Paris vs NYC - Society6. Livresse. Delphine Durand. Penguin Books fait dans la publicité typograhique… We Made This. We get a fair few CVs and portfolios emailed in to the studio each week, particularly at this time of year: some okay, some good, and some, occasionally, brilliant. Which is what happened the other day, when Xavi Garcia sent us his screenprinted Work:Fail manifesto. We figured it might be helpful for other students out there to use him as a good example of how to get a foot in the door, as well as being a fine way of giving Xavi a bit of free publicity. Often the first point of contact is an email. Some tips on that would be: always find a named person to send your email to; don't CC all the agencies you're applying to; and make sure you tailor your email to each company individually rather than copying and pasting (we have a stack of emails sent through from students telling us why they'd really like a placement at NB:Studio).
Now and then someone sends something physical through - obviously that involves more time and effort on their part, so we're more likely to take a look. So. Mendelsund. Christine Park. February 2010.