RINEHART FINE ARTS
1410 Lesnick Lane, Walnut Creek CA 94597. (925)935-3186. Fax: (925)935-0213. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.bentleypublishinggroup.com. Licenses 2D artwork for posters. Clients include large chain stores and wholesale framers, furniture stores, decorators, frame shops, museum shops, gift shops and substantial overseas distribution.
NEEDS Seeking creative, fashionable and decorative art. Considers oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, pastel. Images are created by collaborating with the artist or working from an existing painting. Approached by 200-300 artists/year. Publishes the work of 50 new artists/year.
CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with SASE, photographs, slides, tearsheets, transparencies, JPEGs or whatever represents artwork best. Samples are not filed. Responds in 3 months. Portfolio review not required. Pays royalties of 8-10%. Rights purchased vary according to project. Provides advertising, promotion, written contract and substantial overseas exposure.
TIPS “Submit work in pairs or groups of four. Work in standard sizes. Visit high-end furniture store chains for color trends.”
FELIX ROSENSTIEL’S WIDOW & SON LTD.
33-35 Markham St., Chelsea Green London SW3 3NR, United Kingdom. (44)207-352-3551. Fax: (44)207-351-5300. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.felixr.com. Estab. 1880. Publishes art prints and posters, both limited and open editions. Licenses all subjects on any quality product. Art guidelines on website.
NEEDS Seeking decorative art for the serious collector and the commercial market. Considers oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media and pastel. Prefers art suitable for homes or offices. Editions are created by collaborating with the artist or by working from an existing painting. Approached by 200-500 artists/year.
CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with photographs. Samples are not filed and are returned by SASE. Responds in 2 weeks. Company will contact artist for portfolio review of final art and transparencies if interested. Negotiates payment. Offers advance when appropriate. Rights purchased vary according to project.
TIPS “We publish decorative, attractive, contemporary art.”
SAGEBRUSH FINE ART
3065 South West Temple, Salt Lake City UT 84115. (801)466-5136. Fax: (801)466-5048. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.sagebrushfineart.com. Contact: Stephanie Marrott, art review coordinator. Estab. 1991. Art publisher. Publishes and licenses fine art prints and offset reproductions. Clients: frame shops, distributors, corporate curators and chain stores.
NEEDS Seeking decorative art for the commercial and designer markets. Considers all media. Open to all themes and styles. Current clients include Anita Phillips, Kim Lewis, Stephanie Marrott, Michael Humphries and Jo Moulton. Editions created by collaborating with the artist or by working from an existing painting. Publishes the work of new and emerging artists.
CONTACT & TERMS Submission guidelines available online. Send to the attention of the art review team. Prefers quality laser proofs. Accepts slides, transparencies, JPEGs or photos, as well as website information. “We see a lot of art and in order for art to be reviewed, we need something physical to pass around in our review meetings. Please do not send originals unless requested. If you would like a written response, or to have your presentation sent back to you, please include a SASE or package. Any presentation without it will not be returned. Once received, our art development team reviews submissions for print and licensing potential.”
SCHLUMBERGER GALLERY
P.O. Box 2864, Santa Rosa CA 95405. (707)544-8356. E-mail: [email protected]. Estab. 1986. Private art dealer, art publisher, distributor and gallery. Publishes and distributes limited editions, posters, original paintings and sculpture. Specializes in decorative and museum-quality art and photographs. Clients: collectors, designers, distributors, museums, galleries, film and television set designers.
NEEDS Seeking decorative art for the serious collector and the designer market. Prefers trompe l’oeil, realist, architectural, figure, portrait. Editions created by collaborating with the artist or by working from an existing painting. Approached by 50 artists/year.
CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with tearsheets and photographs. Samples are not filed and are returned by SASE if requested by artist. Publisher/distributor will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include color photographs and transparencies. Negotiates payment. Offers advance when appropriate. Rights purchased vary according to project. Provides advertising, in-transit insurance, insurance while work is at firm, promotion, shipping to and from firm, written contract and shows. Finds artists through exhibits, referrals, submissions and “pure blind luck.”
TIPS “Strive for quality, clarity, clean lines and light, even if the style is impressionistic. Bring spirit into your images. It translates!”
SEGAL FINE ART
11955 Teller St., Unit C, Broomfield CO 80020. (800)999-1297. Fax: (303)926-0340. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.segalfineart.com. Contact: Ron Segal. Estab. 1986. Art publisher. Publishes limited edition giclèes. Clients: bikers at motorcycle rallies. Artists represented include David Mann, and Michael Kneeper.
SJATIN ART B.V.
P.O. Box 7201, 5980 AE Panningen, Holland, Netherlands. (31)77-475-1998. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.sjatin.nl. Estab. 1977. (Formerly Sjatin Publishing & Licensing BV.) Art publisher. Publishes open editions, fine art prints. Licenses decorative art to appear on placemats, calendars, greeting cards, stationery, photo albums, embroidery, posters, canvas, textile, puzzles and gifts. Clients: picture framers, wholesalers, distributors of art print. Sjatin actively promotes worldwide distribution for artists they sign.
NEEDS Seeking decorative art for the commercial market. Considers oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel. Prefers romantic themes, florals, landscapes/garden scenes, still lifes. Editions created by collaborating with the artist or by working from an existing painting. Approached by 50 artists/year. “We publish a very wide range of art prints and we sell copyrights over the whole world.”
CONTACT & TERMS Submission guidelines available online.
TIPS “Follow the trends in interior decoration; look at the furniture and colors. I receive so many artworks that are beautiful and very artistic, but are not commercial enough for reproduction. I need designs which appeal to many many people, worldwide such as flowers, gardens, interiors and kitchen scenes. I do not wish to receive graphic art.”
SOMERSET FINE ART
29370 McKinnon Rd., Suite A, P.O. Box 869, Fulshear TX 77441. (800)444-2540. Fax: (713)932-7861. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.somersetfineart.com. Contact: J. Jenkins, art department. Estab. 1972. Leading publisher of fine art reproductions in limited and open editions; giclées on canvas and giclées on paper. Clients: independent galleries in the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, and other countries. Artists represented: Bill Anton, Susan Blackwood, Rod Chase, Norm Clasen, Tim Cox, Kimerlee Curyl, Michael Dudash, June Dudley, Larry Dyke, Ragan Gennusa, Nancy Glazier, Bruce Green, Martin Grelle, George Hallmark, Jim Hansel, G. Harvey, Karen Kelley, David Mann, Denis Mayer, Chris Owen, Robert Peters, Phillip Philbeck, Kyle Polzin, Jim Rey, James Seward, Kyle Sims, Claude Steelman, Andy Thomas, Evan Wilson, Bob Wygant, and HongNian Zhang.
NEEDS Art is reproduced from original paintings or collaborating with the artist; considers oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, pastel.
CONTACT & TERMS Send inquiry via e-mail or by letter to post office box; submissions by e-mail should include digital files in JPEG format or 10–12 slides or photos of work (include SASE) if by mail. Will review art on artist’s website or submitted material; also include number/size/price of all paintings sold within last 24 months and gallery representation. Samples filed for future reference unless return is requested. Publisher will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays royalties; artist retains painting and copyrights; written contract; company provides advertising, promotion, in-transit insurance for original art, and shipping.
JACQUES SOUSSANA GRAPHICS
37 Pierre Koenig St., Jerusalem 91041, Israel. (972)(2)6782678. Fax: (972)(2)6782426. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.soussanart.com. Estab. 1973. Art publisher. Publishes hand-pulled originals, limited editions, sculpture. Clients: galleries, decorators, frame shops, distributors, architects.
NEEDS Seeking decorative art for the serious collector and designer market. Considers oil, watercolor and sculpture. Editions are created by collaborating with the artist. Approached by 20 artists/year. Publishes/distributes the work of 5 emerging artists/year.
CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, slides. To show portfolio, artist should follow up with letter after initial query. Portfolio should include color photographs.
SULIER ART PUBLISHING
PMB 55, 3735 Palomar Center, Suite 150, Lexington KY 40513. (859)621-5511. Fax: (859)296-0650. E-mail: [email protected] or via online contact form. Website: www.neilsulier.com. Contact: Neil Sulier, art director. Art publisher and distributor. Publishes and distributes handpulled originals, limited and unlimited editions, posters, offset reproductions and originals. Clients: designers.
NEEDS Seeking creative, fashionable and decorative art for the serious collector and the commercial and designer markets. Considers oil, watercolor, mixed media, pastel and acrylic. Prefers impressionist. Editions created by collaborating with the artist or by working from an existing painting. Approached by 20 artists/year. Publishes the work of 5 emerging, 30 mid-career and 6 established artists/year. Distributes the work of 5 emerging artists/year.
CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, slides, photocopies, résumé, photostats, transparencies, tearsheets and photographs. Samples are filed or are returned. Responds only if interested. Request portfolio review in original query. Artist should follow up with call. Publisher will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include slides, tearsheets, final art and photographs. Pays royalties of 10%, on consignment basis or negotiates payment. Offers advance when appropriate. Negotiates rights purchased (usually one-time or all rights). Provides in-transit insurance, promotion, shipping to and from firm, insurance while work is at firm and written contract.
SUMMIT PUBLISHING
746 Higuera, Suite 4, San Luis Obispo CA 93401. (805)786-4181. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.summitpublishingart.com. Estab. 1987. Art publisher, distributor and gallery. Publishes and distributes handpulled originals and limited editions.
NEEDS Seeking creative, fashionable and decorative art for the serious collector. Considers oil, watercolor, mixed media and acrylic. Prefers fashion, contemporary work. Editions created by collaborating with the artist or by working from an existing painting. Approached by 20 artists/year. Publishes and distributes the work of emerging, mid-career and established artists.
CONTACT & TERMS Send JPEGs or postcard-size sample of work or send query letter with brochure, résumé, tearsheets, slides, photographs and transparencies. Samples are filed. Responds in 5 days. Artist should follow up with call. Publisher/distributor will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include color thumbnails, roughs, final art, tearsheets and transparencies. Pays royalties of 10-15%, 60% commission or negotiates payment. Offers advance when appropriate. Buys first rights or all rights. Requires exclusive representation of artist. Provides advertising, in-transit insurance, insurance while work is at firm, promotion, shipping to and from firm and written contract. Finds artists through attending art exhibitions, art fairs, word of mouth and submissions. Looks for artists at Los Angeles Expo and New York Expo.
TIPS Recommends artists attend New York Art Expo, ABC Shows.
SUN DANCE GRAPHICS & NORTHWEST PUBLISHING
9580 Delegates Dr., Orlando FL 32837. (407)240-1091. Fax: (407)240-1951. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.northwestpublishing.com. Estab. 1996. Publishers and printers of giclée prints, fine art prints, and posters. Sun Dance Graphics provides trend-forward images to customers that manufacture for upscale hospitality, retail, and home furnishings markets. Primarily looking for images in sets/pairs with compelling color palette, subject, and style. Northwest Publishing provides fine art prints and posters in the following categories: classics, traditional, inspirational, contemporary, home and hearth, photography, motivational, wildlife, landscapes and ethnic art.
NEEDS Approached by 300 freelancers/year. Works with 50 freelancers/year. Buys 200 freelance designs and illustrations/year. Art guidelines free for SASE with first-class postage. Works on assignment only. Looking for high-end art. 20% of freelance design work demands knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXPress.
CONTACT & TERMS Art submissions may be electronic (e-mail low-res image or website link) or via mail. Please do not send original art unless specifically requested. Artists will be contacted if there is interest in further review. All submissions are reviewed for potential inclusion in either line as well as for licensing potential, and are kept on file for up to six months. Art may be purchased or signed under royalty agreement. Royalty/licensing contracts will be signed before any images can be considered for inclusion in either line.
TIPS “Focus on style. We tend to carve our own path with unique, compelling and high quality art, and as a result are not interested in ‘me too’ images.”
SUNSET MARKETING
14301 Panama City Beach Pkwy., Panama City Beach FL 32413. (850)233-6261 or (800)749-6261. Fax: (850)233-9169. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.sunsetartprints.com. Estab. 1986. Art publisher and distributor of open edition prints. Clients: galleries, decorators, frame shops, distributors and corporate curators.
NEEDS Seeking fashionable and decorative art for the commercial and designer market. Considers oil, acrylic and watercolor art and home decor furnishings. Editions created by collaborating with the artist.
CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, photocopies and photographs. Samples are filed. Company will contact artist for portfolio review of color final art, roughs and photographs if interested. Requires exclusive representation of artist.
JOHN SZOKE EDITIONS
24 W. 57th St., Suite 304, New York NY 10019. (212)219-8300. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.johnszokeeditions.com. Estab. 1974. Located in Soho. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10-5 or by appointment. Exhibits unique and limited edition works on paper, rare prints, limited edition multiples. Modern Masters: Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Clients: art dealers and collectors. 20% of sales to private collectors.
TAKU GRAPHICS
5763 Glacier Hwy., Juneau AK 99801. (907)780-6310; (800)ART-3291. Fax: (907)780-6314. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.takugraphics.com. Contact: Adele Hamey. Estab. 1991. Distributor. Distributes handpulled originals, limited edition, unlimited edition, fine art prints, offset reproduction, posters, paper cast, bead jewelry and note cards. Clients: galleries and gift shops.
NEEDS Seeking art from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest exclusively. Considers oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, pastel and pen & ink. Prefers regional styles and themes. Artists represented include JoAnn George, Barbara Lavalle, Byron Birdsall, Brenda Schwartz and Barry Herem. Editions created by working from an existing painting. Approached by 30-50 artists/year. Distributes the work of 20 emerging, 6 mid-career and 6 established artists/year.
CONTACT & TERMS Submission guidelines available online.
BRUCE TELEKY, INC.
87 35th St., 3rd Floor, Brooklyn NY 11232. (718)965-9690 or (800)835-3539. Fax: (718)832-8432. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.teleky.com. Contact: Bruce Teleky, president. Estab. 1975. Clients include galleries, manufacturers and other distributors.
NEEDS Works from existing art to create open edition posters or works with artist to create limited editions. Visit our website to view represented artists. Also likes coastal images, music themes and Latino images. Uses photographs. Likes to see artists who can draw. Prefers depictions of African-American and Caribbean scenes or African themes.
CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with slides, transparencies, postcard or other appropriate samples and SASE. Publisher will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Payment negotiable. Samples returned by SASE only.
TIPS “We are focusing on selling more one-of-a-kind items.”
VLADIMIR ARTS USA, INC.
2504 Sprinkle Rd., Kalamazoo MI 49001. (269)383-0032 or (800)678-8523. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.vladimirarts.com. Art publisher, distributor and gallery. Publishes/distributes handpulled originals, limited edition, unlimited edition, canvas transfers, fine art prints, monoprints, monotypes, offset reproduction, posters and giclée. Clients: galleries, decorators, frame shops, distributors, architects, corporate curators, museum shops, giftshops and West Point military market.
NEEDS Seeking creative, fashionable and decorative art for the serious collector, commercial market and designer market. Considers oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, pastel, pen & ink and sculpture. Editions created by collaborating with the artist. Approached by 30 artists/year. Publishes work of 10 emerging, 10 mid-career and 10 established artists/year. Distributes work of 1-2 emerging, 1 mid-career and 1-2 established artists/year.
CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, photocopies, photographs and tearsheets. Samples are filed or returned with SASE. Responds only if interested. Company will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w, color, fine art, photographs and roughs. Negotiates payment. No advance. Provides advertising, promotion and shipping from our firm. Finds artists through art exhibitions, art fairs, word of mouth, Internet, art reps, sourcebooks, artists’ submissions and watching art competitions.
TIPS “The industry is growing in diversity of color. There are no limits.”
WEBSTER FINE ART LTD.
300 Dominion Dr., Building 650, Morrisville NC 27560. (800)543-6104. Fax: (919)388-9377. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.websterfineart.com. Estab. 1987. Art publisher/distributor. Publishes open editions and fine art prints. Clients: OEM framers, galleries, frame shops, distributors, giftshops.
NEEDS Considers oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, pen & ink, mixed media. “Seeking creative artists that can take directions; decorative, classic, traditional, fashionable, realistic, impressionistic, landscape, artists who know the latest trends.” Editions created by collaborating with the artist.
CONTACT & TERMS E-mail JPEGs of art or send query letter with brochure, photocopies, photographs, slides, tearsheets, transparencies and SASE. Samples are filed or returned by SASE. Responds in 1 month. Company will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Negotiates payment. Offers advance when appropriate. Buys all or reprint rights. Finds artists by word of mouth, attending art exhibitions and fairs, submissions and watching art competitions.
TIPS “Check decorative home magazines Southern Accents, Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, etc., for trends. Understand the decorative art market.”
WILD APPLE GRAPHICS, LTD.
2513 W. Woodstock Rd., Woodstock VT 05091. (800)756-8359. Fax: (800)411-2775. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.wildapple.com. Estab. 1990. Wild Apple publishes, distributes and represents a diverse group of contemporary artists. Clients: manufacturers, galleries, designers, poster distributors (worldwide) and framers. Licensing: Acting as an artist’s agent, we present your artwork to manufacturers for consideration.
NEEDS We are always looking for fresh talent and varied images to show. Considers oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, mixed media and photography. Publishes 400+ new works each year.
CONTACT & TERMS Submission guidelines available online.
TIPS “We would love to hear from you. Use the telephone, fax machine, e-mail, post office or carrier pigeon (you must supply your own) to contact us.”
WILD WINGS LLC
2101 S. Highway 61, Lake City MN 55041. (800)445-4833. Fax: (651)345-2981. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.wildwings.com. Estab. 1968. Art publisher/distributor and gallery. Publishes and distributes limited editions and offset reproductions. Clients: retail and wholesale.
NEEDS Seeking artwork for the commercial market. Considers oil, watercolor, mixed media, pastel and acrylic. Prefers wildlife. Artists represented include David Maass, Lee Kromschroeder, Ron Van Gilder, Robert Abbett, Michael Sieve and Persis Clayton Weirs. Editions are created by working from an existing painting. Approached by 300 artists/year. Publishes the work of 36 artists/year. Distributes the work of numerous emerging artists/year.
CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with digital files or color printouts and résumé. Samples are filed and held for 6 months, then returned. Responds in 3 weeks if uninterested; 6 months if interested. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays royalties for prints. Accepts original art on consignment and takes 40% commission. No advance. Buys first rights or reprint rights. Requires exclusive representation of artist. Provides in-transit insurance, promotion, shipping to and from firm, insurance while work is at firm and a written contract.
WINN DEVON ART GROUP
Cap & Winn Devon, Unit 110, 6311 Westminster Hwy., Richmond BC V7C 4V4, Canada. (800)663-1166. Fax: (888)744-8275. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.winndevon.com. Art publisher. Publishes open and limited editions, offset reproductions, giclées and serigraphs. Clients: mostly trade, designer, decorators, galleries, retail frame shops.
NEEDS Seeking decorative art for the designer market. Considers oil, watercolor, mixed media, pastel, pen & ink and acrylic. Editions are created by working from an existing painting. Approached by 300-400 artists/year. Publishes and distributes the work of 0-3 emerging, 3-8 mid-career and 8-10 established artists/year.
CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, slides, photocopies, résumé, photostats, transparencies, tearsheets or photographs. Samples are returned by SASE if requested by artist. Responds in 4-6 weeks. Publisher will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include “whatever is appropriate to communicate the artist’s talents.” Payment is based on royalties. Copyright remains with artist. Provides written contract. Finds artists through art exhibitions, agents, sourcebooks, publications, submissions.
TIPS Advises artists to attend WCAF Las Vegas and DECOR Expo Atlanta. “Attend just to see what is selling and being shown, but keep in mind that this is not a good time to approach publishers/exhibitors with your artwork.”
MARKETS
ADVERTISING, DESIGN & RELATED MARKETS
This section offers a glimpse at one of the most lucrative markets for artists. Because of space constraints, the companies listed are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. There are thousands of advertising agencies and public relations, design, and marketing firms across the country and around the world. All rely on freelancers. Look for additional firms in industry directories such as The Black Book and Workbook. Find local firms in the yellow pages and your city’s business-to-business directory. You can also pick up leads by reading Adweek, HOW, PRINT, Communication Arts, and other design and marketing publications.
Find your best clients
Read listings carefully to identify firms whose clients and specialties are in line with the type of work you create. (You’ll find clients and specialties in the first paragraph of each listing.) For example, if you create charts and graphs, contact firms whose clients include financial institutions. Fashion illustrators should approach firms whose clients include department stores and catalog publishers. Sculptors and modelmakers might find opportunities with firms specializing in exhibition design.
Payment and copyright
You will most likely be paid by the hour for work done on the firm’s premises (in-house), and by the project if you take the assignment back to your studio. Most checks are issued 40–60 days after completion of assignments. Fees depend on the client’s budget, but most companies are willing to negotiate, taking into consideration the experience of the freelancer, the lead time given, and the complexity of the project. Be prepared to offer an estimate for your services, and ask for a purchase order (P.O.) before you begin an assignment.
Some art directors will ask you to provide a preliminary sketch on speculation or “on spec,” which, if approved by the client, can land you a plum assignment. If you are asked to create something “on spec” be aware that you may not receive payment beyond an hourly fee for your time if the project falls through. Be sure to ask upfront about payment policy before you start an assignment.
If you’re hoping to retain usage rights to your work, you’ll want to discuss this upfront, too. You can generally charge more if the client is requesting a buyout. If research and travel are required, make sure you find out ahead of time who will cover these expenses.
THE AD AGENCY
P.O. Box 470572, San Francisco CA 94147. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]. Contact: Michael Carden, creative director. Estab. 1971. Ad agency; full-service multimedia firm. Specializes in print, collateral, magazine ads. Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 120 freelancers/year. Works with 120 freelance illustrators and designers/year. Uses freelancers mainly for collateral, magazine ads, print ads; also for brochure, catalog and print ad design and illustration, mechanicals, billboards, posters, TV/film graphics, multimedia, lettering and logos. 60% of freelance work is with print ads. 50% of freelance design and 45% of illustration demand computer skills.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, photocopies and SASE. Samples are filed or returned by SASE. Responds in 1 month. Portfolio should include color final art, photostats and photographs. Buys first rights or negotiates rights purchased. Finds artists through word of mouth, referrals and submissions.
TIPS “We are an eclectic agency with a variety of artistic needs.”
ADVANCED DESIGNS CORPORATION
1169 W. Second St., Bloomington IN 47403. (812)333-1922. Fax: (812)333-2030. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.doprad.com. Contact: Matt McGrath, president. Estab. 1982. AV firm. Specializes in TV news broadcasts. Product specialties are the doppler radar and display systems.
NEEDS Prefers freelancers with experience. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers mainly for TV/ film (weather) and cartographic graphics. Needs computer-literate freelancers for production. 100% of freelance work demands skills in ADC Graphics.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé and SASE. Samples are not filed and are returned by SASE. Pays for design and illustration by the hour, $7 minimum. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through classifieds.
ANDERSON STUDIO, INC.
2609 Grissom Dr., Nashville TN 37204. (615)255-4807. Fax: (615)255-4812. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: andersonstudioinc.com. Contact: Sherry Anderson. Estab. 1976. Specializes in T-shirts (designing and printing of art on T-shirts for retail/wholesale promotional market). Clients business, corporate retail, gift and specialty stores.
NEEDS Approached by 20 freelancers/year. Works with 1-2 freelance illustrators and 1-2 designers/year. “We use freelancers with realistic (photorealistic) style. Works on assignment only. We need artists for automotive-themed art. Also motorcycle designs as seen in the current line of shirts produced for Orange County Choppers of the Discovery Channel. We’re also in need of Hot Rod art and designs for T-shirts along with graphic work and logo designs of the same.”
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample or query letter with color copies, brochure, photocopies, photographs, SASE, slides, tearsheets and transparencies. Samples are filed and are returned by SASE if requested by artist. Portfolio should include slides, color tearsheets, transparencies and color copies. Sometimes requests work on spec before assigning a job. Pays for design and illustration by the project, $300-1,000 or in royalties per piece of printed art. Negotiates rights purchased. Considers buying second rights (reprint rights) to previously published work.
TIPS “Be flexible in financial/working arrangements. Most work is on a commission or flat buyout. We work on a tight budget until product is sold. Art-wise, the more professional, the better.” Advises freelancers entering the field to “show as much work as you can. Even comps or ideas for problem solving. Let art directors see how you think. Don’t send disks as they take too long to review. Most art directors like hard copy art.”
ARIZONA CINE EQUIPMENT, INC.
2125 E. 20th St., Tucson AZ 85719. (520)623-8268. Fax: (520)623-1092. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.arizonacine.com. Estab. 1967. Number of employees 11. Approximate annual billing $850,000. AV firm. Full-service, multimedia firm. Specializes in video. Product specialty is industrial.
NEEDS Approached by 5 freelancers/year. Works with 5 illustrators and 5 freelance designers/year. Prefers local artists. Uses freelancers mainly for graphic design. Also for brochure and slide illustration, catalog design and illustration, print ad design, storyboards, animation and retouching. 20% of work is with print ads. Also for multimedia projects. 70% of design and 80% of illustration demand knowledge of PageMaker, QuarkXPress, FreeHand, Illustrator or Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, résumé, photocopies, tearsheets, transparencies, photographs, slides and SASE. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include color thumbnails, final art, tearsheets, slides, photostats, photographs and transparencies. Pays for design by the project, $100-5,000. Pays for illustration by the project, $25-5,000. Buys first rights or negotiates rights purchased.
ASHCRAFT DESIGN
821 N. Nash St., El 821 N. Nash St., El Segundo CA 90245. (310)640-8330. Fax: (310)640-8333. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.ashcraftdesign.com. Specializes in corporate identity, display and package design and signage. Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 2 freelance artists/year. Works with 1 freelance illustrator and 2 freelance designers/year. Works on assignment only. Uses freelance illustrators mainly for technical illustration. Uses freelance designers mainly for packaging and production. Also uses freelance artists for mechanicals and model making.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with tearsheets, résumé and photographs. Samples are filed and are not returned. Responds only if interested. To show a portfolio, e-mail samples or mail color copies. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project.
ASHERAGENCY
535 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne IN 46802. (260)424-3373 (Ft. Wayne); (859)273-5530 (Lexington). Fax: (260)424-0848 (Ft. Wayne); (859)273-5484 (Lexington). E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.asheragency.com. Estab. 1974. Approximate annual billing: $12 million. Full service ad agency and PR firm. Clients: automotive firms, financial/investment firms, area economic development agencies, health care providers, fast food companies, gaming companies and industrial.
NEEDSWorks with 5-10 freelance artists/year. Assigns 25-50 freelance jobs/year. Prefers local artists. Works on assignment only. Uses freelance artists mainly for illustration; also for design, brochures, catalogs, consumer and trade magazines, retouching, billboards, posters, direct mail packages, logos and advertisements.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure showing art style or tearsheets and photocopies. Samples are filed or are returned by SASE. Responds only if interested. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include roughs, original/final art, tearsheets and final reproduction/product. Pays for design by the hour, $40 minimum. Pays for illustration by the project, $40 minimum. Finds artists usually through word of mouth.
A.T. ASSOCIATES
63 Old Rutherford Ave., Charlestown MA 02129. (617)242-6004. Website: www.atadesign.net. Estab. 1976. Specializes in annual reports, industrial, interior, product and graphic design, model making, corporate identity, signage, display and packaging. Clients nonprofit companies, high tech, medical, corporate clients, small businesses and ad agencies. Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 20-25 freelance artists/year. Works with 3-4 freelance illustrators and 2-3 freelance designers/year. Prefers local artists; some experience necessary. Uses artists for posters, model making, mechanicals, logos, brochures, P-O-P display, charts/graphs and design.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send résumé and nonreturnable samples. Samples are filed or are returned by SASE if requested by artist. Responds only if interested. Call to schedule an appointment to show a portfolio, which should include a “cross section of your work.” Pays for design and illustration by the hour or by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project.
AURELIO & FRIENDS, INC.
14971 SW 43 Terrace, Miami FL 33185. (305)225-2434. Fax: (305)225-2121. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: aurelioandfriends.com. Contact: Aurelio Sica, president; Nancy Sica, vice president. Estab. 1973. Number of employees 3. Specializes in corporate advertising and graphic design. Clients: corporations, retailers, large companies, hotels and resorts.
NEEDS Approached by 4-5 freelancers/year. Works with 1-2 freelance illustrators and 3-5 designers/year. Uses freelancers for ad design and illustration, brochure, catalog and direct mail design, and mechanicals. 50% of freelance work demands knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and QuarkXPress.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send brochure and tearsheets. Samples are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color final art, photographs, roughs and transparencies. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Buys all rights.
THE BAILEY GROUP, INC.
200 W. Germantown Pike, Plymouth Meeting PA 19462. (610)940-9030. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.baileygp.com. Estab. 1985. Number of employees: 38. Specializes in package design, brand and corporate identity, sales promotion materials, corporate communications and signage systems. Clients: corporations (food, drug, health and beauty aids). Current clients include Aetna, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Co., Wills Eye Hospital and Welch’s. Professional affiliations: AIGA, PDC, APP, AMA, ADC.
NEEDS Approached by 10 freelancers/year. Works with 3-6 freelance illustrators and 3-6 designers/year. Uses illustrators mainly for editorial, technical and medical illustration and final art, charts and airbrushing. Uses designers mainly for freelance production (not design), or computer only. Also uses freelancers for mechanicals, brochure and catalog design and illustration, P-O-P illustration and model-making.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, résumé, tearsheets and photographs. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Will contact for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include finished art samples, color tearsheets, transparencies and artist’s choice of other materials. May pay for illustration by the hour, $10-15; by the project, $300-3,000. Rights purchased vary according to project.
TIPS Finds artists through word of mouth, self-promotions and sourcebooks.
AUGUSTUS BARNETT ADVERTISING/DESIGN
P.O. Box 197, Fox Island WA 98333. (253)549-2396. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.augustusbarnett.com. Contact: Augustus Barnett, president; Charlie Barnett, president/creative director. Estab. 1981. Approximate annual billing: WND. Specializes in business to business, food/beverage, financial, agricultural, corporate identity, package design. Clients: large & small corporations, manufacturers, service organizations. Current clients include Martinac Shipbuilding, HaloSource, Mavada Wealth Management. Charlie Barnett, president/creative director. Works with 2-4 freelance illustrators, photographers and designers/year. Prefers production art experience in all disciplines. Works as consultant, by project, on assignment and retainer. Uses illustrators and photographers as needed. Also uses freelancers for new-media projects. Pays for design by the hour/project/budget/negotiable. Pays for illustration by project/use and buyouts. Rights purchased vary according to project.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with samples, résumé and photocopies. Samples are filed. Responds in 1 month.
BASIC BEDELL ADVERTISING & PUBLISHING
P.O. Box 6068, Ventura CA 93006. (805)650-1565. Email: [email protected]. Contact: Barrie Bedell, president. Specializes in advertisements, direct mail, how-to books, direct response websites and manuals. Clients publishers, direct response marketers, retail stores, software developers, Web entrepreneurs, plus extensive self-promotion of proprietary advertising how-to manuals.
This company’s president is seeing “a glut of ‘graphic designers,’ and an acute shortage of ‘direct response’ designers.”
NEEDS Uses artists for publication and direct mail design, book covers and dust jackets, and direct response websites. Especially interested in hearing from professionals experienced in e-commerce and in converting printed training materials to electronic media, as well as designers of direct response websites.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Portfolio review not required. Pays for design by the project, $100-2,500 and up or royalties based on sales.
TIPS “There has been a substantial increase in the use of freelance talent and an increasing need for true professionals with exceptional skills and responsible performance (delivery as promised and ‘on target’). It is very difficult to locate freelance talent with expertise in design of advertising, advertising, direct mail and websites with heavy use of type. E-mail query with website link or contact with personal letter and photocopy of one or more samples of work that needn’t be returned.”
BEDA DESIGN
38663 Thorndale Place, Lake Villa IL 60046. (847)245-8939. Fax: (847)245-8939. E-mail: [email protected]. Contact: Lynn Beda, president. Estab. 1971. Design firm specializing in packaging, print material, publishing, film and video documentaries. Clients: business-to-business accounts, producers to writers, directors and artists. Approximate annual billing: $300,000.
NEEDS Web page builders in Mac platforms. Use skilled Mac freelancers for retouching, technical, illustration, production, Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Premiere, and Go Live. Use film and editorial writers and photographers.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with brochure, photocopies and résumé. Illustrators: Send postcard samples and/or photocopies. Samples are filed and are not returned. Will contact for portfolio review if interested.
BARRY DAVID BERGER & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2 Eli Circle, East Hampton NY 11937. (631)324-4484. Fax: (631)329-5578. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.bergerdesign.com. Estab. 1977. Number of employees: 5. Approximate annual billing: $500,000. Specializes in brand and corporate identity, P-O-P displays, product and interior design, exhibits and shows, corporate capability brochures, advertising graphics, packaging, publications and signage. Clients: manufacturers and distributors of consumer products, office/stationery products, art materials, chemicals, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Clients: Dennison, Timex, Sheaffer, Bausch & Lomb and Kodak. Professional affiliations: IDSA, AIGA, APDF.
NEEDS Approached by 12 freelancers/year. Works with 5 freelance illustrators and 7 designers/year. Uses artists for advertising, editorial, medical, technical and fashion illustration, mechanicals, retouching, direct mail and package design, model-making, charts/graphs, photography, AV presentations and lettering. Needs computer-literate freelancers for illustration and production. 50% of freelance work demands computer skills.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter, then call for appointment. Works on assignment only. Send “whatever samples are necessary to demonstrate competence” including multiple roughs for a few projects. Samples are filed or returned. Responds immediately. Provide brochure/flyer, résumé, business card, tearsheets and samples to be kept on file for possible future assignments. Pays for design by the project, $1,000-10,000. Pays for illustration by the project.
TIPS Looks for creativity and confidence.
BERSON, DEAN, STEVENS
P.O. Box 3997, Westlake Village CA 91359. (818)713-0134. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]. Website: www.bersondeanstevens.com. Contact: Lori Berson, owner. Estab. 1981. Specializes in annual reports, brand and corporate identity, collateral, direct mail, trade show booths, promotions, websites, packaging, and publication design. Clients: manufacturers, professional and financial service firms, ad agencies, corporations and movie studios. Professional affiliation: L.A. Ad Club.
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelancers/year. Works with 10-20 illustrators and 10 designers/year. Works on assignment only. Uses illustrators mainly for brochures, packaging, and comps. Also for catalog, P-O-P, ad and poster illustration, mechanicals retouching, airbrushing, lettering, logos and model-making. 90% of freelance work demands skills in Illustrator, QuarkXPress, Photoshop, as well as Web authoring, Dreamweaver, Flash/HTML, CGI, Java, etc.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with tearsheets and photocopies. Samples are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project. Considers buying second rights (reprint rights) to previously published work. Finds artists through word of mouth, submissions/self-promotions, sourcebooks and agents.
BFL MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
1399 Lear Industrial Pkwy., Avon OH 44011. (216)875-8860. Fax: (216)875-8870. Website: www.bflcom.com. Contact: David Costin, graphic design/website design & multimedia specialist. Estab. 1955. Number of employees: 12. Approximate annual billing: $6.5 million. Marketing communications firm; full-service multimedia firm. Specializes in new product marketing, website design, interactive media. Product specialty is consumer home products. Client list available upon request. Professional affiliations: North American Advertising Agency Network, BPAA.
NEEDS Approached by 20 freelancers/year. Works with 5 freelance illustrators and 5 designers/year.Prefers freelancers with experience in advertising design. Uses freelancers mainly for graphic design, illustration; also for brochure and catalog design and illustration, lettering, logos, model making, posters, retouching, TV/film graphics. 80% of work is with print ads. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design, illustration, production and presentation. 50% of freelance work demands knowledge of FreeHand, Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard-size sample of work or send query letter with brochure, photostats, tearsheets, photocopies, résumé, slides and photographs. Samples are filed or returned by SASE. Responds in 2 weeks. Artist should follow-up with call or letter after initial query. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color final art, photographs, photostats, roughs, slides and thumbnails. Pays by the project, $200 minimum.
TIPS Finds artists through Creative Black Book, Illustration Annual, Communication Arts, local interviews. “Seeking specialist in Internet design, CD computer presentations and interactive media.”
BIGGS-GILMORE
261 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Suite 300, Kalamazoo MI 49007-3990. (269)349-7711. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.biggs-gilmore.com. Contact: Marino Puhalj, creative director. Estab. 1973. Ad agency; full-service multimedia firm. Specializes in traditional advertising (print, collateral, TV, radio, outdoor), branding, strategic planning, e-business development, and media planning and buying. Product specialties are consumer, business-to-business, marine and healthcare. Clients include Morningstar Farms, Pfizer, Kellogg Company, Zimmer, Beaner’s Coffee, United Way.
Additional location: 65 E. Wacker Pl., Suite #2410, Chicago IL 60601-7239; (312)269-5563.
NEEDS Approached by 10 artists/month. Works with 1-3 illustrators and designers/month. Works both with artist reps and directly with artist. Prefers artists with experience with client needs. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers mainly for completion of projects needing specialties; also for brochure, catalog and print ad design and illustration, storyboards, mechanicals, retouching, billboards, posters, TV/film graphics, lettering and logos.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, photocopies and résumé. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Call for appointment to show portfolio. Portfolio should include all samples the artist considers appropriate. Pays for design and illustration by the hour and by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project.
BLOCK & DECORSO
3 Claridge Dr., Verona NJ 07044. (973)857-3900. Fax: (973)857-4041. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.blockdecorso.com. Estab. 1939. Approximate annual billing: $12 million. Product specialties are food and beverage, education, finance, home fashion, giftware, healthcare and industrial manufacturing. Professional affiliations: Ad Club of North Jersey.
NEEDS Approached by 100 freelancers/year. Works with 25 freelance illustrators and 25 designers/year. Prefers to work with “freelancers with at least 3-5 years experience as Mac-compatible artists and ‘on premises’ work as Mac artists.” Uses freelancers for “consumer friendly” technical illustration, layout, lettering, mechanicals and retouching for ads, annual reports, billboards, catalogs, letterhead, brochures and corporate identity. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design and presentation. 90% of freelance work demands knowledge of QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Type-Styler and Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS To show portfolio, mail appropriate samples and follow up with a phone call. Pays for design by the hour; illustration by the project.
TIPS “We are fortunately busy—we use 4-6 freelancers daily. Be familiar with the latest versions of QuarkXpress, Illustrator and Photoshop. We like to see sketches of the first round of ideas. Make yourself available occasionally to work on premises. Be flexible in usage rights!”
BOOKMAKERS LTD.
P.O. Box 1086, Taos NM 87571. (505)776-5435. Fax: (505)776-2762. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.bookmakersltd.com. Estab. 1975. Full-service design and production studio. “We provide design and production services to the publishing industry. We also represent a group of the best children’s book illustrators in the business. We welcome authors who are interested in self-publishing.”
TIPS “The most common mistake illustrators make in presenting samples or portfolios is “too much variety, not enough focus.”
BOXER DESIGN
548 State St., Brooklyn NY 11217. (718)802-9212. Fax: (718)802-9213. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.boxerdesign.com. Contact: Eileen Boxer. Estab. 1986. Approximate annual billing: $250,000. Design firm. Specializes in books and catalogs for art institutions; announcements and conceptual design primarily, but not exclusively, for cultural institutions. Current clients include Ubu Gallery, Guggenheim Museum, The American Federation of Arts, The Menil Collection, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
This firm received AIGA Awards of Excellence in 1997 (Graphic Design USA: 18) and 2005 (AIGA Year in Design 26).
NEEDS Design work demands intelligent and mature approach to design; knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send e-mail with written and visual credentials. Accepts disk submissions, Mac-compatible, with Adobe PDFs, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator. Responds in 3 weeks if interested. Artist should follow-up with call after initial query. Pays by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project.
BOYDEN & YOUNGBLUTT ADVERTISING & MARKETING
120 W. Superior St., Fort Wayne IN 46802. (260)422-4499. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]. Website: www.b-y.net. Contact: Jerry Youngblutt. Estab. 1990. Number of employees: 24. Ad agency. Full-service, multimedia firm. Specializes in magazine ads, collateral, web, media, television.
NEEDS Approached by 10 freelancers/year. Works with 3-4 freelance illustrators and 5-6 designers/year. Uses freelancers mainly for collateral layout and web. Also for annual reports, billboards, brochure design and illustration, logos and model-making. 25% of work is with print ads, 25% web, 25% media, and 25% TV. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design. 100% of freelance work demands knowledge of FreeHand, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Web Weaver and InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with photostats and résumé. Samples are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color final art. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Buys all rights.
TIPS Finds artists through sourcebooks, word of mouth and artists’ submissions. “Send a precise résumé with what you feel are your ‘ best’ samples—less is more.”
BRAINWORKS DESIGN GROUP, INC.
2460 Garden Rd., Suite G, Monterey CA 93940. (831)657-0650. Fax: (831)657-0750. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.brainwks.com. Estab. 1970. Number of employees: 8. Specializes in ERC (Emotional Response Communications), graphic design, corporate identity, direct mail and publication. Clients: colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations; majority are colleges and universities. Current clients include City College of New York, Queens College, Manhattan College, Nova University, University of Rochester, Florida International University, Cleveland Chiropractic College, Art Institute of N.Y., Naval post graduate school.
Additional location: 221 W. 82nd St., Suite 8A, New York NY 10024; (201)240-5555.
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelancers/year. Works with 4 freelance illustrators and 10 designers/year. Prefers freelancers with experience in type, layout, grids, mechanicals, comps and creative visual thinking. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers mainly for Web design; also for brochure, direct mail and poster design; lettering; and logos. 100% of design work demands knowledge of QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send brochure or résumé, photocopies, photographs, tearsheets and transparencies. Samples are filed. Artist should follow up with call and/or letter after initial query. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include thumbnails, roughs, final reproduction/product and b&w and color tearsheets, photostats, photographs and transparencies. Pays for design by the project, $100-1,000. Considers complexity of project and client’s budget when establishing payment. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through sourcebooks and self-promotions.
TIPS “Creative thinking and a positive attitude are a plus.” The most common mistake freelancers make in presenting samples or portfolios is that the “work does not match up to the samples they show.” Would like to see more roughs and thumbnails.
BRAMSON + ASSOCIATES
7400 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90036. (323)938-3595. Fax: (323)938-0852. E-mail: [email protected]. Estab. 1970. Number of employees 15. Approximate annual billing more than $4 million. Advertising agency. Specializes in corporate communications, branding, magazine branding ads, collateral, ID, signage, graphic design, imaging, campaigns. Product specialties are healthcare, consumer, business to business. Clients include Johnson & Johnson, Chiron Vision, Lawry’s, Sumitomo Metal/ Mining, iScience Interventionals, Afgrow division of Hair Raising Personal Care Products, Inc.
NEEDS Approached by 150 freelancers/year. Works with 10 freelance illustrators, 2 animators and 5 designers/year. Prefers local freelancers but work internationally. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers for brochure and print ad design; brochure, technical, medical and print ad illustration, storyboards, mechanicals, retouching, lettering, logos. 30% of work is with print ads. 50% of freelance work” knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, Freehand or 3-D Studio and InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, photocopies, résumé, photographs, tearsheets, SASE. Samples are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include roughs, color tearsheets. Sometimes requests work on spec before assigning job. Pays for design by the hour, $20-75. Pays for illustration by the project, $250-2,000. Buys all rights or negotiates rights purchased. Finds artists through sourcebooks.
TIPS We look for very unique talent only. Price and availability are also important.”
BRANDLOGIC
15 River Rd., Wilton CT 06897. (203)834-0087. Website: www.brandlogic.com. A brand consultancy with practice areas in corporate brand identity, website design, corporate/sustainability reports and collateral. Current clients include IBM, Sunovion, CFA Institute, PepsiCo, HSB and more.
NEEDS Works with 15 artists/year. Works on assignment only. Uses artists for editorial illustration. Needs computer-literate freelancers for illustration. 30% of freelance work demands knowledge of Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS “No phone calls!” Send query letter with tearsheets, slides, photostats or photocopies. Samples not kept on file are returned by SASE only. Responds only if interested. Pays for illustration by the project, $300-3,500 average. Considers client’s budget, skill and experience of artist, and how work will be used when establishing payment.
LEO J. BRENNAN, INC.
2359 Livernois, Troy MI 48083-1692. (248)362-3131. Fax: (248)362-2355. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.ljbrennan.com. Contact: Leo Brennan, president. Estab. 1969. Number of employees: 3. Ad, PR and marketing firm. Clients: industrial, electronics, robotics, automotive, chemical, tooling, B2B.
NEEDS Works with 2 illustrators and 2 designers/ year. Prefers experienced artists. Uses freelancers for design, technical illustration, brochures, catalogs, retouching, lettering, keylining and typesetting; also for multimedia projects. 50% of work is with print ads. 100% of freelance work demands knowledge of IBM software graphics programs.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé and samples. Samples not filed are returned only if requested. Responds only if interested. Call for appointment to show portfolio of thumbnails, roughs, original/final art, final reproduction/product, color and b&w tearsheets, photostats and photographs. Payment for design and illustration varies. Buys all rights.
BRIGHT IDEAS
A.W. Peller and Associates, Inc., 344 Wagaraw Rd., Hawthorne NJ 07507. (800)451-7450. Fax: (973)423-5569. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.brightideascatalog.com. Estab. 1973. Number of employees: 12. AV producer. Serves clients in education. Produces children’s educational materials-videos, sound filmstrips, read-along books, cassettes and CDs.
NEEDS Works with 1-2 freelance illustrators/year. “While not a requirement, a freelancer living in the same geographic area is a plus.” Works on assignment only, “although if someone had a project already put together, we would consider it.” Uses freelancers mainly for illustrating children’s books; also for artwork for filmstrips, sketches for books and layout work. 50% of freelance work demands knowledge of QuarkXPress and Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé, tearsheets, SASE, photocopies and photographs. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. “Include child-oriented drawings in your portfolio.” Requests work on spec before assigning a job. Pays for design and illustration by the project, $20 minimum. Originals not returned. Buys all rights. Finds artists through submissions.
BRIGHT LIGHT PRODUCTIONS, INC.
602 Main St., Suite 810, Cincinnati OH 45202. (513)721-2574. Fax: (513)721-3329. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.brightlightusa.com. Estab. 1976. “We are a full-service film/video communications firm producing TV commercials and corporate communications.”
NEEDS Works on assignment only. Uses artists for editorial, technical and medical illustration and brochure and print ad design, storyboards, slide illustration, animatics, animation, TV/film graphics and logos. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design and production. 50% of freelance work demands knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure and résumé. Samples not filed are returned by SASE only if requested by artist. Request portfolio review in original query. Portfolio should include roughs and photographs. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Negotiates rights purchased. Finds artists through recommendations. .
TIPS “Our need for freelance artists is growing.”
BROADCAST CENTER STUDIOS
700 Millbridge Gardens, Clementon NJ 08021. (856)751-3500. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.broadcastcenterstudios.com. Contact: Larry Scott, president. Estab. 2007. Ad agency/AV firm. Full-service multimedia firm. Specializes in magazine, radio and television. Current clients include Hartcourt Books, WCAU 10, Philadelphia, Cardinal Freight and Transport.
NEEDS Works with 10 freelance illustrators and 5 designers/year. Prefers freelancers with experience in TV. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers for storyboards, animatics, animation, TV/film graphics. Also for multimedia projects. 90% of freelance work demands knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite CS, Apple Final Cut Pro HD, including motion.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Mail query with DVD/ CD as samples. Samples are filed or are returned by SASE. Accepts submissions on disk from all applications. Send EPS files. Responds only if interested. Pays for design and illustration by the project; rate varies. Buys first rights or all rights.
BROMLEY COMMUNICATIONS
401 E. Houston St., San Antonio TX 78205-2615. (210)244-2000. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.bromleyville.com. Contact: Deborah Charnes, vice president/director of public relations. Number of employees: 80. Approximate annual billing: $80 million. Estab. 1986. Full-service, multimedia ad agency and PR firm. Specializes in TV, radio and magazine ads, etc. Specializes in consumer service firms and Hispanic markets. Current clients include BellSouth, Burger King, Circuit City, Continental Airlines, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble.
NEEDS Approached by 3 artists/month. Prefers local artists only. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers for storyboards, slide illustration, new business presentations and TV/film graphics and logos. 35% of work is with print ads. 25% of freelance work demands knowledge of PageMaker, QuarkXPress and Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure and résumé. Samples are not filed and are returned by SASE only if requested by artist. Responds only if interested. Write for appointment to show portfolio.
BROWNING ADVERTISING
1 Browning Pl., Morgan UT 84050. (801)876-2711. Website: www.browning.com. Contact: Senior Art Director. Estab. 1878. Distributor and marketer of outdoor sports products, particularly firearms. In-house agency for 3 main clients. Inhouse divisions include non-gun hunting products, firearms and accessories.
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelancers/year. View website for any upcoming freelance opportunities. Prefers freelancers with experience in outdoor sportshunting, shooting, fishing. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers occasionally for design, illustration and production. Also for advertising and brochure layout, catalogs, product rendering and design, signage, P-O-P displays, and posters.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé and tearsheets, slides, photographs and transparencies. Samples are not filed and are not returned. Responds only if interested. To show portfolio, mail photostats, slides, tearsheets, transparencies and photographs. Pays for design by the hour, $50-75. Pays for illustration by the project. Buys all rights or reprint rights.
BRYANT, LAHEY & BARNES ADVERTISING & MARKETING
5300 Foxridge Dr., Mission KS 66202. (913)262-7075. Fax: (913)262-2049. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.blbadv.com. Ad agency. Clients: agriculture and veterinary firms.
NEEDS Local freelancers only. Uses freelancers for illustration and production, via Mac-format only; consumer and trade magazines and brochures/flyers.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Query by phone. Send business card and résumé to be kept on file for future assignments. Originals not returned. Negotiates payment.
CAHAN & ASSOCIATES
171 Second St., 5th Floor, San Francisco CA 94105. (415)621-0915. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.cahanassociates.com. Contact: Bill Cahan, president. Estab. 1984. Specializes in annual reports, corporate identity, package design, signage, business and business collateral. Clients: public and private companies (real estate, finance and biotechnology). Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelance artists/year. Works with 5-10 freelance illustrators and 3-5 freelance designers/year. Works on assignment only. Uses freelance illustrators mainly for annual reports. Uses freelance designers mainly for overload cases. Also uses freelance artists for brochure design.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, tearsheets, photostats, résumé, photographs, and photocopies. Samples are filed and are not returned. Responds only if interested. To show a portfolio, mail thumbnails, roughs, tearsheets, and transparencies. Pays for design or illustration by the hour or by the project. Negotiates rights purchased.
THE CALIBER GROUP
4007 E. Paradise Falls Dr., Suite 210, Tucson AZ 85712. (520)795-4500 (Tucson); (480)442-4505 (Tempe). Fax: (520)795-4565 (Tucson). E-mail: [email protected]. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.calibergroup.com. Estab. 1997. Specializes in annual reports, brand identity, corporate identity, display design, direct mail design, environmental graphics, package design, publication design and signage. Client list available upon request.
The creative team has won over 500 international, national and local awards.
NEEDS Approached by 100 freelance artists/year. Works with 10 freelance illustrators and 5-10 freelance designers/year. Works on assignment only. Uses designers and illustrators for brochure, poster, catalog, P-O-P and ad illustration, mechanicals, retouching, airbrushing, charts/graphs and audiovisual materials.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with PDF samples and résumé. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Call to schedule an appointment to show portfolio. Portfolio should include roughs, original/final art. Pays for design by the hour and by the project. Pays for illustration by the project. Negotiates rights purchased.
TIPS When presenting samples or portfolios, designers and illustrators “sometimes mistake quantity for quality. Keep it short and show your best work.”
CARNASE, INC.
300 E. Molino Rd., Palm Springs CA 92262. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.carnase.com. Contact: Tom Carnase, president. Estab. 1978. Specializes in annual reports, brand and corporate identity, display, landscape, interior, direct mail, package and publication design, signage and technical illustration. Clients: agencies, corporations, consultants. Clients: Brooks Brothers, Fortune Magazine, Calvin Klein, Saks Fifth Avenue.
NEEDS Approached by 60 freelance artists/year. Works with 2 illustrators and 1 designer/year. Prefers artists with 5 years experience. Works on assignment only. Uses artists for brochure, catalog, book, magazine and direct mail design and brochure and collateral illustration. Needs computer-literate freelancers. 50% of freelance work demands skills in QuarkXPress or Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, résumé and tearsheets. Samples are filed. Responds in 10 days. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include photostats, slides and color tearsheets. Negotiates payment. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through word of mouth, magazines, submissions/ self-promotions, sourcebooks and agents.
CHAPPELLROBERTS
1600 E. 8th Ave., Suite A-133, Tampa FL 33605. (813)281-0088. Fax: (813)281-0271. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.chappellroberts.com. Estab. 1986. Number of employees: 20. Ad agency, PR firm, full-service multimedia firm. Specializes in integrated communications campaigns using multiple media and promotion. Professional affiliations: AIGA, PRSA, AAF, TBAF and AAAAS.
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelancers/year. Works with 15 freelance illustrators and designers/year. Prefers local artists with experience in conceptualization and production knowledge. Uses freelancers for billboards, brochure design and illustration, logos, mechanicals, posters, retouching and website production. 60% of work is with print ads. 80% of freelance work demands knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite 2, QuarkXPress 6.5.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS E-mail query with samples in PDF files. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color final art, roughs and thumbnails. Pays for design by the hour, by the project, by the day. Pays for illustration by the project, negotiable. Refers to Graphic Artists Guild Handbook for fee structure. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through agents, sourcebooks, seeing actual work done for others, annuals (Communication Arts, PRINT, One Show, etc.).
TIPS Impressed by “work that demonstrates knowledge of product, willingness to work within budget, contributing to creative process, delivering on-time.”
CINE DESIGN FILMS
P.O. Box 6495, Cherry Creek Station, Denver CO 80206. (303)888-0204. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.cinedesignfilms.com. Contact: Jon Husband, producer/director. AV firm. Clients documentary productions.
NEEDS Works with 3-20 freelancers/year. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers for layout, titles, animation and still photography. Clear concept ideas that relate to the client in question are important.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS E-mail query with website links or URL’s or mail query with sample DVD/ CD. “We like to see completed works as samples in DVD/CD form.” Responds only if interested. Pays by the project. Considers complexity of project, client’s budget and rights purchased when establishing payment. Rights purchased vary according to project.
CLIFF & ASSOCIATES
10061 Riverside Dr. #808, Toluca Lake CA 91602. (323)876-1180. Fax: (323)876-5484. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.cliffassoc.com. Contact: Gregg Cliff, owner/creative director. Estab. 1984. Number of employees: 10. Approximate annual billing: $1 million. Specializes in annual reports, corporate identity, direct mail, publication design and sig-nage. Clients: Fortune 500 corporations and performing arts companies. Current clients include BP, IXIA, WSPA, IABC, Capital Research and ING.
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelancers/year. Works with 30 illustrators and 10 designers/year. Prefers local freelancers and Art Center graduates. Uses freelancers mainly for brochures; also for technical, “fresh” editorial and medical illustration, mechanicals, lettering, logos, catalog/book/magazine design, P-O-P and poster design and illustration, and model making. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design and production. 90% of freelance work demands knowledge of QuarkXPress, FreeHand, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé and a nonreturnable sample of work. Samples are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include thumbnails, b&w photostats and printed samples. Pays for design by the hour, $25-35. Pays for illustration by the project, $50-3,000. Buys one-time rights. Finds artists through sourcebooks.
COAKLEY HEAGERTY ADVERTISING & PUBLIC RELATIONS
1165 Lincoln Ave., Suite 208, San Jose CA 95125. (408)275-9400. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.coakley-heagerty.com. Estab. 1961. Number of employees: 35. Full-service ad agency and PR firm. Clients: real estate, consumer, senior care, banking/financial, insurance, automotive, tel com, public service. Professional affiliation: MAGNET (Marketing and Advertising Global Network).
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelancers/year. Works with 3 freelance illustrators and 5 designers/year. “We want freelancers with digital or website experience.” Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers for illustration, retouching, animation, lettering, logos and charts/graphs. Freelance work demands skills in In-Design, Illustrator, Photoshop or QuarkXPress.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS E-mail PDF files showing art style, or e-mail link to website. Responds only if interested. Call for an appointment to show portfolio. Pays for design and illustration by the project, $600-5,000.
COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS, INC.
P.O. Box 1045, Ann Arbor MI 48106-1045. (734)996-8888. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.usascan.com. Contact: Ken Ascher, editor. Estab. 1969.
NEEDS Approached by 500 freelancers/year. Works with 40 freelance illustrators and 40 designers/year. Uses freelancers for brochure and catalog design, illustration and layout, advertising, product design, illustration on product, P-O-P displays, posters and renderings. Needs editorial and technical illustration. Prefers pen & ink, airbrush, charcoal/pencil, wa-tercolor, acrylic, marker and computer illustration. 30% of freelance work demands skills in PageMaker or QuarkXPress.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, résumé, business card, samples and tearsheets to be kept on file. Samples not filed are returned by SASE. Responds in 1 month. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays for design and illustration by the hour, $10-120; by the project, $10-15,000; by the day, $40-800.
COMPASS MEDIA, INC.
175 Northshore Pl., Gulf Shores AL 36542. (251)968-4600; (800)239-9880. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.compassbiz.com. Contact: Editor. Estab. 1988. Number of employees 25-30. Approximate annual billing $4 million. Integrated marketing communications agency and publisher. Specializes in tourism products and programs. Product specialties are business and consumer tourism. Current clients include Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Alabama Gulf Coast CVB. Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 5-20 designers/year. Works with 4-6 designers/year. Prefers freelancers with experience in magazine work. Uses freelancers mainly for sales collateral, advertising collateral and illustration. 5% of work is with print ads. 100% of design demands skills in Photoshop 7.0 and InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with photocopies, résumé and tearsheets.Samples are filed and are not returned. Responds in 1 month. Art director will contact artist for portfolio review of slides and tearsheets if interested. Pays by the project, $100 minimum. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through sourcebooks, networking and print.
TIPS “Be fast and flexible. Have magazine experience.”
COUSINS DESIGN
330 E. 33rd St., New York NY 10016. (212)685-7190. Fax: (212)689-3369. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.cousinsdesign.com. Contact: Michael Cousins, president. Number of employees: 4. Specializes in packaging and product design. Clients: marketing and manufacturing companies. Professional affiliation: IDSA.
NEEDS Occasionally works with freelance designers. Prefers local designers. Works on assignment only.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send nonreturnable postcard sample or e-mail website link. Samples are filed. Responds in 2 weeks only if interested. Write for appointment to show portfolio of roughs, final reproduction/product and photostats. Pays for design by the hour or flat fee. Considers skill and experience of artist when establishing payment. Buys all rights.
TIPS “Send great work that fits our direction.”
CREATIVE COMPANY, INC.
726 NE 4th St., McMinnville OR 97128. (866)363-4433. Fax: (503)883-6817. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]. Website: www.creativeco.com. Specializes in branding, marketing-driven corporate identity, collateral, direct mail, packaging and ongoing marketing campaigns. Product specialties are food, financial services, colleges, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural products.
NEEDS Works with 1-2 freelance designers and 1-2 illustrators/year. Prefers local artists. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers for design, illustration, digital production (Mac), retouching and lettering. “Looking for clean, fresh designs!” 100% of design and 60% of illustration demand skills in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, résumé, online access to website, or PDF portfolio. Will contact for portfolio review if interested. “We require a portfolio review. Years of experience not important if portfolio is good. We prefer one-on-one review to discuss individual projects/ time/approach.” Pays for design by the hour or project, $50-90. Pays for illustration by the project. Considers complexity of project and skill and experience of artist when establishing payment.
TIPS Common mistakes freelancers make in presenting samples or portfolios are “1) poor presentation, samples not mounted or organized; 2) not knowing how long it took them to do a job to provide a budget figure; 3) not demonstrating an understanding of the audience, the problem or printing process and how their work will translate into print or online 4) just dropping in without an appointment; 5) not following up periodically to update information or a résumé that might be on file.”
CREATIVE CONSULTANTS
2608 W. Dell Dr., Spokane WA 99208-4428. (509)326-3604. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.creativeconsultants.com. Contact: Edmond A. Bruneau, president. Estab. 1980. Approximate annual billing $300,000. Ad agency and design firm. Specializes in collateral, logos, ads, annual reports, radio and TV spots. Product specialties are business and consumer. Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 20 illustrators and 25 designers/year. Works with 10 illustrators and 15 designers/ year. Uses freelancers mainly for animation, brochure, catalog and technical illustration, model-making and TV/film graphics. 36% of work is with print ads. Designs and illustration demands skills in Photoshop and QuarkXPress.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter. Illustrators: Send postcard sample of work and e-mail. Accepts disk submissions if compatible with Photoshop, QuarkXPress, PageMaker and FreeHand. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Pays by the project. Buys all rights. Finds artists through Internet, word of mouth, reference books and agents.
THE CRICKET CONTRAST
(602)390-4940. Fax: (602)391-2199. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.thecricketcontrast.com. Estab. 1982. Specializes in providing solutions for branding, corporate identity, web page design, advertising, package and publication design, and traditional online printing. Clients: corporations. Professional affiliations: AIGA, Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, Phoenix Society of Communicating Arts, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Zoo.
NEEDS Approached by 25-50 freelancers/year. Works with 5 freelance illustrators and 5 designers/ year. Uses freelancers for ad illustration, brochure design and illustration, lettering and logos. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design and production. 100% of freelance work demands knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and QuarkXPress.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send photocopies, photographs and résumé via e-mail. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Negotiates rights purchased. Finds artists through self-promotions and sourcebooks.
TIPS “Beginning freelancers should send all info through e-mail.”
CTCREATIVE
214 W. River Rd., St. Charles IL 60174. (630)587-6000. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.ctcreative.com. Estab. 1989. Integrated marketing communications agency. Specializes in consulting, creative branding, collateral. Product specialties: healthcare, family. Current clients include Kidspeace, Cook Communications, Opportunity International.
NEEDS Works with 1-2 freelance illustrators and 2-3 designers/year. Needs freelancers for brochure design and illustration, logos, multimedia projects, posters, signage, storyboards, TV/film graphics. 20% of work is with print ads. 100% of freelance design demands skills in Illustrator and InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with brochure and photocopies. Illustrators: Send postcard sample of work. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Portfolio review not required. Pays by the project. Buys all rights.
JO CULBERTSON DESIGN, INC.
939 Pearl St., Denver CO 80203. (303)861-9046. Email: [email protected]. Contact: Jo Culbertson, president. Estab. 1976. Number of employees 1. Approximate annual billing $75,000. Specializes in direct mail, packaging, publication and marketing design, annual reports, corporate identity, and signage. Clients: corporations, not-for-profit organizations. Current clients include Love Publishing Company, Gabby Krause Foundation, Jace Management Services, Vitamin Cottage, Sun Gard Insurance Systems. Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 2 freelancers/year. Works with 1 freelance illustrator/year. Prefers local freelancers only. Works on assignment only. Uses illustrators mainly for corporate collateral pieces, illustration and ad illustration. 50% of freelance work demands knowledge of QuarkXPress, Photoshop, CorelDraw.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter or e-mail with résumé, tearsheets and photocopies. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Artist should follow up with call. Portfolio should include b&w and color thumbnails, roughs and final art. Pays for design by the project, $250 minimum. Pays for illustration by the project, $100 minimum. Finds artists through file of résumés, samples, interviews.
DAIGLE DESIGN, INC.
6606 Eagle Harbor Dr., Bainbridge Island WA 98110. (206)842-5356. Fax: (206)780-2526. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.daigledesign.com. Contact: Candace Daigle, creative director. Estab. 1987. Number of employees: 3. Approximate annual billing $450,000. Design firm. Specializes in brochures, catalogs, logos, magazine ads, trade show display and websites. Product specialties are agriculture, law, telecommunications, furniture, real estate development, aviation, yachts, restaurant equipment and automotive.
NEEDS Approached by 10 illustrators and 20 designers/year. Works with 5 illustrators and 5 designers/ year. Prefers local designers with experience in Photoshop, Illustrator, DreamWeaver, Flash and InDesign. Uses freelancers mainly for concept and production. Also for airbrushing, brochure design and illustration, lettering, logos, multimedia projects, signage, technical illustration and Web page design. 50% of work is with print. 50% of design demands skills in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. 50% of illustration demands skills in Photoshop, Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with résumé. Illustrators: Send query letter with photocopies. Accepts disk submissions. Send JPEG files. Samples are filed and are not returned. Responds only if interested. Will contact for portfolio review of b&w, color, final art, slides and tearsheets if interested. Pays for design by the hour, $35; pays for illustration by the project, $150-3,000. Buys all rights. Finds artists through submissions, reps, temp agencies and word of mouth.
DEFOREST GROUP
300 W. Lake St., Elmhurst IL 60126. (630)834-7200. Fax: (630)279-8410. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.deforestgroup.com. Number of employees: 15. Marketing solutions, graphic design and digital photography firm.
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelance artists/year. Works with 3-5 freelance designers/year. Prefers artists with experience in PhotoShop, Illustrator and InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé and samples. Samples are filed or returned by SASE if requested by artist. To arrange for portfolio review artist should fax or e-mail. Pays for production by the hour, $25-75. Finds designers through word of mouth and artists’ submissions.
TIPS “Be hardworking, honest, and good at your craft.”
DESIGN2MARKET
1973 O’Toole Way, San Jose CA 95131. (408)232-0440. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.design2marketinc.com. Estab. 1980. Specializes in corporate identity, trade show exhibit design and coordination, displays, direct mail, print advertising, publication design, web design, signage and marketing. Clients high technology, government and business-to-business. Clients include NEC, OKI Semiconductor, IDEC, Saver Glass and City College of San Francisco. Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 6 freelancers/year. Works with 3 freelance illustrators and 2 designers/year. Works on assignment only. Uses illustrators mainly for 4-color, airbrush and technical work. Uses designers mainly for logos, layout and production. Also uses freelancers for brochure, catalog, ad, P-O-P and poster design and illustration; mechanicals; retouching; lettering; book, magazine, model-making; direct mail design; charts/graphs; and AV materials. Also for multimedia projects (Director SuperCard). Needs editorial and technical illustration. 100% of design and 75% of illustration demand knowledge of InDesign, QuarkXPress, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Model Shop, Strata, Sketchup, Flash, MMDir. or Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample or query letter with brochure and tearsheets. Accepts disk submissions compatible with Illustrator,QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Sketchup, Flash and Strata. Samples are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include thumbnails, roughs, b&w and color photostats, tearsheets, photographs, slides and transparencies. Sometimes requests work on spec before assigning a job. Pays for design by the hour, $25-50. Pays for illustration by the project, $300-3,000. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through self-promotions.
TIPS “Would like to see more images for advertising purposes, as well as the ability to reproduce in all media.”
DESIGN ASSOCIATES GROUP, INC.
1828 Asbury Ave., Evanston IL 60201-3504. (847)425-4800. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.designassociatesinc.com. Estab. 1986. Number of employees: 5. Specializes in text and trade book design, corporate marketing and communications: annual reports, corporate branding/identity, website development, content management systems, mobile app development. Clients: corporations, publishers and institutions. Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 10-20 freelancers/year. Works with 100 freelance illustrators and 2 designers/year. Uses freelancers for design and production. 100% of freelance work demands knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with samples that best represent work. Accepts disk submissions. Samples are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color samples.
DESIGN COLLABORATIVE
1617 Lincoln Ave., San Rafael CA 94901. (415)456-0252. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.designco.com. Contact: Bob Ford, creative director. Estab. 1987. Number of employees 7. Approximate annual billing $350,000. Ad agency/design firm. Specializes in publication design, package design, environmental graphics. Product specialty is consumer. Current clients include B of A, Lucas Film Ltd., Broderbund Software. Client list available upon request. Professional affiliations AAGD, PINC, AAD.
NEEDS Approached by 20 freelance illustrators and 60 designers/year. Works with 15 freelance illustrators and 20 designers/year. Prefers local designers with experience in package design. Uses freelancers mainly for art direction production. Also for brochure design and illustration, mechanicals, multimedia projects, signage, web page design. 25% of work is with print ads. 80% of design and 85% of illustration demand skills in PageMaker, FreeHand, Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Illustrator, PageMill.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with photocopies, résumé, color copies. Illustrators: Send postcard sample or query letter with photocopies and color copies. After introductory mailing, send follow-up postcard samples. Accepts disk submissions. Send EPS files. Samples are filed or returned. Responds in 1 week. Artist should call. Portfolio review required if interested in artist’s work. Portfolios of final art and transparencies may be dropped off every Monday. Pays for design by the hour, $40-80. Pays for illustration by the hour, $40-100. Buys first rights. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through creative sourcebooks.
TIPS “Listen carefully and execute well.”
DESIGN RESOURCE CENTER
424 Fort Hill Dr., Suite 118, Naperville IL 60540. (630)357-6008. Fax: (630)357-6040. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.drcchicago.com. Contact: John Norman and Chuck Bokar, principals. Estab. 1990. Number of employees: 20. Approximate annual billing: $2,500,000. Specializes in strategic branding and package design. Clients: corporations, manufacturers, retailers, private labels.
NEEDS Approached by 5-10 freelancers/year. Works with 5-10 freelance designers and production artists and 5-10 designers/year. Uses designers mainly for conceptual design or production. Also uses freelancers for P-O-P design and illustration, lettering, logos and package design. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design, illustration and production. 100% of freelance work demands knowledge of Illustrator, QuarkXPress and Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, photocopies, photographs and résumé. Samples are filed. Artist should follow up. Portfolio review sometimes required. Portfolio should include b&w and color final art, photographs, roughs and thumbnails. Pays for design by the hour or per project. Pays for illustration by the project. Buys all rights. Finds artists through word of mouth and referrals.
DEVER DESIGNS
14203 Park Center Dr., Suite 308, Laurel MD 20707. (301)776-2812. Fax: (866)665-1196. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.deverdesigns.com. Contact: Holly Hagen, marketing director. Estab. 1985. Number of employees: 8. Specializes in annual reports, corporate identity and publication design. Clients: associations, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, museums, government agencies.
NEEDS Approached by 100 freelance illustrators/ year. Works with 10-20 freelance illustrators/year. Prefers artists with experience in editorial illustration. Uses illustrators mainly for publications.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard, samples or query letter with photocopies, résumé and tearsheets. Accepts PDFs and disk submissions compatible with Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign, but prefers hard copy samples which are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w or color photocopies for files. Pays for illustration by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through referrals and sourcebooks.
TIPS Impressed by consistent quality.
ANTHONY DI MARCO
301 Aris Ave., Metairie LA 70005. (504)833-3122. Website: www.anthonydimarcostudio.com. Contact: Anthony Di Marco, creative director. Estab. 1972. Number of employees: 1. Specializes in illustration, sculpture, costume design, art and photo restoration and retouching. Current clients include Audubon Institute, Louisiana Nature and Science Center, Fair Grounds Race Course. Client list available upon request. Professional affiliations: Art Directors Designers Association, Entergy Arts Council, Louisiana Crafts Council, Louisiana Alliance for Conservation of Arts.
NEEDS Approached by 50 or more freelancers/year. Works with 5-10 freelance illustrators and 5-10 designers/year. Seeks “local freelancers with ambition. Freelancers should have substantial portfolios and an understanding of business requirements.” Uses freelancers mainly for fill-in and finish design, illustration, mechanicals, retouching, airbrushing, posters, model-making, charts/graphs. Prefers highly polished, finished art in pen & ink, airbrush, charcoal/ pencil, colored pencil, watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastel, collage and marker. 25% of freelance work demands computer skills.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé, business card, slides, brochure, photocopies, photographs, transparencies and tearsheets to be kept on file. Samples not filed are returned by SASE. Responds in 1 week if interested. Call or write for appointment to show portfolio. Pays for illustration by the hour or by the project, $100 minimum.
TIPS “Keep professionalism in mind at all times. Put forth your best effort. Apologizing for imperfect work is a common mistake freelancers make when presenting a portfolio. Include prices for completed works (avoid overpricing). 3D works comprise more of our total commissions than before.”
DITTMANN DESIGN
P.O. Box 31387, Seattle WA 98103-1387. (206)523-4778. E-mail: [email protected]. Contact: Martha Dittmann, owner/designer. Estab. 1981. Number of employees: 2. Specializes in brand and corporate identity, display and package design and signage. Clients corporations. Client list available upon request. Professional affiliations AIGA.
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelancers/year. Works with 5 freelance illustrators and 2 designers/year. Uses illustrators mainly for corporate collateral and packaging. Uses designers mainly for color brochure layout and production. Also uses freelancers for brochure and P-O-P illustration, charts/graphs and lettering. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design, illustration, production and presentation. 75% of freelance work demands knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Acrobat.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample of work or brochure and photocopies. Samples are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include final art, roughs and thumbnails. Pays for design by the hour, $65-150. Pays for illustration by the project, $500-7,500. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through sourcebooks, agents and submissions.
TIPS Looks for “enthusiasm and talent.”
DS+F (DON SCHAAF & FRIENDS, INC.)
1313 F St. NW, Washington DC 20004. (202)965-2600; Toll Free (866)965-1313. Fax: (202)965-2669. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.dsfriends.com. Contact: Matt Schaaf, Mike Raso and Ami Barker, senior executives. Estab. 1990. Number of employees: 12. Approximate annual billing $3 million. Marketing, advertising and branding firm. Clients: Kennametal, Flowserve, Dresser, Westinghouse Nuclear, National Association of Broadcasters, US Bobsled Federation, Venable, ASIS International, National Retail Federation, Ezra, NIH Foundation, NPE Show, etc. Complete client list available upon request. Professional affiliations: AIGA, Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington DC.
NEEDS Approached by 25 illustrators and 100 designers/year. Works with 10 illustrators/year. Uses freelance illustrators for print, multimedia and Web projects.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample or query letter with follow-up postcard every 3 months. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Portfolios of photographs may be dropped every Friday. Pays for illustration by the project, $1,000-10,000. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through sourcebooks and word of mouth.
DYKEMAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
4115 Rawlins St., Dallas TX 75219. (214)528-2991. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.dykemanassociates.com. Estab. 1974. PR/marketing firm. Specializes in business, hospitality, sports, environmental, energy, health.
NEEDS Works with 5 illustrators and designers/year. Local freelancers preferred. Uses freelancers for editorial and technical illustration, brochure design, exhibits, corporate identification, POS, signs, posters, ads and all design and finished artwork for Web sites and printed materials. PC or Mac.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Request portfolio review in original query. Pays by the project, $300-3,000. “Artist makes an estimate; we approve or negotiate.”
TIPS “Be enthusiastic. Present an organized portfolio with a variety of work. Portfolio should reflect all that an artist can do. Don’t include examples of projects for which you only did a small part of the creative work. Have a price structure but be willing to negotiate per project. We prefer to use artists/designers/illustrators who will work with barter (trade) dollars and join one of our trade exchanges. We see steady growth ahead.”
EJW ASSOCIATES, INC.
1602 Abbey Ct., Alpharetta GA 30004. (770)664-9322. Fax: (770)664-9324. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.ejwassoc.com. Contact: Emil Walcek, president. Estab. 1982. Ad agency. Specializes in space ads, corporate ID, brochures, show graphics. Product specialty is business-to-business.
NEEDS Works with 2-4 freelance illustrators and designers/year. Prefers local freelancers with experience in Mac computer design/illustration and Photoshop expertise. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers for brochure, website development, catalog and print ad design and illustration, editorial, technical illustration and logos. 50% of work is with print ads. 75% of freelance work demands skills in FreeHand, Photoshop, Web coding, Flash.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé, photostats, slides and website. Samples are filed or are returned by SASE if requested by artist. Responds only if interested. Pays for design by the hour, $40-80; by the day, $300-600; or by the project. Buys all rights.
TIPS “Have experience in non-consumer, industrial or technology account work. Visit our website first, then e-mail or call. Do not send e-mail attachments.”
THE EMERY GROUP
2707 Congress St., #2M, San Diego CA 92110. (619)299-0775 (San Diego); (915)532-3636 (El Paso). E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.emerygroup.com. Number of employees: 18. Ad agency. Specializes in automotive and retail firms, banks and restaurants. Clients: Texas National Bank and Horizon Company Ltd.
Second location: 1519 Montana Ave., El Paso TX 79902.
NEEDS Approached by 3-4 freelancers/year. Works with 2-3 freelance illustrators and 4-5 designers/year. Uses freelancers mainly for design, illustration and production. Needs technical illustration and cartoons.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Works on assignment only. Send query letter with résumé and samples to be kept on file. Prefers tearsheets as samples. Samples not filed are returned by SASE. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Sometimes requests work on spec before assigning a job. Pays for design by the hour, $15 minimum; by the project, $100 minimum; by the day, $300 minimum. Pays for illustration by the hour, $15 minimum; by the project, $100 minimum. Considers complexity of project, client’s budget and turnaround time when establishing payment. Rights purchased vary according to project.
TIPS Especially looks for “consistency and dependability; high creativity; familiarity with retail, Southwestern and Southern California look.”
ERICKSEN ADVERTISING & DESIGN, INC.
12 W. 37th St., 9th Floor, New York NY 10018. (212)239-3313. Fax: (212)239-3321. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.eadcom.com. Contact: Magno Parada, senior graphic designer/web designer. Full-service ad agency providing all promotional materials and commercial services for clients. Product specialties are promotional, commercial and advertising material. Current clients include BBC, National Geographic, CBSTV and Prudential.
NEEDS Works with several freelancers/year. Assigns several jobs/year. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers mainly for advertising, packaging, brochures, catalogs, trade, P-O-P displays, posters, lettering and logos. Prefers composited and computer-generated artwork.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Contact through artist’s agent or send query letter with brochure or tearsheets and slides. Samples are filed and are not returned unless requested with SASE; unsolicited samples are not returned. Responds in 1 week if interested or when artist is needed for a project. Does not respond to all unsolicited samples. “Only on request should a portfolio be sent.” Pays for illustration by the project, up to $5,000. Buys all rights, and retains ownership of original in some situations. Finds artists through word of mouth, magazines, submissions and sourcebooks.
TIPS “Advertising artwork is becoming increasingly ‘commercial’ in response to very tightly targeted marketing. The artist has to respond to increased creative team input. Must be experienced in computer softwares; Quark, Photoshop, Acrobat, Illustrator, MS Office, Dreamweaver, and other design/web programs.”
ERVIN ADVERTISING & DESIGN, INC.
3100 Airway Ave., Suite 132, Costa Mesa CA 92626. (714)668-1307. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.ervinbell.com. Contact: Mike Ervin. Estab. 1981. (Formerly Ervin-Bell Marketing Communications.) Specializes in annual reports, branding and brand management, corporate identity, retail, direct mail, package and publication design. Clients: corporations, malls, financial firms, industrial firms and software publishers. Current clients include Nutro Pet Foods, The First American Corporation, Toyota. Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 100 freelancers/year. Works with 10 freelance illustrators and 6 designers/year. Works on assignment only. Uses illustrators mainly for package designs, annual reports. Uses designers mainly for annual reports, special projects. Also uses freelancers for brochure design and illustration, P-O-P and ad illustration, audiovisual materials, lettering and charts/graphs. Needs computer-literate freelancers for production. 100% of freelance work demands knowledge of InDesign and Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send résumé and photocopies. Samples are filed and are not returned. Responds only if interested. Request portfolio review in original query. Portfolio should include tearsheets. Pays for design by the hour, $15-30; by the project (rate varies); by the day, $120-240. Pays for illustration by the project (rate varies). Buys all rights.
TIPS Finds artists through Internet, Creative Hotlist and submitted résumés.
EVENSON DESIGN GROUP
4445 Overland Ave., Culver City CA 90230. (310)204-1995. Fax: (310)204-4879. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: evensondesign.com. Contact: Stan Evenson, principal. Estab. 1976. Specializes in annual reports, brand and corporate identity, display design, direct mail, package design, website design, and signage. Clients ad agencies, hospitals, corporations, law firms, entertainment companies, record companies, publications, PR firms. Current clients include ActiVistion, Disney, Universal Studios, NSL Properties, Co-Op Network, University of Southern California, Warner Brothers, Yokohama.
NEEDS Approached by 75-100 freelance artists/year. Works with 10 illustrators and 15 designers/year. Prefers artists with production experience as well as strong design capabilities. Works on assignment only. Uses illustrators mainly for covers for corporate brochures. Uses designers mainly for logo design, page layouts, all overflow work. Also uses freelancers for brochure, catalog, direct mail, ad, P-O-P and poster design and illustration, mechanicals, lettering, logos and charts/graphs. 100% of design work demands skills in InDesign, FreeHand, Photoshop or Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé and samples or send samples via e-mail. Responds only if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color photostats and tearsheets and 4×5 or larger transparencies.
TIPS “Be efficient in the execution of design work, producing quality designs over the quantity of designs. Professionalism, as well as a good sense of humor, will prove you to be a favorable addition to any design team.”
EVENTIV
10116 Blue Creek North, Whitehouse OH 43571. (419)877-5711. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.eventiv.com. Contact: Janice Robie, president/ creative director. Agency specializing in graphics, promotions and tradeshow marketing.
NEEDS Assigns freelance jobs. Works with illustrators and designers on assignment only. Uses freelancers for brochures, P-O-P displays, AV presentations, posters and illustrations (technical or creative) electronic authoring, animation, web design. Requires computer skills.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS E-mail samples. Responds only interested. Pays by the hour or by the project. Considers client’s budget and skill and experience of artist when establishing payment. Retains rights purchased.
FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
P.O. Box 877, Dubuque IA 52004. (563)585-8294. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.flexsteel.com. Contact: Justin Mills, advertising administrator. Estab. 1893. Full-service multimedia firm; manufacturer with full-service in-house agency. Specializes in furniture advertising layouts, price lists, etc. Product specialty is consumer-upholstered furniture.
NEEDS Approached by 1 freelance artist/month. Works with 2-4 illustrators/month. Prefers artists who can do both wash and line illustration of upholstered furniture. Uses freelance artists for catalog and print ad illustration, retouching, billboards and posters. Works on assignment only. 25% of work is with print ads.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé, tearsheets and samples. Samples are filed or are returned by SASE if requested by artist. Responds only if interested. To show a portfolio, mail thumbnails, roughs and b&w tearsheets. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Buys all rights.
FLINT COMMUNICATIONS
101 N. 10th St., Suite 300, Fargo ND 58107. (701)237-4850. Fax: (701)234-9680. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Website: www.flintcom.com. Contact: Gerri Lien, creative director; Dawn Koranda, art director. Estab. 1946. Number of employees: 60. Approximate annual billing: $14 million. Ad agency; full-service multimedia firm. Product specialties are agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, tourism and banking. Professional affiliations: AIGA, MN Ad Fed.
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelancers/year. Works with 6-10 freelance illustrators and 3-4 designers/year. Uses freelancers for annual reports, brochure design and illustration, lettering, logos and TV/film graphics. 40% of work is with print ads. 20% of freelance work demands knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, QuarkXPress and Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter and postcard-size or larger sample of work. Samples are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays for illustration by the project, $100-2,000. Rights purchased vary according to project.
FORDESIGN GROUP
5405 South, 550 East, Ogden UT 84405. (801)479-4002. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.fordesign.net. Contact: Steven Ford, owner. Estab. 1990. Specializes in brand and corporate identity, package and website design. Clients: corporations. Current clients include Sony, IBM, Cadbury Beverage, Carrs, MasterCard. Professional affiliations: AIGA, PDC.
NEEDS Approached by 100 freelancers/year. Works with 6-10 freelance illustrators and 4-6 designers/year. Uses illustrators mainly for brochures, ads. Uses designers mainly for corporate identity, packaging, collateral. Also uses freelancers for ad and brochure design and illustration, logos. Needs bright, conceptual designers and illustrators. 90% of freelance work demands skills in Illustrator, Photoshop, FreeHand and Dreamweaver.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample of work or send photostats, slides and transparencies. Samples are filed or returned by SASE if requested by artist. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color samples. Pays for design by the hour or by the project. Pays for illustration by the project.
TIPS “We review Showcase, Workbook, etc. We are impressed by great work, simply presented. Save money on promotional materials by partnering with printers. Create a joint project or tie-in.”
FREEASSOCIATES
2300 Westwood Blvd., Suite 105, Los Angeles CA 90064. (310)441-9950. Fax: (310)441-9949. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.freeassoc.com. Contact: Josh Freeman, president/creative director. Estab. 1974. Number of employees: 4. Design firm. Specializes in marketing materials for corporate clients. Client list available upon request. Professional affiliations: AIGA.
NEEDS Approached by 60 illustrators and 30 designers/year. Works with 3 illustrators and 3 designers/ year. Prefers freelancers with experience in top level design and advertising. Uses freelancers mainly for design, production, illustration; also for airbrushing, brochure design and illustration, catalog design and illustration, lettering, logos, mechanicals, multimedia projects, posters, retouching, signage, storyboards, technical illustration and web page design. 30% of work is with print ads. 90% of design and 50% of illustration demand skills in Photoshop, InDesign CS, Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with photocopies, photographs, résumé, tearsheets. Illustrators: Send postcard sample of work or photographs and tearsheets. Accepts Mac-compatible disk submissions to view in current version of major software or self-running presentations—CD OK. Samples are filed or returned by SASE. Will contact for portfolio review if interested. Pays for design and illustration by the project; negotiable. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through iSpot. com and other online resources, LA Workbook, CA, Print, Graphis, submissions and samples.
TIPS “Designers should have their own computer and high speed Internet connection. Must have sensitivity to marketing requirements of projects they work on. Deadline commitments are critical.”
G2 PARTNERS
6 Spring St., Medway MA 02053-2156. (508)533-1223. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.g2partners.com. Estab. 1975. Ad agency. Specializes in business-to-business marketing communications (advertising, direct mail, branding and identity, Internet presence, corporate literature, investor relations) for a variety of regional, national and international clients, large and small.
NEEDS Uses freelancers mainly for advertising, direct mail and literature; also for brochure and print ad illustration.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Samples are filed or are returned by SASE if requested by artist. Responds only if interested. Pays for illustration by the project: $500-3,500. Finds artists through online sources.
GIRVIN STRATEGIC BRANDING
121 Stewart St., Suite 212, Seattle WA 98101-2414. (206)674-7808. Fax: (206)674-7909. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.girvin.com. Estab. 1977. Design Firm. Number of employees: 20. Specializes in corporate identity and brand strategy, naming, Internet strategy, graphic design, signage and packaging. Clients: Kerzner, Kraft, NaturoMedica, Nintendo, Paramount, Procter & Gamble, Simon Golub & Sons and Schwartz Brothers.
NEEDS Works with some freelance copy writers, photographers, web programmers, illustrators, production artists and designers/year.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with appropriate samples. Illustrators: Send postcard sample or other nonreturnable samples. Will contact for portfolio review if interested. Payment negotiable.
GLOBAL FLUENCY
4151 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto CA 94303. (650)328-5555. Fax: (650)328-5016. Website: www.globalfluency.com. Estab. 1986. Strategic communications and PR firm. Specializes in promotions, packaging, corporate identity, collateral design, annuals, graphic and ad design. Product specialties are Internet, high-tech, computer systems and peripherals, medical and consumer packaged goods. Clients include eDiets.com, McAfee, PGP Corporation, TOA Technologies.
NEEDS Approached by 20 freelance artists/month. Works with 2-3 freelance illustrators and 2-3 freelance designers/month. Prefers local artists with experience in all areas of manual and electronic art capabilities. Works on assignment only. Uses freelance artists mainly for brochure design and illustration, print ad illustration, mechanicals, posters, lettering, logos and cartoons. Needs editorial and technical illustration for cartoons and caricatures. Needs freelancers for design, illustration, production and presentation.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with “best work samples in the area you’re best in.” Samples are filed. Responds in 2 weeks. To show a portfolio, mail thumbnails, roughs and color slides. Pays for design by the hour. Negotiates rights purchased.
GOLD & ASSOCIATES, INC.
6000-C Sawgrass Village Cir., Ponte Vedra Beach Fl 32082. (904)285-5669. Fax: (904)285-1579. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.strikegold.com. Contact: Keith Gold, creative director/president. Estab. 1988. Full-service multimedia, marketing and communications firm. Specializes in graphic design and advertising. Product specialties are entertainment, medical, publishing, tourism and sports.
NEEDS Approached by over 100 freelancers/year. Works with approximately 25 freelance illustrators/ year. Works primarily with artist reps. Uses illustrators for annual reports, books, brochures, editorial, technical, print ad illustration; storyboards, animatics, animation, music videos. 65% of work is in print. 50% of freelance work demands knowledge of Illustrator, QuarkXPress, Photoshop or InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Contact through artist rep or send query letter with photocopies or tearsheets. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Will contact artists for portfolio review if interested. Follow up with letter after initial query. Portfolio should include tearsheets. Pays for illustration by the project, $200-7,500. Buys all rights. Finds artists primarily through sourcebooks and reps. Does not use freelance designers.
GRAPHIC DESIGN CONCEPTS
15329 Yukon Ave., El Camino Village CA 90260-2452. (310)978-8922. Contact: C. Weinstein, president. Estab. 1980. Specializes in package, publication and industrial design, annual reports, corporate identity, displays and direct mail. Clients: Trust Financial Services (marketing materials). Current projects include new product development for electronic, hardware, cosmetic, toy and novelty companies.
NEEDS Works with 15 illustrators and 25 designers/ year. “Looking for highly creative idea people, all levels of experience.” All styles considered. Uses illustrators mainly for commercial illustration. Uses designers mainly for product and graphic design. Also uses freelancers for brochure, P-O-P, poster and catalog design and illustration; book, magazine, direct mail and newspaper design; mechanicals; retouching; airbrushing; model-making; charts/graphs; lettering; logos. Also for multimedia design, program and content development. 50% of freelance work demands knowledge of PageMaker, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, Photoshop or FreeHand.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, résumé, tearsheets, photostats, photocopies, slides, photographs or transparencies. Accepts disk submissions compatible with Windows. Samples are filed or returned if accompanied by SASE. Responds in 10 days with SASE. Portfolio should include thumbnails, roughs, original/final art, final reproduction/product, tearsheets, transparencies and references from employers. Pays by the hour, $15-50. Considers complexity of project, client’s budget, skill and experience of artist, how work will be used, turnaround time, and rights purchased when establishing payment.
TIPS “Send a résumé, if available. Send samples of recent work or high quality copies. Everything sent to us should have a professional look. After all, it is the first impression we will have of you. Selling artwork is a business. Conduct yourself in a professional manner.”
GRETEMAN GROUP
1425 E. Douglas Ave., Wichita KS 67211. (316)263-1004. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.gretemangroup.com. Contact: Sonia Greteman, owner. Estab. 1989. Number of employees 24. Capitalized billing $20 million. Creative agency. Specializes in corporate identity, advertising, annual reports, signage, website design, interactive media, brochures, collateral. Professional affiliations AIGA.
NEEDS Approached by 20 illustrators and 20 designers/year. Works with 2 illustrators/year. 10% of work is with print ads. 30% of illustration demands computer skills in Photoshop and Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure and résumé. Accepts disk submissions. Send EPS files. Samples are filed. Will contact for portfolio review of b&w and color final art and photostats if interested. Pays for illustration by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project.
GREY NEW YORK
200 Fifth Ave., New York NY 10010. (212)546-2020. Fax: (212)546-2001. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.grey.com. Contact: Jayne Horowitz, vice president/director of art producers. Professional affiliations 4A’s Art Services Committee.
NEEDS Approached by hundreds of freelancers/year. Clients include Pantene, DDF, Diagio, and 3M. Works with about 300 freelancers/year. Freelancers are needed mostly for illustration and photography, but also for model-making, fashion styling and lettering.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Works on assignment only. E-mail query with website link for initial contact. No follow-up e-mails. Does not respond unless interested and an appropriate project arises. Pays by the project. Considers client’s budget and rights purchased when establishing fees.
TIPS “Show your work in a neat and organized manner. Have sample leave-behinds or website link and do not expect to leave with a job.”
GRIFFIN MARKETING SERVICES, INC.
802 Wabash Ave., Suite 6, Chesterton IN 46304. (219)929-1616. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.griffinmarketingservices.com. Contact: Shannon Luther, VP/creative director. Estab. 1974. Number of employees 20. Approximate annual billing $4 million. Integrated marketing firm. Specializes in collateral, direct mail, multimedia. Product specialty is industrial. Current clients include Hyatt, USX, McDonald’s.
NEEDS Works with 20-30 freelance illustrators and 2-30 designers/year. Prefers artists with experience in computer graphics. Uses freelancers mainly for design and illustration. Also uses freelancers for animation, model making and TV/film graphics. 75% of work is with print ads. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design, illustration, production and presentation. 95% of freelance work demands knowledge of PageMaker, FreeHand, Photoshop, QuarkXPress and Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with SASE or e-mail. Samples are not filed and are returned by SASE if requested by artist. Responds in 1 month. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays for design and illustration by the hour, $20-150; or by the project.
TIPS Finds artists through Creative Black Book.
HAMMOND DESIGN ASSOCIATES, INC.
824 Euclid Ave., Suite 102, Lexington KY 40502. (859)259-3639. Fax: (859)259-3697. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.hammonddesign.com. Contact: Grady Walter, vice president/ publishing and new accounts. Estab. 1986. Specializes in direct mail, package and publication design and annual reports, brand and corporate identity, display and signage. Clients corporations, universities and medical facilities.
NEEDS Approached by 35-50 freelance/year. Works with 5-7 illustrators and 5-7 designers/year. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers mainly for brochures and ads. Also for editorial, technical and medical illustration, airbrushing, lettering, P-O-P and poster illustration; and charts/graphs. 100% of design and 50% of illustration require computer skills.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample or query letter with brochure or résumé. “Sample in query letter a must.” Samples are filed or returned by SASE if requested by artist. Responds only if interested. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays by the project.
HANSEN BELYEA
225 Terry Ave. N, Suite 102, Seattle WA 98109. (206)682-4895. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.hansenbelyea.com. Estab. 1988. Creative agency specializes in branding, marketing and communication programs including corporate identity, websites and videos, marketing collateral. Clients: B2B and B2C-professional services, education, manufacturers. Current clients include PEMCO Insurance, University of Washington, Washington Global Health Alliance, Robbins Tunnel Boring Machines.
NEEDS Approached by 20-30 freelancers/year. Works with 1-3 freelance illustrators/photographers and no designers/year. Works on assignment only. Also uses freelancers for calligraphy.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Direct mail and electronic communication accepted. Responds only if interested. Pays for illustration by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through submissions and referral by other professionals.
TIPS “Illustrators and photographers must deliver digital files. Illustrators must develop a style that makes them unique in the marketplace. When pursuing potential clients, send something distinctive. Follow up. Be persistent (it can take one or two years to get noticed) but not pesky.”
HANSON DODGE CREATIVE
220 E. Buffalo St., Milwaukee WI 53202. (414)347-1266. Fax: (414)347-0493. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.hansondodge.com. Estab. 1980. Number of employees 70. Approximate annual billing $78 million. Specializes in active lifestyle driven consumer marketing including brand planning, marketing communications, design, technology solutions, public relations and social media. Clients corporations, agencies. Current clients include Trek Bicycle, Wolverine, Wilson Sports. Professional affiliations AIGA, APDF, ACD.
NEEDS Approached by 30 freelancers/year. Works with 2-3 freelance illustrators, 2-3 designers and 5-8 production artists/year. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design, illustration and production. 90% of freelance work demands knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send letter of introduction and position sought with résumé and nonreturnable samples to Hanson Dodge Design, Attn: Kelly Klawonn or apply through www.hansondodge.com/About/Careers. Résumés and samples are kept on file for 6 months. Responds in 2 weeks. Artist should follow-up with call. Pays for design and illustration by the hour. Finds artists through word of mouth, submissions.
HARMON GROUP
807 Third Ave. S., Nashville TN 37210. (615)256-3393. Fax: (615)256-3464. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.harmongrp.com. Estab. 1988. Approximate annual billing $7.2 million. Specializes in luxury consumer products, brand identity, display and direct mail design and signage. Clients: consumer product companies, corporations, mid-size businesses.
NEEDS Approached by 20 freelancers/year. Uses illustrators mainly for P-O-P. Uses designers mainly for flyers and catalogs. Also uses freelancers for ad, brochure, catalog, poster and P-O-P design and illustration, logos, magazine design, mechanicals and retouching. 85% of freelance work demands skills in Illustrator, Photoshop and QuarkXPress.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send photographs, résumé, slides and transparencies. Samples are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include color final art, roughs, slides and thumbnails. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through sourcebooks and portfolio reviews.
HILL AND KNOWLTON, INC.
909 Third Ave., 10th Floor, New York NY 10022. (212)885-0300. Fax: (212)885-0570. E-mail: nina. [email protected]. Website: www.hillandknowlton.com. Contact: Nina Truman, head of graphics department. Estab. 1927. Number of employees: 1,800 (worldwide). PR firm; full-service multimedia firm. Specializes in corporate communications, marketing communications, public affairs, health care/pharmaceuticals, technology. Creative services include reports, collateral materials, corporate identity, presentation design, signage and advertisements.
NEEDS Works with 0-10 freelancers/month. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers for editorial, technical and medical illustration; also for storyboards, slide illustration, animatics, mechanicals, presentation design, retouching. 10% of work is with print ads. Needs computer-literate freelancers for illustration. Freelancers should be familiar with Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with promo and samples. Samples are filed. Does not respond, in which case the artist should “keep in touch by mail—do not call.” Call and drop-off only for a portfolio review. Pays freelancers by the project, $250-5,000. Negotiates rights purchased.
TIPS Looks for “variety; unique but marketable styles are always appreciated.”
BERNARD HODES GROUP
220 E. 42nd St., New York NY 10017. (212)999-9687. Website: www.hodes.com. Contact: Gregg Petermann, creative director. Estab. 1970. Ad agency. Full-service, multimedia firm. Specializes in recruitment advertising and employment communications.
NEEDS Prefers artists with strong interactive design skills. Heavy emphasis on Flash, Dreamweaver, and html. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers for illustration. 50% of work is with print ads. Freelance work demands knowledge of QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Photoshop or InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with samples, CD of best work or website link to the creative director. Write for an appointment to show a portfolio.
HORNALL ANDERSON
710 Second Ave., Suite 1300, Seattle WA 98104. (206)467-5800. Fax: (206)467-6411. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.hornallanderson.com. Estab. 1982. Specializes in full-range integrated brand and communications strategy, corporate identity, digital and interactive experience design, packaging, corporate literature, collateral, retail and environmental graphics. Clients: Holland America Line, Widmer Brothers Brewery, Redhook Brewery, Microsoft, Madison Square Garden, Starbucks, Skydeck Chicago at Willis Tower, Frito-Lay, and HTC. Professional affiliations: AIGA, Seattle Design Association, Art Directors Club.
This firm has received numerous awards and honors, including the International Mobius Awards, London International Advertising Awards, ADDY Awards, Communication Arts, AIGA, Clio Awards, Webby Awards, and Graphis Awards.
NEEDS Interested in all levels, from senior print and interactive design personnel to interns with design experience. Additional illustrators and freelancers are used on an as-needed basis in design and online media projects
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with photocopies and résumé or e-mail. Illustrators: Send query letter with brochure or e-mail. Accepts disk submissions compatible with Illustrator or Photoshop. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Portfolios may be dropped off. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds designers through word of mouth and submissions; illustrators through sourcebooks, reps and submissions.
HOWARD DESIGN GROUP
20 Nassau St., Suite 250W, Princeton NJ 08542. (609)924-1106. Fax: (609)924-1165. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.howarddesign.com. Contact: Diane Savoy, vice president. Estab. 1980. Number of employees: 10. Specializes in marketing and design for packaging websites, corporate identity, college recruitment materials and publication design. Clients: corporations, wholesalers, schools and colleges.
NEEDS Approached by 20 freelancers/year. Works with 10 freelance illustrators and 5 designers/year. Uses freelancers mainly for publication design; also for brochure design and illustration; catalog, direct mail, magazine and poster design; logos. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design and production. 100% of freelance work demands knowlege of Illustrator, Photoshop, FreeHand and QuarkXPress.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send résumé. Samples are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include color final art, roughs and thumbnails. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Buys one-time rights. Finds artists through Showcase.
TIPS Looks for “innovative design in portfolio.”
HOWARD/FROST ADVERTISING COMMUNICATIONS
2100 Westlake Ave. N, Suite #201, Seattle WA 98109-5802. (206)378-1909. Fax: (206)378-1910. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.hofro.com. Estab. 1994. Number of full-time employees 4. Ad agency. Specializes in media advertising, collateral, web design, web advertising and direct mail. Client list is available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 20-30 illustrators and 10-15 designers/year. Works with 10 illustrators and 2 designers/year. Works only with artist reps. Uses freelancers mainly for illustration, design overload. Also for airbrushing, animation, billboards, brochure, humorous and technical illustration, lettering, logos, multimedia projects, retouching, storyboards, web page design. 60% of work is with print ads. 60% of freelance design demands knowledge of PageMaker, FreeHand and Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with photocopies. Illustrators: Send postcard sample. Accepts disk submissions. Send files compatible with Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash or Photoshop. Samples are filed and not returned. Responds only if interested. Art director will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Negotiates rights purchased.
TIPS “Be patient.”
HOWRY DESIGN ASSOCIATES
354 Pine St., Suite 600, San Francisco CA 94104. (415)433-2035. Fax: (415)433-0816. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.howry.com. Contact: Jill Howry, principal/creative director. Estab. 1988. Full service design studio. Number of employees: 10. Specializes in annual reports, corporate identity, print, advertising and multimedia. Clients: startups to Fortune 100 companies. Current clients include Del Monte, Affymetrix, Geron Corporation, McKesson Corp., First Republic Bank. Professional affiliation: AIGA.
NEEDS Works with 30 freelance illustrators, photographers and Internet and print designers/year. Works on assignment only. Uses illustrators for “anything that applies.” Uses designers mainly for newsletters, brochures, corporate identity. Also uses freelancers for production, programming, retouching, photography/illustration, logos and charts/graphs. 100% of design work, 10% of illustration work demands knowledge of InDesign, Illustrator or Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Portfolios may be dropped off every Thursday. Pays for design/production by the hour, or by the job, $25-60. Pays for photography and illustration on a per-job basis. Rights purchased vary according to project.
TIPS Finds artists through sourcebooks, samples, representatives.
HUTCHINSON ASSOCIATES, INC.
822 Linden Ave., Suite 200, Oak Park IL 60302. (312)455-9191. Fax: (312)455-9190. E-mail: [email protected], or contact via website. Website: www.hutchinson.com. Contact: Jerry Hutchinson, president. Estab. 1988. Member of American Institute of Graphic Arts. Design firm. Number of employees: 3. Firm specializes in identity development, website development, annual reports, collateral, magazine ads, publication design, marketing brochures. Types of clients: industrial, financial, real estate, retail, publishing, nonprofit and medical. Recent client: Cardinal Growth
Work from Hutchinson Associates has been published in the following design books: Graphis Design (Graphis Publications); Revival of the Fittest: Digital Versions of Classic Typefaces (North Light Books); Simpson Paper Show Catalog (Simpson Paper, San Francisco); Working With Computer Type, Vols. 1-3 (Rotovision); Context One (Sappi Papers); Logo Lounge, Vols. 1-3 (Rockport); 1,000 Invitations (Rockport); Publication Design Workbook (Rockport); Letterhead and Logo Design 9 (Rockport).
NEEDS Approached by 5-10 freelancers/year. Works with 3-4 freelance illustrators and 5-15 designers/ year.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send e-mail with link/ postcard. Designers, please send letter, link and résumé. Samples/links are filed/marked. Request portfolio review in original query. Artist should follow up with call. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays by the project, $100-10,000. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through sourcebooks, submissions and Illinois reps.
TIPS “Persistence pays off.”
IDEA BANK MARKETING
701 W. Second St., Hastings NE 68901. (402)463-0588. Fax: (402)463-2187. E-mail: [email protected] or via online contact form. Website: www.ideabankmarketing.com. Contact: Sherma Jones, creative director. Estab. 1982. Number of employees: 13. Approximate annual billing: $2,500,000. Ad agency. Specializes in print materials, direct mail. Product specialty is manufacturers. Client list available upon request. Professional affiliations: Advertising Federation of Lincoln, American Marketing Association.
NEEDS Approached by 2 illustrators/year. Works with 2 illustrators and 2 designers/year. Prefers local designers only. Uses freelancers mainly for illustration; also for airbrushing, catalog and humorous illustration, lettering. 30% of work is with print ads. 75% of design demands knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator. 60% of illustration demands knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers/Illustrators: Send query letter with brochure. Send follow-up postcard samples every 6 months. Accepts disk submissions compatible with original illustration files or Photoshop files. Samples are filed or returned by SASE. Responds only if interested. Will contact artist for portfolio review of b&w, color, final art, tearsheets if interested. Pays by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project and are negotiable. Finds artists through word of mouth.
IMAGE ASSOCIATES, INC.
5311 S. Miami Blvd., Suite G, Durham NC 27703. (919)876-6400. Fax: (919)876-6400. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.imageassociates.com. Estab. 1984. Marketing communications group offering advanced web-based solutions, multimedia and print. Visual communications firm specializing in computer graphics and AV, multi-image, interactive multimedia, Internet development, print and photographic applications.
NEEDS Prefers freelancers with experience in Web, CD and print. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers mainly for Web design and programming. Also for print ad design and illustration and animation. 90% of freelance work demands skills in Flash, HTML, DHTML, ASP, Photoshop and Macromind Director.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, résumé and tearsheets. Samples are filed or are returned by SASE if requested by artist. Responds only if interested. To show portfolio, mail roughs, finished art samples, tearsheets, final reproduction/ product and slides. Pays for assignments by the project. Considers complexity of project, client’s budget and how work will be used when establishing payment. Rights purchased vary according to project.
IMAGINASIUM, INC.
110 S. Washington St., Green Bay WI 54301. (920)431-7872 or (800)820-4624. Fax: (920)431-7875. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.imaginasium.com. Contact: Denis Kreft. Estab. 1992. Approximate annual billing: $2 million. Strategic marketing communications firm. Specializes in brand development, graphic design, advertising. Product specialties are business to business retail.
NEEDS Prefers local designers. Uses freelancers mainly for overflow; also for brochure illustration and lettering. 15-20% of work is with print ads. 100% of design and 88% of illustration demands skills in Photoshop, QuarkXPress and Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with brochure, photographs and tearsheets. Illustrators: Send sample of work with follow-up every 6 months. Accepts Mac-compatible disk submissions. Samples are filed and are not returned. Will contact for portfolio review of color tearsheets, thumbnails and transparencies if interested. Pays for design by the hour; illustration by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through submissions, word of mouth, Internet.
IMPACT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
18627 Brookhurst St., #4200, Fountain Valley CA 92708. (714)963-6760. E-mail: [email protected]. E-mail: via online contact form. Website: www.impactgroup.com. Contact: Brad Vinikow, creative director. Estab. 1983. Number of employees: 15. Marketing communications firm; full-service multimedia firm. Specializes in electronic media, business-to-business and print design. Current clients include Yamaha Corporation, Prudential, Isuzu. Professional affiliations: IICS, NCCC and ITVA.
NEEDS Approached by 12 freelancers/year. Works with 12 freelance illustrators and 12 designers/year. Uses freelancers mainly for illustration, design and computer production; also for brochure and catalog design and illustration, multimedia and logos. 10% of work is with print ads. 90% of design and 50% of illustration demands knowledge of Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Illustrator and Macro Mind Director.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with photocopies, photographs, résumé and tearsheets. Illustrators: Send postcard sample. Samples are filed and are not returned. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color final art, photographs, photostats, roughs, slides, tearsheets and thumbnails. Pays for design and illustration by the project, depending on budget. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through sourcebooks and self-promotion pieces received in mail.
TIPS “Be flexible.”
INNOVATIVE DESIGN & GRAPHICS
1327 Greenleaf St., Evanston IL 60202-1152. (847)475-7772. Fax: (847)475-7784. E-mail: [email protected]. Contact: Tim Sonder. Clients: corporate communication and marketing departments.
NEEDS Works with 1-2 freelance artists/year. Prefers local artists only. Uses artists for editorial and technical illustration and marketing, advertising and spot illustration. Illustrators should be knowledgeable in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé or brochure showing art style, tearsheets and photographs. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays for illustration by the project, $200-1,000 average. Considers complexity of project, client’s budget and turnaround time when establishing payment. Interested in buying second rights (reprint rights) to previously published work.
TIPS “Looking for people who can grasp complex ideas and turn them into high-quality illustrations. Ability to draw people well is a must. Do not call for an appointment to show your portfolio. Send nonreturnable tearsheets or self-promos; we will call you when we have an appropriate project for you.”
JUDE STUDIOS
8000 Research Forest, Suite 115-266, The Woodlands TX 77382. (281)364-9366. Fax: (281)364-9529. E-mail: [email protected]. Contact: Judith Dollar, art director. Estab. 1994. Number of employees: 2. Design firm. Specializes in printed material, brochure, trade show, collateral. Product specialties are industrial, restaurant, homebuilder, financial, high-tech business to business event marketing materials. Professional affiliations: Art Directors of Houston, AAF.
NEEDS Uses freelancers mainly for newsletter, logo and brochures assorted print design, illustration and lettering. Use of Adobe CS required.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers and illustrators can e-mail with link to webpage or blog (no attachments). Pays by the project; varies. Negotiates rights purchased. Finds artists through directories or online.
TIPS Wants freelancers with good type usage who contribute to concept ideas. “We are open to designers and illustrators who are just starting out their careers.”
KAUFMAN RYAN STRAL, INC.
820 Oakton St., Suite 3D, Evanston IL 60202-2842. (847)328-6154. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.bworld.com. Contact: Laurence Kaufman, president/creative director. Estab. 1993. Number of employees 7. Ad agency. Specializes in all materials in print and website development. Product specialty is business-to-business. Client list available upon request. Professional affiliations: American Israel Chamber of Commerce.
NEEDS Approached by 30 freelancers/year. Works with 3 designers/year. Prefers local freelancers. Uses freelancers for design, production, illustration and computer work. Also for brochure, catalog and print ad design and illustration, animation, mechanicals, retouching, model-making, posters, lettering and logos. 5% of work is with print ads. 50% of freelance work demands knowledge of QuarkXPress, HTML programs FrontPage or Page Mill, Photoshop or Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send e-mail with résumé and JPEGs. Responds only if interested. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color roughs and final art. Pays for design by the hour, $40-120; or by the project. Pays for illustration by the project, $75-8,000. Buys all rights. Finds artists through sourcebooks, word of mouth, submissions.
KETCHUM PLEON CHANGE
1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10019. (646)935-4300. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.ketchum.com/stromberg. Contact: Sophia Sayers, administrative assistant. (Formerly Stromberg Consulting) Specializes in direct marketing, internal and corporate communications. Clients: industrial and corporate. Produces multimedia presentations and print materials.
NEEDS Assigns 25-35 jobs/year. Prefers local designers only (Manhattan and its 5 burroughs) with experience in animation, computer graphics, multimedia and Macintosh. Uses freelancers for animation logos, posters, storyboards, training guides, Web Flash, application development, design catalogs, corporate brochures, presentations, annual reports, slide shows, layouts, mechanicals, illustrations, computer graphics and desk-top publishing web development, application development.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS “Send note on availability and previous work.” Responds only if interested. Provide materials to be kept on file for future assignments. Originals are not returned. Pays hourly or by the project.
TIPS Finds designers through word of mouth and submissions.
KIZER INCORPORATED ADvERTISING &COMMUNICATIONS
4513 N. Classen Blvd., Oklahoma City OK 73118. (405)708-4302. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.kizerincorporated.com. Estab. 1998. Number of employees: 5. Creative shop specializing in campaign planning, creative development and production. 65% print, 20% web, 15% broadcast/other. 65% of work is print ads, brochures, annual reports, direct mail. InDesign is primary design software used. Professional affiliations: OKC Ad Club, AMA, AIGA.
NEEDS Approached by 30+ illustrators and designers/year. Works with varying number of illustrators and designers/year.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Direct mail or e-mail queries are both acceptable. For e-mail contacts, prefers link back to artist’s portfolio to see samples-no large attachments, please. Responds if interested. Pays by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through agents, sourcebooks, online services, magazines, word of mouth, artist’s submissions.
LEKASMILLER DESIGN
1460 Maria Lane, Suite 260, Walnut Creek CA 94596. (925)934-3971. Fax: (925)934-3978. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.lekasmiller.com. Estab. 1979. Specializes in annual reports, corporate identity, advertising, direct mail and brochure design. Clients: corporate and retail. Current clients include Cost Plus World Market and Interhealth.
NEEDS Approached by 80 freelance artists/year. Works with 1-3 illustrators and 5-7 designers/year. Prefers local artists only with experience in design and production. Works on assignment only. Uses artists for brochure design and illustration, mechanicals, direct mail design, logos, ad design and illustration. 100% of freelance work demands knowledge of InDe-sign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers/illustrators: E-mail PDF or résumé and portfolio. Responds only if interested. Considers skill and experience of artist when establishing payment. Negotiates rights purchased.
LIEBER BREWSTER DESIGN, INC.
740 Broadway, Suite 1101, New York NY 10003. (212)614-1221. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.lieberbrewster.com. Contact: Anna Lieber, principal. Estab. 1988. Specializes in strategic marketing. Clients: small and midsize businesses, Fortune 500s. Client list available upon request. Professional affiliations: Toastmasters, Ad Club-NY.
NEEDS Approached by more than 100 freelancers/ year. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers for HTML programming, multimedia presentations, Web development, logos, marketing programs, audiovisual materials.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé, tearsheets and photocopies. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested.
LIGGETT STASHOWER
1422 Euclid Ave., Suite 400, Cleveland OH 44115. (216)348-8500. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.liggett.com. Contact: Tom Federico. Estab.1932. Ad and PR agency. Full-service multimedia firm. Works in all formats. Handles all product categories. Clients: Forest City Management, Member Health, Crane Performance Siding, Henkel Consumer Adhesives and AkzoNobel.
NEEDS Approached by 120 freelancers/year. Works with freelance illustrators and designers. Prefers local freelancers. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers mainly for brochure, catalog and print ad design and illustration, storyboards, slide illustration, an-imatics, animation, retouching, billboards, posters, TV/film graphics, lettering and logos. Needs computer-literate freelancers for illustration and production. 90% of freelance work demands skills in InDesign, Photoshop or Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter. Samples are filed and are not returned. Responds only if interested. To show portfolio, e-mail works best. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Negotiates rights purchased.
TIPS “Please consider that art buyers and art directors are very busy and receive numerous inquiries per day from freelancers looking for work opportunities. We might have loved your promo piece, but chances of us remembering it by your name alone when you call are slim. Give us a hint ‘it was red and black’ or whatever. We’d love to discuss your piece, but it’s uncomfortable if we don’t know what you’re talking about.”
LINEAR CYCLE PRODUCTIONS
P.O. Box 2608, North Hills CA 91393-2608. (818)347-9880. Fax: (818)347-9880. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.linearcycleproductions.com. Contact: Mason Pandanceski, associate director. Estab. 1980.
Number of employees 30. Approximate annual billing $500,000. AV firm. Specializes in display design, magazine ads, design and packaging signage. Current clients include: Katz, Inc.; Doland, Kilpatrich & Spear; Sterling Estates and United Twade, LLP. Serves industrial, publishing and retail clients. 80% of design/illustration work demands skills in Adobe Illustrator, PageMaker and Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send a query letter with a résumé, business card, artist’s statement, biography, photographs/slides/SASE. Samples kept on file with résumé. Samples not returned. Responds within 90 days. Portfolio should include color, original art, photographs, slides, transparencies and tearsheets. Paid by the project, on acceptance. Buys all rights.
TIPS “Make sure all photos and multimedia elements are presented in original formats that show supreme quality of work. If originals are desired, no photocopies can be accepted. The same goes for video and related elements.”
LISA LELEU STUDIOS, INC.
100 Mechanics St., Doylestown PA 18901. (215)345-1233. Fax: (610)819-0334. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.fullmooncreations.com. Estab. 1986. (Formerly Fullmoon Creations, Inc.) Number of employees: 10. Specializes in new product ideas, new product concept development, product name generations, brand development, product design, packaging design, packaging structure design, packaging descriptive copy writing. Clients: Fortune 500 corporations. Current clients are top 1,000 manufacturers involved in new product and packaging development.
NEEDS Approached by 100-120 freelancers/year. Works with 5-15 freelance illustrators and 10-20 designers/year. Uses freelancers for ad, brochure and catalog design and illustration; airbrushing; audiovisual materials; book, direct mail and magazine design; logos; mechanicals; poster and P-O-P illustration. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design, illustration and production. 50% of freelance work demands knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe CS.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample of work, photocopies, résumé and URL. Samples are filed. E-mail links to website. Responds in 1 month with SASE. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color roughs, thumbnails and transparencies.
LOHRE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
126A W. 14th St., 2nd Floor, Cincinnati OH 45202-7535. (513)961-1174. Website: www.lohre.com. Contact: Chuck Lohre, president. Number of employees: 6. Approximate annual billing: $1 million. Ad agency. Specializes in industrial firms. Professional affiliation: SMPS, U.S. Green Building, Council Cincinnati, Regional Chapter.
NEEDS Approached by 24 freelancers/year. Works with 10 freelance illustrators and 10 designers/year. Works on assignment only. Uses freelance artists for trade magazines, direct mail, P-O-P displays, multimedia, brochures and catalogs. 100% of freelance work demands knowledge of PageMaker, FreeHand, Photoshop and Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample or e-mail. Accepts submissions on disk, any Mac application. Pays for design and illustration by the hour, $10 minimum.
TIPS Looks for artists who “have experience in chemical and mining industry, can read blueprints and have worked with metal fabrication.” Also needs “Macintosh-literate artists who are willing to work at office, day or evenings.”
LOMANGINO STUDIO, INC.
1530 Key Blvd., #1309, Arlington VA 22209. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.lomangino.com. Contact: Donna Lomangino, president. Estab. 1987. Specializes in annual reports, corporate identity, website and publication design. Clients: corporations, nonprofit organizations. Client list available upon request. Professional affiliations: AIGA.
NEEDS Approached by 25-50 freelancers/year. Works with 1 freelance illustrator/year. Uses illustrators and production designers occasionally for publication; also for multimedia projects. 99% of design work demands skills in Illustrator, Photoshop and QuarkXPress.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample of work or URL. Samples are filed. Accepts disk submissions, but not preferable. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Finds artists through sourcebooks, word of mouth and studio files.
TIPS “Please don’t call. Send samples or URL for consideration.”
LORENC & YOO DESIGN, INC.
109 Vickery St., Roswell GA 30075-4926. (770)645-2828. Fax: (770)998-2452. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.lorencyoodesign.com. Contact: Jan Lorenc, president. Specializes in architectural signage design; exhibit design for museums and trade shows. Clients: corporate, developers, product manufacturers, architects, real estate and institutions. Current clients include Hines Interests, UPS, Georgia-Pacific, IBM, Simon Property Company, Mayo Clinic. Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 25 freelancers/year. Works with 5 illustrators and 10 designers/year. Local senior designers only. Uses freelancers for design, illustration, brochures, catalogs, books, P-O-P displays, mechanicals, retouching, airbrushing, posters, direct mail packages, model-making, charts/graphs, AV materials, lettering and logos. Needs editorial and technical illustration. Especially needs architectural signage and exhibit designers. 95% of freelance work demands knowledge of QuarkXPress, Illustrator or FreeHand.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send brochure, weblink, CD, resume and samples to be kept on file. Prefers digital files as samples. Samples are filed or returned. Call or write for appointment to show portfolio of thumbnails, roughs, original/final art, final reproduction/product, color photostats and photographs. Pays for design by the hour, $40-100; by the project, $250-20,000; by the day, $80-400. Pays for illustration by the hour, $40-100; by the project, $100-2,000; by the day, $80-400. Considers complexity of project, client’s budget, and skill and experience of artist when establishing payment.
TIPS “Sometimes it’s more cost-effective to use freelancers in this economy, so we have scaled down permanent staff.”
JODI LUBY & COMPANY, INC.
(212)473-1922. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.jodiluby.com or jodiluby.blogspot.com. Contact: Jodi Luby, president. Estab. 1983. Specializes in branding, direct marketing, corporate id and web design. Clients: major magazines, startup businesses and corporate clients.
NEEDS Uses freelancers for production and web production. 100% of freelance work demands computer skills.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send e-mail samples only. Samples are not filed and are not returned. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested.
TAYLOR MACK ADVERTISING
21 W. Mountain, Suite 227, Fayetteville AR 72071. (479)444-7770. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.taylormack.com. Contact: Greg Mack, managing director. Estab. 1990. Number of employees 16. Approximate annual billing $3 million. Ad agency. Specializes in collateral. Current clients include Cobb, Jose’s, Rheem-Rudd and Bikes, Blues and BBQ. Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 12 illustrators and 20 designers/year. Works with 4 illustrators and 6 designers/year. Uses freelancers mainly for brochure, catalog and technical illustration, TV/film graphics and web page design. 30% of work is with print ads. 50% of design and illustration demands skills in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: E-mail website links or URLs. Samples are filed or are returned. Responds only if interested. Art director will contact artist for portfolio review of photographs if interested. Pays for design by the project or by the day; pays for illustration by the project, $10,000 maximum. Rights purchased vary according to project.
MICHAEL MAHAN GRAPHICS
P.O. Box 642, Bath ME 04530-0642. (207)443-6110. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.mahangraphics.com. Estab. 1986. Number of employees: 5. Approximate annual billing $500,000. Design firm. Specializes in publication design—catalogs and direct mail. Product specialties are furniture, fine art and high tech. Clients: Bowdoin College, Bath Iron Works and Monhegan Museum. Professional affiliations G.A.G., AIGA and Art Director’s Club-Portland, ME.
NEEDS Approached by 5-10 illustrators and 10-20 designers/year. Works with 2 illustrators and 2 designers/year. Uses freelancers mainly for production. Also for brochure, catalog and humorous illustration and lettering. 5% of work is with print ads. 100% of design demands skills in Photoshop, QuarkXPress and InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with photocopies and résumé. Illustrators: Send query letter with photocopies. Accepts CD/ DVD submissions. Samples are filed and are not returned. Responds only if interested. Art director will contact artist for portfolio review of final art roughs and thumbnails if interested. Pays for design by the hour, $15-40. Pays for illustration by the hour, $18-60. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through word of mouth and submissions.
MANGAN HOLCOMB PARTNERS
2300 Cottondale Ln., Suite 300, Little Rock AR 72202. (501)376-0321. Fax: (501)376-6127. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.manganholcomb.com. Contact: Chip Culpepper, creative director. Number of employees: 12. Approximate annual billing: $3 million. Marketing, advertising and PR firm. Clients: recreation, financial, tourism, retail, agriculture. Current clients include Citizens Bank, Farmers Bank & Trust, The Wilcox Group.
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelancers/year. Works with 8 freelance illustrators and 20 designers/year. Uses freelancers for consumer magazines, stationery design, direct mail, brochures/flyers, trade magazines and newspapers. Needs computer-literate freelancers for production and presentation. 30% of freelance work demands skills in Mac-based page layout and illustration software.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Query with samples, flier and business card to be kept on file. Include SASE. Responds in 2 weeks. Call or write for appointment to show portfolio of final reproduction/product. Pays by the project, $250 minimum.
MARKEFXS
449 W. 44th St., Suite 4-C, New York NY 10036. (212)581-4827. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.mfxs.com. Contact: Mark Tekushan, owner/ creative director. Estab. 1985. Full-service multimedia firm. Specializes in TV, video, advertising, design and production of promos, show openings and graphics. Current clients include ESPN and HBO.
Los Angeles office: (323)933-3673
NEEDS Prefers freelancers with experience in television or advertising production. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers mainly for design production. Also for animation, TV/film graphics and logos. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design, production and presentation.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS E-mail your website link or mail DVD/CD. Coordinating Producer will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays for design by the hour, $25-50. Finds artists through word of mouth.
MARKETAIDE SERVICES, INC.
P.O. Box 500, Salina KS 67402. (785)825-7161; (800)204-2433. Fax: (785)825-4697. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.marketaide.com. Contact: Production Manager. Estab. 1975. Full-service ad/marketing/direct mail firm. Clients: financial, industrial and educational.
NEEDS Prefers artists within one-state distance who possess professional expertise. Works on assignment only. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design, illustration and web design. 90% of freelance work demands knowledge of QuarkXPress, Illustrator and Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé, business card and samples to be kept on file. Samples not filed are returned by SASE only if requested. Responds only if interested. Write for appointment to show portfolio. Pays for design by the hour, $15-75 average. “Because projects vary in size, we are forced to estimate according to each job’s parameters.” Pays for illustration by the project.
TIPS “Artists interested in working here should be highly polished in technical ability, have a good eye for design, and be able to meet all deadline commitments.”
MARKETING ART AND SCIENCE
Two Tamarac Plaza, 7535 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 350, Denver CO 80231. (303)870-3991. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]. Website: www.marketingartandscience.com. Contact: Michael Guzofsky, CEO/creative director. Estab. 1981. Specializes in annual reports, corporate identity, direct mail, product development and packaging and publication design. Clients corporations, associations. Clients include Pradera, Kemmons Wilson Communities, and Cell, Concert American Homes, Esprit Homes, Miller Global Properties, Loup Development Company.
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelance artists/year. Works with 5 illustrators and 5 designers/year. Prefers local artists with computer experience. Works on assignment only. Uses freelance designers and illustrators for brochure, catalog, magazine, direct mail and ad design; brochure, catalog and ad illustration; logos; and charts/graphs. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design, illustration and production. 90% of freelance work demands knowledge of QuarkXPress, Illustrator or Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, résumé, tearsheets and photocopies. Samples are filed and are not returned. Responds only if interested. Write for appointment to show portfolio or mail appropriate materials. Portfolio should include thumbnails, roughs, b&w and color tearsheets, printed samples. Pays for design and illustration by the hour, $20-50 or by the project. Negotiates rights purchased.
MARKETING BY DESIGN
2012 19th St., Suite 200, Sacramento CA 95818. (916)441-3050. Fax: (916)446-4641. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.mbdstudio.com. Estab. 1977. Specializes in corporate identity and brochure design, publications, direct mail, trade shows, signage, display and packaging. Clients: associations and corporations.
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelance artists/year. Works with 6-7 freelance illustrators and 1-3 freelance designers/year. Works on assignment only. Uses illustrators mainly for editorial; also for brochure and catalog design and illustration, mechanicals, retouching, lettering, ad design and charts/graphs.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, résumé, tearsheets. Samples are filed and are not returned. Does not respond. Artist should follow up with call. Call for appointment to show portfolio of roughs, color tearsheets, transparencies and photographs. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds designers through word of mouth; illustrators through sourcebooks.
MARTIN THOMAS, INC.
42 Riverside Dr., Barrington RI 02806-3612. (401)245-8500. Fax: (866)899-2710. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.martinthomas.com. Estab. 1987. Number of employees: 12. Approximate annual billing: $7 million. Ad agency; PR firm. Specializes in industrial, business-to-business. Product specialties are plastics, medical and automotive. Professional affiliations: American Association of Advertising Agencies, Boston Ad Club.
NEEDS Approached by 10-15 freelancers/year. Works with 6 freelance illustrators and 10-15 designers/year. Prefers freelancers with experience in business-to-business/industrial. Uses freelancers mainly for design of ads, literature and direct mail; also for brochure and catalog design and illustration. 85% of work is print ads. 70% of design and 40% of illustration demands skills in QuarkXPress.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure and résumé. Samples are filed and are returned. Responds in 3 weeks. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color final art. Pays for design and illustration by the hour and by the project. Buys all rights. Finds artists through Creative Black Book.
TIPS Impress agency by “knowing industries we serve.”
SUDI MCCOLLUM DESIGN
3244 Cornwall Dr., Glendale CA 91206. (818)243-1345. Fax: (818)243-2344. E-mail: [email protected]. Contact: Sudi McCollum. Specializes in home fashion design and illustration. Clients: home furnishing and giftware manufacturers, advertising agencies and graphic design studios; majority of clients are medium- to large-size businesses in home fashion and graphic design industry.
NEEDS Uses freelance production people either on computer or with painting and product design skills. Potential to develop into full-time job.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS “Send query letter or whatever you have that’s convenient. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested.”
MCGRATHICS
18 Chestnut St., Marblehead MA 01945. (978)317-1172. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.mcgrathics.com. Contact: Art director. Estab. 1978. Number of employees 4-6. Specializes in corporate identity, annual reports, package and publication and Web design. Clients corporations and universities. Professional affiliations AIGA, VUGB.
NEEDS Approached by 30 freelancers/year. Works with 8-10 freelance illustrators/year. Uses illustrators mainly for advertising, corporate identity (both conventional and computer). Also for ad, brochure, catalog, poster and P-O-P illustration; charts/graphs. Computer and conventional art purchased.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample of work or send brochure, photocopies, photographs, résumé, slides and transparencies. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Portfolio review not required. Pays for illustration by the hour or by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through sourcebooks and mailings.
TIPS “Annually mail us updates for our review.”
MCKENZIE HUBBELL CREATIVE SERVICES
5 Iris Ln., Westport CT 06880. (203)454-2443. Email: [email protected]; dmckenziemckenziehubbell.com. Website: www.mckenziehubbell.com. Specializes in business-to-business communications, annual reports, corporate identity, direct mail and publication design. Expanded services include copywriting and editing, advertising and direct mail, marketing and public relations, website design and development, and multimedia/CD.
NEEDS Approached by 100 freelance artists/year. Works with 5 freelance designers/year. Uses freelance designers mainly for computer design. Also uses freelance artists for brochure and catalog design. 100% of design and 50% of illustration demand knowledge of QuarkXPress, Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, résumé, photographs and photocopies. Samples are filed or are returned by SASE if requested by artist. Write to schedule an appointment to show a portfolio. Pays for design by the hour, $25-75. Pays for illustration by the project, $150-3,000. Rights purchased vary according to project.
MEDIA ENTERPRISES
1644 S. Clementine St., Anaheim CA 92802. (714)778-5336. Fax: (714)778-6367. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.media-enterprises.com. Contact: John Lemieux Rose. Estab. 1982. Number of employees: 8. Approximate annual billing $2 million. Integrated marketing communications agency. Specializes in interactive multimedia, CDs, Internet, magazine publishing. Product specialty high-tech. Client list available upon request. Professional affiliations Orange County Multimedia Association, Software Council of Southern California, Association of Internet Professionals.
NEEDS Approached by 30 freelance illustrators and 10 designers/year. Works with 8-10 freelance illustrators and 3 designers/year. Uses freelancers for animation, humorous illustration, lettering, logos, mechanicals, multimedia projects. 30% of work is with print ads. 100% of freelance work demands skills in PageMaker, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Director.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample or query letter with photocopies, photographs or URL. Accepts disk submissions compatible with Mac or PC. Samples are filed. Will contact for portfolio review of color photographs, slides, tearsheets, transparencies or disk. Pays by project; negotiated. Buys all rights.
MEDIAGRAPHICS
Dev. Kinney, P.O. Box 162, Eau Claire WI 54702. (866)324-1658. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.devkinney.com. Contact: J. D. Kinney, CEO. Estab. 1973. Integrated marketing communications agency. Specializes in all visual communications. Product specialties are financial, fund-raising, retail, business-to-business. Client list available upon request.
This firm reports they are looking for top illustrators only. When they find illustrators they like, they generally consider them associates and work with them on a continual basis.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé and tearsheets. Accepts disk submissions compatible with Mac or PC. E-mail 1 sample JPEG, 265K maximum; prefers HTML reference or small PDF file. Samples are filed and are not returned. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Rights purchased vary according to project.
TIPS Chooses illustrators based on “portfolio, availability, price, terms and compatibility with project.”
MEDIA LOGIC, INC.
One Park Pl., Albany NY 12205. (518)456-3015; (866). Fax: (518)456- 4279. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.mlinc.com. Contact: Carol Ainsburg, director of studio services. Estab. 1984. Number of employees: 75. Approximate annual billing: $50 million. Media Logic, a leader in marketing innovation, is ushering in a new era of conversation-centric marketing, putting social at the center of business to achieve better customer engagement, advocacy and revenue growth. Combining more than 25 years of experience with its breakthrough Zeitgeist & Coffee social management program, Media Logic is helping organizations harness the power of social media to drive marketing strategy and brand evolution. Prefers freelancers with experience on MAC platform. Uses freelancers for Multimedia/Rich Media full build (footage editing and element animation for video creation) using Adobe Flash (including Action Script 3.0), After Effects, Premiere, Apple Final Cut Pro, and Maxon Cinema 4D. Interactive design, and build using HTML, PHP, CSS, CMS (especially WordPress and Expression Engine). Also, high-end traditional print projects (DM, collateral, trade show panels, POP) using Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, QuarkXPress. Candidates must be able to work on site. Compensation via hourly rate.
MEDIA SERVICES CORP.
10 Aladdin Ter., San Francisco CA 94133. (415)928-3033. E-mail: [email protected]. Contact: Design Director. Estab. 1974. Number of employees 4. Approximate annual billing $750,000. Ad agency. Specializes in publishing and package design. Product specialties are publishing and consumer. Current clients include San Francisco Earthquake Map and Guide, First Aid for the Urban Cat, First Aid for the Urban Dog.
NEEDS Approached by 3 freelance artists/month. Works with 1-2 illustrators and 2 designers/month. Prefers artists with experience in package design with CAD. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers mainly for support with mechanicals, retouching and lettering. 5% of work is with print ads.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with résumé. Illustrators: Send postcard sample. Samples are filed or are returned by SASE only if requested by artist. Responds only if interested. To show portfolio, mail tearsheets or 5×7 transparencies. Payment for design and illustration varies. Rights purchased vary according to project.
TIPS Wants to see “computer literacy and ownership.”
DONYA MELANSON ASSOCIATES
5 Bisson Ln., Merrimac MA 01860. (978)346-9240. Fax: (978)346-8345. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.dmelanson.com. Contact: Donya Melanson. Advertising agency. Number of employees: 1. Clients: government, education, associations, publishers, financial services and industries. Current clients include US Geological Survey, Mannesmann, Cambridge College, American Psychological Association, Ledakka Enterprises and US Department of Agriculture.
NEEDS Approached by 30 artists/year. Works with 2-3 illustrators/year. Most work is handled by staff, but may occasionally use freelance illustrators and designers. Uses artists for stationery design, direct mail, brochures/flyers, annual reports, charts/graphs and book illustration. Needs editorial and promotional illustration. Most freelance work demands skills in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, or QuarkXpress.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Query with brochure, résumé, photocopies, tearsheets or CD. Provide materials (no originals) to be kept on file for future assignments. Originals returned to artist after use only when specified in advance. Call or write for appointment to show portfolio or mail non-original, non-returnable materials. Pays for design and illustration by the project, $100 minimum. Considers complexity of project, client’s budget, skill and experience of artist and how work will be used when establishing payment.
TIPS “Be sure your work reflects concept development.”
HOWARD MERRELL & PARTNERS
8521 Six Forks Rd., 4th Floor, Raleigh NC 27615. (919)848-2400. Fax: (919)848-2400. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.merrellgroup.com. Contact: Billy Barnes, creative director. Estab. 1993. Number of employees: 60. Approximate annual billing $90 million. Ad agency. Full-service, multimedia firm. Specializes in ads, collateral, full service TV, broadcast. Product specialties are industrial and hightech. Clients include Colonial Bank, Interton, Zilla.
NEEDS Approached by 25-50 freelancers/year. Works with 10-12 freelance illustrators and 20-30 designers/year. Uses freelancers for brochure design and illustration, catalog design, logos, posters, signage and P-O-P. 40% of work is with print ads. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design, illustration, production and presentation. 100% of freelance work demands knowledge of Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample of work or query letter with photocopies. Samples are filed. Request portfolio review in original query. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color final art. Pays for design by the hour, $25- 65. Pays for design and illustrator by the hour or project.
THE M. GROUP
2512 E. Thomas Rd., Suite 12, Phoenix AZ 85016. (480)998-0600. Fax: (480)998-9833. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.themgroupinc.com. Contact: Gary Miller. Estab. 1987. Number of employees: 7. Approximate annual billing: $2.75 million. Strategic visual communications firm. Specializes in annual reports, corporate identity, direct mail, package design, advertising. Clients: corporations and small business. Current clients include American Cancer Society, BankOne, Dole Foods, Giant Industries, Motorola, Subway.
NEEDS Approached by 50 freelancers/year. Works with 5-10 freelance illustrators/year. Uses freelancers for ad, brochure, poster and P-O-P illustration. 95% of freelance work demands skills in Illustrator, Photoshop and QuarkXPress.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample or query letter with samples. Samples are filed or returned by SASE if requested by artist. Responds only if interested. Request portfolio review in original query. Artist should follow-up. Portfolio should include b&w and color final art, photographs and transparencies. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through publications (trade) and reps.
TIPS Impressed by “good work, persistence and professionalism.”
MILICI VALENTING PACK
999 Bishop St., 21st Floor, Honolulu HI 96813. (808)536-0881. Fax: (808)529-6208. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.mvnp.com. Estab. 1946. Approximate annual billing: $40,000,000. Ad agency. Clients: travel/tourism, food, finance, utilities, entertainment and public service. Current clients include First Hawaiian Bank, Aloha Airlines, Sheraton Hotels.
NEEDS Works with 2-3 freelance illustrators/month. Uses freelance artists mainly for illustration, retouching and lettering for newspapers, multimedia kits, magazines, radio, TV and direct mail. Artists must be familiar with advertising demands; used to working long distance through the mail and over the Internet; and familiar with Hawaii.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send brochure, flyer and tearsheets or PDFs to be kept on file for future assignments. Pays $200-2,000.
MONDERER DESIGN, INC.
2067 Massachusetts Ave., 3rd Floor, Cambridge MA 02140. (617)661-6125. Fax: (617)661-6126. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.monderer.com. Contact: Stewart Monderer, president. Estab. 1981. Specializes in corporate identity, branding, print collateral, website, event and interactive solutions. Clients: corporations (technology, education, consulting and life science). Current clients include Solidworks, Thermo Scientific, MIT Sloan, Northeastern University, Progress Software, Kronos, Greenlight Fund, Canaccord Genuity.
NEEDS Approached by 40 freelancers/year. Works with 10-12 illustrators and photographers/year. Works on assignment only.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, tearsheets, photographs, photocopies or nonreturnable postcards. Will look at links and PDF files. Samples are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Negotiates rights purchased. Finds artists through submissions, self-promotions and sourcebooks.
MRW COMMUNICATIONS
2 Fairfield St., Hingham MA 02043. (781)740-4525. Fax: (781)926-0371. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.mrwinc.com. Contact: Jim Watts, president. Estab. 2003. Ad agency. Specializes in branding, advertising, collateral, direct marketing, website development, online marketing. Product specialties are high tech, healthcare, business to business, financial services, and consumer. Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 40-50 freelance illustrators and 40-50 designers/year. Works with 5-10 freelance illustrators and 2-5 designers/year. Prefers freelancers with experience in a variety of techniques brochure, medical and technical illustration, multimedia projects, retouching, storyboards, TV/film graphics and web page design. 75% of work is with print ads. 90% of design and 90% of illustration demands skills in FreeHand, Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with photocopies, photographs, résumé. Illustrators: Send postcard sample and résumé, follow-up postcard every 6 months. Accepts disk submissions compatible with QuarkXPress 7.5/version 3.3. Send EPS files. Samples are filed. Will contact for portfolio review of b&w, color final art if interested. Pays by the hour, by the project or by the day depending on experience and ability. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artist through sourcebooks and word of mouth.
MYERS, MYERS & ADAMS ADVERTISING, INC.
934 N. Victoria Park Rd., Fort Lauderdale FL 33304. (954)523-6262. Fax: (954)523-3517. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.mmanda.com. Contact: Virginia Myers, creative director. Estab. 1986. Number of employees 6. Approximate annual billing $2 million. Ad agency. Full-service, multimedia firm. Specializes in magazines and newspaper ads; radio and TV; brochures; and various collateral. Product specialties are consumer and business-to-business. Current clients include Harley-Davidson, Wendy’s and Embassy Suites. Professional affiliation Advertising Federation.
NEEDS Approached by 10-15 freelancers/year. Works with 3-5 freelance illustrators and 3-5 designers/year. Uses freelancers mainly for overflow. Also for animation, brochure and catalog illustration, model-making, posters, retouching and TV/film graphics. 55% of work is with print ads. Needs computer-literate freelancers for illustration and production. 20% of freelance work demands knowledge of PageMaker, Photoshop, QuarkXPress and Illustrator.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard-size sample of work or send query letter with tearsheets. Samples are filed and are returned by SASE if requested by artist. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color final art, roughs, tearsheets and thumbnails. Pays for design and illustration by the project, $50-1,500. Buys all rights. Finds artists through Creative Black Book, Workbook and artists’ submissions.
THE NAPOLEON GROUP
420 Lexington Ave., Suite 3020, New York NY 10170. (212)692-9200. Fax: (212)692-0309. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.napny.com. Contact: Scott Stein, studio manager. Estab. 1985. Number of employees: 40. AV firm. Full-service, multimedia firm. Specializes in storyboards,comps, magazine ads, computer graphic art and animatics. Leading provider in the “TEST” market. Product specialty is consumer. Clients: “all major New York City ad agencies.” Client list not available.
NEEDS Approached by 20 freelancers/year. Works with 15 freelance illustrators and 5 designers/year. Prefers local freelancers with experience in animation, computer graphics, film/video production and multimedia.Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers for storyboards, animation, direct mail, logos and retouching. 10% of work is with print ads. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design, illustration, production and presentation. 80% of freelance work demands skills in Illustrator or Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send e-mail samples with attachments of current work, query letter with photocopies, tearsheets, DVD or CD. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Currently seeking cutting edge contemporary artists that can produce fast clean and realistic storyboard and animatic artwork. Computer coloring and drawing skills desired in applicants. Also seeking 3D animation artists, modelers and animators for consideration. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through word of mouth and submissions.
NEIMAN GROUP
614 N. Front St., Harrisburg PA 17101. (717)232-5554. Fax: (717)232-7998. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.neimangroup.com. Estab. 1978. Full-service ad agency specializing in print collateral and ad campaigns. Product specialties are health care, banks, retail and industry.
Second location: 1619 Walnut St., 4th Floor, Philadelphia PA 19103; (215)667-8719.
NEEDS Prefers local artists with experience in comps and roughs. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers mainly for advertising illustration and comps. Also uses freelancers for brochure design, mechanicals, retouching, lettering and logos. 50% of work is with print ads. 3% of design and 1% of illustration demands knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Designers: Send query letter with résumé. Illustrators: Send postcard sample, query letter or tearsheets. Samples are filed. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include color thumbnails, roughs, original/ final art, photographs. Pays for design and illustration by the project. Finds artists through sourcebooks and workbooks.
TIPS “Try to get a potential client’s attention with a novel concept. Never, ever, miss a deadline. Enjoy what you do.”
LOUIS NELSON DESIGN, INC.
P.O. Box 995, New York NY 10025. (212)620-9191. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.louisnelson.com. Contact: Louis Nelson, president. Estab. 1980. Number of employees: 2. Approximate annual billing: $1.2 million. Specializes in environmental, interior and product design and brand and corporate identity, displays, packaging, publications, signage and wayfinding, exhibitions and marketing. Clients: nonprofit organizations, corporations, associations and governments. Current clients include Stargazer Group, Rocky Mountain Productions, Wildflower Records, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Richter+Ratner Contracting Corporation, MTA and NYC Transit, Massachusetts Port Authority, Evelyn Hill Inc., Km et cie. Professional affiliations: IDSA, AIGA, SEGD, APDF.
NEEDS Approached by 30-40 freelancers/year. Works with 30-40 designers/year. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers mainly for specialty graphics and 3D design; also for design, photo-retouching, model-making and charts/graphs. 100% of design demands knowledge of PageMaker, QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Velum, Autocad, Vectorworks, Alias, Solidworks or Illustrator. Needs editorial illustration. Needs design more than illustration or photography.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send postcard sample or query letter with résumé. Accepts disk submissions compatible with Illustrator 10.0 or Photoshop 7.0. Send EPS/PDF files. Samples are returned only if requested. Responds in 2 weeks. Write for appointment to show portfolio of roughs, color final reproduction/product and photographs. Pays for design by the hour, $15-25; or by the project, negotiable.
TIPS “I want to see how the artist responded to the specific design problem and to see documentation of the process–the stages of development. The artist must be versatile and able to communicate a wide range of ideas. Mostly, I want to see the artist’s integrity reflected in the work.”
NICE LTD.—NICOSIA CREATIVE EXPRESSO, LTD.
355 W. 52nd St., 8th Floor, New York NY 10019. (212)515-6600. Fax: (212)265-5422. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]. Website: www.niceltd.com. Contact: Davide Nicosia, principal/creative director. Estab. 1993. Number of employees: 40. Full-service multicultural creative agency. Specializes in graphic design, corporate/brand identity, brochures, promotional material, packaging, fragrance bottles and 3D animations. Current clients include Estée Lauder Companies, Procter & Gamble, Dunhill, Gillette, Montblanc, Old Spice and Pantene.
Additional locations in Singapore, Tokyo and Bangkok (see website for details).
NEEDS Approached by 70 freelancers/year. Works with 6 illustrators and 8 designers/year. Works by assignment only. Uses illustrators, designers, 3D computer artists and computer artists familiar with Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, Macromedia Director, Flash and Alias Wavefront.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter and résumé. Responds for portfolio review only if interested. Pays for design by the hour. Pays for illustration by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project.
TIPS Looks for “promising talent and the right attitude.”
NOSTRADAMUS ADVERTISING
884 West End Ave., Suite #2, New York NY 10025. (212)581-1362. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.nostradamus.net. Contact: B. Sher, creative director. Specializes in book design, Web design, fliers, advertising and direct mail. Clients ad agencies, book publishers, nonprofit organizations and politicians.
NEEDS Works with 5 artists/year. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design and production. Freelancers should know InDesign, Quark, Photoshop, Dreamweaver.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, résumé, business card, samples and tearsheets. Do not send slides as samples; will accept “anything else that doesn’t have to be returned.” Samples not kept on file are not returned. Responds only if interested. Call for appointment to show portfolio. Pays for illustration by the project, $150 minimum. Considers skill and experience of artist when establishing payment.
NOTOVITZ COMMUNICATIONS
15 Cutter Mill Rd., Suite 212, Great Neck NY 11021. (516)467-4672. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.notovitz.com. Contact: Joseph Notovitz, president. Number of employees: 4. Specializes in marketing communications (branding, annual reports, literature, publications, websites), corporate identity, exhibit signage, event design and writing. Clients: finance, real estate and industry. Professional affiliation: Specialty Graphic Imaging Association.
NEEDS Approached by 100 freelancers/year. Works with 10 freelance illustrators and 10 designers/year. Uses freelancers for brochure, poster, direct mail and booklet illustration; mechanicals; charts/graphs; and logo design. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design, illustration and production. 90% of freelance work demands expertise in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Needs pool of freelance Web developers with expertise in Flash, coding and design. Also collaborates on projects that writers and freelancers bring.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send résumé and links to online examples of work. Responds “if there is fit and need.” Pays for design and production work by the hour, $25-75. Pays for illustration by the project, $200-5,000.
TIPS “Do a bit of research on the firm you are contacting. Send pieces that reflect the firm’s style and needs. If we never produce book covers, book cover art does not interest us. Stress what you can do for the firm, not what the firm can do for you.”
NOVUS COMMUNICATIONS
121 E. 24th St., 12th Floor, New York NY 10010. (212)473-1377. Fax: (212)505-3300. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.novuscommunications.com. Contact: Robert Antonik, managing director. Estab. 1988. Represents 200 emerging, mid-career and established artists. Clients: corporate, hospitality, healthcare. 5% private collectors, 95% corporate collectors. Overall price range $500-20,000; most work sold at $800-5,000.
NEEDS Considers oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, mixed media, collage, paper, sculpture, ceramics, craft, fiber, glass, photography, and all types of prints. Exhibits all styles. Genres include landscapes, abstracts, florals and figurative work. Prefers landscapes, abstract and figurative.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Accepts work on consignment (50% commission). Retail price set by the artist. Gallery provides promotion and contract; shipping costs are shared. Prefers artwork unframed. Send query letter with résumé, slides, brochure and reviews. Write for appointment to show portfolio of originals, photographs and slides. Responds only if interested within 1 month. Files slides and bio. Finds artists through agents, visiting exhibitions, word of mouth, art publications and sourcebooks, submissions.
TIPS “Send complete information and pricing. Do not expect slides and information back. Keep the dealer updated with current work and materials.”
OAKLEY DESIGN STUDIOS
Website: oakleydesign.com; oakleydesign.blogspot.com. Contact: Tim Oakley, creative director. Estab. 1992. Specializes in brand and corporate identity, display, package, feature film design, along with advertising. Clients: advertising agencies, record companies, motion picture studios, surf apparel manufacturers, mid-size businesses. Current clients include Patrick Lamb Productions, Metro Computerworks, Tiki Nights Entertainment, Hui Nalu Brand Surf, Stona Winery, Mt Hood Jazz Festival, Think AV, Audient Events, & Kink FM 102. Professional affiliations: GAG, AIGA, PAF, Type Directors Club, Society of Illustrators.
NEEDS Approached by 3-5 freelancers/year. Works with 3 freelance illustrators and 2 designers/year. Prefers local artists with experience in technical & freehand illustration, airbrush. Uses illustrators mainly for advertising. Uses designers mainly for brand and corporate identity. Also uses freelancers for ad and P-O-P illustration, airbrushing, catalog illustration, lettering and retouching. 60% of design and 30% of illustration demands skills in CS2 Illustrator, CS2 Photoshop and CS2 InDesign.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Contact through artist rep or send query letter with brochure, photocopies, photographs, plus résumé. Samples are filed or returned by SASE if requested by artist. Request portfolio review in original query. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w and color final art, photocopies, photostats, roughs and/or slides. Pays for design by the project, $200 minimum. Pays for illustration by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project. Finds artists through design workbooks.
TIPS “Just be yourself and bring coffee.”
THE O’CARROLL GROUP
300 E. McNeese St., Suite 2-B, Lake Charles LA 70605. (337)478-7396. Fax: (337)478-0503. E-mail: online contact form. Website: www.ocarroll.com. Contact: Peter O’Carroll, president. Estab. 1978. Ad agency/PR firm. Specializes in newspaper, magazine, outdoor, radio and TV ads. Product specialty is consumer. Client list available upon request.
NEEDS Approached by 1 freelancer/month. Works with 1 illustrator every 3 months. Prefers freelancers with experience in computer graphics. Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers mainly for time-consuming computer graphics. Also for brochure and print ad illustration and storyboards. Needs website developers. 65% of work is with print ads. 50% of freelance work demands skills in Illustrator and Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query e-mail with electronic samples. Responds only if interested. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Pays for design by the project. Pays for illustration by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project. Find artists through viewing portfolios, submissions, word of mouth, American Advertising Federation district conferences and conventions.
ODEN MARKETING & DESIGN
119 S. Main St., Suite 300, Memphis TN 38103. (901)578-8055; (800)371-6233. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.oden.com. Contact: Design director. Estab. 1971. Specializes in annual reports, brand and corporate identity, design and package design. Clients: corporations. Current clients include International Paper, Federal Express.
NEEDS Works with 5-8 freelance illustrators and photographers/year. Works on assignment only. Uses illustrators mainly for collateral. 50% of freelance work demands knowledge of QuarkXPress, In-Design, Illustrator, or Photoshop.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, photographs, slides and transparencies. Samples are filed and are not returned. Responds only if interested. Portfolio review not required. Pays for illustration by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project.
TIPS Finds artists through sourcebooks.
OMNI PRODUCTIONS
P.O. Box 302, Carmel IN 46082-0302. (317)846-2345. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: omniproductions.com. Contact: Winston Long, president. Estab. 1984. AV firm. Full-service, multimedia firm. Specializes in video, Intranet, CD and Internet. Current clients include “a variety of industrial clients, government and international agencies.”
NEEDS Works on assignment only. Uses freelancers for brochure design and illustration, storyboards, slide illustration, animation, and TV/film graphics. Needs computer-literate freelancers for design, illustration and production. Most of freelance work demands computer skills.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send résumé. Samples are filed and are not returned. Artist should followup with call or letter after initial query. Pays by the project. Finds artists through agents, word of mouth and submissions.
ORIGIN DESIGN
One Origin Center, 2600 Travis—Level Two, Houston TX 77006. (877)520-9544. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.origindesign.com. Design and marketing firm.
Recent Origin projects have been recognized in HOW Magazine, the national Summit Awards, the Dallas Society of Visual Communicators Annual Show, and the regional Addys.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with résumé and samples.
OUTSIDE THE BOX INTERACTIVE LLC
150 Bay St., Suite 706, Jersey City NJ 07302. (201)610-0625. Fax: (201)610-0627. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.outboxin.com. Estab. 1995. Number of employees: 6. Interactive design and marketing firm. “For over a decade we have been providing strategic and integrated solutions for branding, advertising, and corporate communications. Our skills lie in creating active experiences versus passive messages. We focus on the strengths of each particular delivery platform, whether multimedia, web or print, to create unique solutions that meet our client’s needs. Our strategies are as diverse as our clients, but our focus is the same: to maximize the full potential of integrated marketing, combining the best in new media and traditional assets. We offer a unique blend of creativity, technology, experience and commitment.” Clients include Society of Illustrators, Dereckfor Shipyards, Educational Testing Service, Nature’s Best.
NEEDS Approached by 5-10 illustrators and 5-10 designers/year. Works with 2-5 freelance illustrators and 4-6 designers/year. Freelancers must be digitally fluent. Uses freelancers for airbrushing, animation, brochure and humorous illustration, logos, model-making, multimedia projects, posters, retouching, storyboards, TV/film graphics, web page design. 90% of design demands skills in Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Director HTML, Java Script and any 3D program. 60% of illustration demands skills in Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Illustrator, any animation and 3D program.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS Send query letter with brochure, photocopies, photographs, résumé, SASE, slides, tearsheets, transparencies. Send follow-up postcard every 3 months. Accepts DVD/CD submissions. Samples are filed and are returned by SASE. Will contact if interested. Pays by the project. Rights purchased vary according to project.
OXFORD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
11 Music Mountain Blvd., Lambertville NJ 08530. (609)397-4242. Fax: (609)397-5915. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.oxfordcommunications.com. Contact: Chuck Whitmore, creative director. Estab. 1986. Ad agency. Full-service, multimedia firm. Specializes in print advertising and collateral. Product specialties are retail, real estate and destination marketing.
NEEDS Approached by 6 freelancers/month. Works with 3 designers every 6 months. Prefers local freelancers with experience in Quark, Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. Uses freelancers mainly for production and design. 75% of work is with print ads.
FIRST CONTACT & TERMS E-mail résumé and PDF samples. Samples are filed. Responds only if interested. Will contact artist for portfolio review if interested. Portfolio should include b&w or color photostats, tearsheets, photographs and slides. Pays for design and illustration by the project, negotiable. Rights purchased vary according to project.