About the Book:
New Media Careers for Artists and Designers will give you insight on emerging job titles and responsibilities in the Interactive Digital Media and Animation and Digital Effects industries. Find out core competencies and specific skills required by each of these areas, broken down into to distinct categories. Commentary from industry leaders will guide you through the maze of often unspoken expectations of getting into and working within these fields.

New Media Careers explores the new and emerging roles of creative's in new media, under the IT umbrella, and their impact on the success of the end product. Supply and demand issues are addressed and exposed. The attributes of qualified artists and designers, as well as their deficiencies are also uncovered.

Requirements such as technical tool knowledge, expected work hours, the availability of on-the-job training, and employer expectations for digital artists and designers are uncovered. Corporate culture is examined in new media firms, and salary expectations are documented and discussed. Even the temperament and personality of new media artists and designers are highlighted here. Industry leaders also give advice to job seekers, and to academia as it prepares to educate future creatives for the 21st century.

Additionally, New Media Careers points you to the best schools at which to study the new media disciplines, and is a resource for books on Interactive Media, Computer Animation, Digital Effects and related Employment Resources. Move forward with the advantage of inside knowledge!