The Art Institute of California -- San Francisco

GAD Club Week 10

Hello GADlings,

So far the following people have replied about the 2K tour for Tuesday 4-6 (about 3:00 - 7:30 with travel time). The tour is limited to 15 people this time so that leaves 4 spots available to first come first serve. Apparently they have set several guest speakers for us, so please email me if you are interested and can go on this tour.

1. joaquin
2. edmund
3. jessica
4. dave
5. trevin
6. phillip
7. ivy
8. julia
9. nathalie
10. brian
11. denise
15. 
    

We will be talking about rides, meet up times and all of that at the meeting, so please go if you are on this list.

Also we will be doing nominations for officer positions at this meeting. The positions you are available to run for are below:

President
Vice-President
Treasurer

Elections will be held during the Week 11 meeting.... and don't forget about the Pot Luck coming up Saturday of Week 11! We will discuss that some more at the meeting too.

Lastly, there is a chance the newly hired Academic Director for the GADs/VGPs will make an appearance at GAD Club, so we can meet him and get to know a little bit about him.

I'll see you Monday!

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GAD Club Week 8.5

Hello GAD Club... I've got a lot to cover so lets get it rollin

Below are the names of everyone I have on the list to go to 2K that signed up for the last trip.  If you are on this list PLEASE REPLY to me asap to confirm that you can still make it to the tour on its newly scheduled date: June 3rd, 4-6 (please be aware that the travel time will be at least an hour).  We have fewer spots available now so I need a reply from everyone that can still go.  Also if you can not go please let me know asap so I can give your spot to others.  And finally if you are not on this list and would like to go, let me know and I will add you to the waiting list.

1.Brian*
2.Dave*
3.Dakota*
4.Jeff*
5.Wok
6.Elliot
7.Hadidjah
8.Trevin
9.Phillip
10.Adam
11.Will
12.Jessica
13.Ed (GAD)
14.Ed (VGP)
15.Kevin
16.AJ
17.Julia
18.Nathalie
Career Services x3

*means you can drive people
if you can drive people as well, please let me know!

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Here are a list of potential jobs for you floating around...
First of all, if you play or have played Second Life,  send me a quick email as there is a related part-time job opportunity  (very limited time so reply asap!)

This was from Denise regarding the jobs we chatted about.

Freelance Illustrator:  I have two positions available.

1. Two Rock Media-Project to begin in about a month (June).  Various Illustrators needed who work in Vector based programs like Illustrator.  Must be a kick-ass Illustrator who’s drawings appeal to the mid-teen to 20’s crowed.  Can be any genre like Graphic Novel, Photorealistic, animae, whimsical, cartoony, etc….  Your artwork will be purchased outright by the client and $$$ is negociable.  This could become a long term project.  Your illustrations would be part of an National and International campaign for a HUGE client.  You can work from home, must be able to meet strict deadlines and have a professional attitude.
2. Paul Chang Designs-Project to begin immediately.  Freelance Illustrator.  Must be able to work in Photoshop and Illustrator.  Will be creating cartoon props (e.g. environment, objects)  Your style must be cute, Japanese, unique and animae-ish.  Creating human characters.  This is a 1-2 month job.  He is currently working on a Business Proposal he needs the Illustrations for.  Could be an ongoing project.  The ideal person is professional, can meet deadlines has strong technical drawing skills and has a  great imagination.
3. Movie Studio in Bay Area is seeking an intern or two to help take concept ZOMBIE designs into 3D and create a video trailer for the movie.  If you like Zombies and horror movies this is for you.  This is an internship to begin with and could get you full title credits on the movie when completed if the movie is picked up.  The movie is based on a Zombie comic.  You will do 3D designs of zombies as well as help with the website to create the look and feel.

 

And then this was from Katie

Company Name: Hands on Mobile
Type of Business: Games
Address: 580 California Street Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415-848-0400
Company Website: www.mforma.com
Job Title:
Business Development Intern

 Job Description: The Business Development Intern will support the strategic objectives of the Business Development teams. Duties will include market research and competitive analysis of the digital landscape, as well as financial analysis of potential partnerships and strategic directions. This role will assist in driving projects forward and maintaining market analysis information to justify any direction changes that the company may need to pursuer.

Responsibilities:

• Schedule and prepare for meetings with partners
• Conduct research related to specific partners and opportunities
  • Create fact-sheets for companies
  • Develop business cases
• Conduct market research on emerging mobile services
  • What's new and cool?
  • Who offers it?
  • How consumers can obtain it?
• Update partner databases, contacts, and other lists
• Conduct competitive analysis

Required Skills:

• Solid understanding of the social networking and digital media spaces
• Strong interest in new media, and an understanding of the industry players and market trends
• Experience modeling in Excel
• Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize
• Ability to operate at the executive and management team levels
• Excellent verbal, writing, presentation and communication skills
• Creative / solutions-oriented mindset balanced by strong execution skills

How to Apply: Please submit resumes to jobs@handson.com and include title in the subject line.

Project Timeframe (# of hours a week/# of months): 3 months during the summer

Hourly Rate: DOE

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Now for some club related stuff.  There is no meeting next week since school is out.  Week 10's meeting will consist of planning for the tour, and nominations for election!

Just a quick reminder to let you know that the next Postmortem is next Tuesday, May 27th at the Thirsty Bear Brewery @ 661 Howard St. (between 2nd and 3rd).

I also got an email about an event called the Concept Art Jam which "is an event where we can all meet up as artists and feed off of everybody's creativity. The event will consist of live models as well as food and prizes! Come one, come all - spread the word!"  The details of that event as listed on the poster include: Models for drawing/painting with imaginative themes and costumes.  There will be food ($5) judging and prizes.  It is Wednesday May 28th from 5-9 in room 910.

Also, last but not least, GAME JAM 3 will be going on this Saturday from 12-6 and will include free lunch.  The idea is to come together with fellow students and make a game design concept from scratch.  The theme of this quarters Game Jam will be announced at the event.  See you there!

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GAD Club Week 5

Hello GAD Club,

This is late so I'll make it brief...

1. This Mondays meeting we will be having a guest speaker come in and talk about the company iWin and the internship positions they will be offering for the summer. So please, come check it out
2. GAD Club Emperor Neal sends message from the throne and has granted us access to his sacred kingdom..... Err I mean Neal got us a tour of 2k Marin for next month. We will discuss this in more details at the meeting hopefully if we have time.
3. Golden Ticket is this Thursday from 12-1
4. It's midterms so do your homework!

That is all. See you at the meeting!

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GAD Club Week 4

Greetings GAD Club,

There are a lot of things going on at school this week so let me break it down....

Spring Fling is this week.... so that means we need to get some points for our major so we can win the pizza party at the end of the week.

• All week Monday - Friday 12-1 and 5-6 you can bring in clothes for the clothing drive to earn points for GAD. (elevator lobby)
• Tuesday from 12-1 you can also earn us points by creating artwork from recyclable materials in the student lounge
• And on Thursday 12-1 in the lounge you can earn us points by playing a game of Jeopardy with a Twist (no I don't think that means Twister although I suggested it at the Peer Mentor meeting.)
• Other things going on for spring fling that don't involve points are donating to the Plant a Tree Drive (same time/place as the clothing drive) and there is a Blood Drive going on Wednesday 12-6 in Union Plaza meanwhile there will also be free food inside during that time. (to make an appointment online please visit www.beadoner.com (sponsor code: AI)
  

Other important events going on this week are Dining with the Dean which is Wednesday 5-6 in the Gallery, and then on Thursday 12-1 is Major Conversations.... i'll have more info on those at the meeting.

Club member Hadidjah let me know about another interesting art competition that others might be interested in from Deviant Art and Capcom about Okami. Check it out at http://news.deviantart.com/article/46598/

I'd like to mention again that this weekend there will be a guest speaker, Cole Madeiros, who will talking about Card and Board Game Self Publishing this coming Saturday from 1-3pm.

Also next week we are going to have a guest speaker from iWin here in San Francisco regarding interships the company will be posting soon, as well as information on how he got into the industry.

Last weeks meeting I talked a bit about a couple forum posts that I made. I would really like it if someone (anyone, lol) participated in either of these posts and more posts on the forums. Here are the links
http://aistudentforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2007
http://aistudentforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2006

And to cap this fine piece of news... here is a cut and paste of the FREE workshops going on at the school this quarter.

• The Life Drawing Workshop is Tuesdays & Thursdays 5:30-8:30 in Main Room 620.
• The Maya Crash Course/Open Studio will be held two days a week:
  a. Wednesdays 1pm-3pm in Main Room 612.
  b. Thursdays 10am-12pm in Main Room 015.
• The Photoshop Workshop will be held Wednesdays from 3pm-5pm in Main Room 612.
• The Learning Support Center is staffed to help you with your English, Math, and Computer Apps homework 12-1 in the library, M-F.

That is all, see you at club!

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GAD Club Week 2

Good evening GADs and GADettes,

Tonight I will be serving you the news a little ahead of schedule *gasp*.

First the bread and butter... Regular meetings are Mondays 5-6 in room 612, GADLAN is set for Fridays 5-11ish on the 4th floor this quarter, and the game development project will continue starting this Saturday 12-6 in the basement and go bi-weekly from then.  More info about each of those at the meeting (or you could just email me ya know)

For an appetizer I'd like to mention that the representative from Activision will not be speaking on Tuesday like I said last week but will still be at the Job Fair looking for eligible students interested in jobs.  If you need help with your resume there is a resume cafe on Tuesday I believe.

The main course for tonight is that there are a lot of interesting contest going on out in the world today that some of you should consider entering.  Firstly there is a SOE G.I.R.L. Game Design Competition which I hope y'all were emailed about.  If not, here is the link http://www.station.sony.com/girl/  .  I heard about this one yesterday for those interested in concept art, http://news.deviantart.com/article/45697/ .  And it looks like Unreal is doing mod making contest like they did with UT2k4 but this time for UT3.... $1,000,000 for making something awesome in Unreal!  There are lots of categories too so check out http://www.makesomethingunreal.com/ .  There is another one her for a project team that I may have talked about a couple times already.  HopeLab is running a contest for making a game design to help teens battle cancer for a 10k reward.  See more at www.hopelab.org/wanted

And for desert, the Card and Board Game Self Publishing speaker I talked about last meeting is set to come to school on Saturday, April 26th from 1-3 pm (room tbd) and all are welcome and encouraged to go!  I am excited to show off our board game!

That is all I have for now, see you at GAD Club

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GAD Club Week 13?

That's what it feels like....

Anyway..... greetings GADlings, old and new.  Here is the run down of events going on Week 1 of the Spring quarter...

Regular meetings are at the same time and same place, so mark down Mondays 5-6pm in room 612 for GAD Club.  This week we will re-introduce ourselves, and talk about what we want to accomplish this quarter.

During the meeting we will need to pick a date and location for GAD-LAN, as well as Gameshop (thats like a workshop where we make games.....ya..... I don't know I just like to make up names for everything)

I don't have my peer mentor cheat sheet with me atm but I will let you all know when the free food opportunities are going to be at the first meeting, because everyone likes free food right?

I do know that Monday morning is the sugar rush thing again (aka free donuts and other goodies) and of course there is always the Club Fair on Thursday!  I'll be there (5-7pm in the 1st floor of 10UN this time) serving you free cotton candy again, and there will be other goodies, fun stuff, and an opportunity to win some prizes... also if GAD Club isn't enough, you can sign up for other clubs too.

Another important thing coming up is Job Fair on week 2.  Normally Job Fair is just about part-time jobs for students that need to work while going to school, but this time we will be visited by Claudia of Activision who is looking for people to hire locally.  On top of that she will be at the school on Tuesday of that week to talk about recruiting for the gaming industry and how to get a job!  The details are still being worked on but I will let everyone know as soon as that is figured out.

Also i'd like to recap the changes in the officer list
Pres - Me
VP - Julia
TT - Wok
Adviser - Denise Hall
Webmistress - Ivy

That is all for now.  I'll see you at GAD Club!

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