. ------ www.powerapplications.com |
| AWC | Posted – 8/1/2008 4:03:30 PM | show profile Scotty, you clearly don't get it -- every time someone agrees to do something like this (free work for a for-profit company) in exchange for "exposure," it hurts the rest of us who are professionals and deserve to be fairly compensated for our work. It really does de-value the worth of all professional designers in the eyes of the business world. And in this particular case, it's especially disturbing -- a fashion designer, who presumably hopes to make money with his/her design skills, doesn't respect other design colleagues enough to compensate them in any meaningful way. |
