OneMethod

This week our guest speaker was Steve Miller, the Creative Director of OneMethod. He gave an informative presentation about the company, resumes, resources, and interviewing.

OneMethod works on websites, advertising, mobile media, social media, digital content, motion design, branding, print design, interior design, strategy, and curriculum. Their biggest client is Nokia. To check out more of their work, watch this video.

Resume Hints:

1. Be creative about how you present yourselves, your resume and web portfolio 
2. Your portfolio website should be a work of art
3. Design a resume that shows you think differently
4. Info graphic based resumes are attractive to Steve
5. Have your resume consistent with your website

Interviews (Do’s & Don’t’s)

Work (50%)

• Presentation (consistent, professional and scaled at the same size)
• Brief/Rationale (why did you build it in Flash (or another program and speak intelligently about your work)
• Include mobile in your book
• Social (ex. design contest for Facebook)
• Show your process and ideas

You (50%)

• First 5 minutes (1st impression – what you are going to say and how you are going to present yourself)
• Speak intelligently
• No suits. No ratty t-shirts
• Have an open mind and develop a thick skin when being critiqued
• You’re only as good as your weakest website (people remember your weakest site – if you have 4 strong designs, include only 4)
• Don't have an ego

Resources

• Flickr (wireframe group, hundreds of examples)
• FWA (great websites)
• Designrfix (50 awesome website galleries)
• Twitter: Pete Cashmore, Adam T. Bailey, Grace Smith, Mitch Joel, OneMethod, Steve Miller
• Books: Outliers, Perfect Pitch (Jon Steel), How to Catch the Big Idea – The Strategies of Top Creatives, Collapse (Jared Diamond).

About the Creative Director

What

• Creative & Strategic Thinker
• Presenter
• Performer (get clients into their comfort zone)
• Communicator
• Client Realtor
• Marketer

How

• Marketing Course
• Presentation Skills
• Stay current and up to date on design, trends, media, new programs, etc.
• Practice and improve your skill set

Final Thoughts

• Think “Social” (current and up to date – get people involved – social means more then just adding a like button). Think contests
• Think “Integrated”
• Get on LinkedIn & Twitter
• Site (Blogger, Wordpress, Flavours.me)
• Dev Savvy (Flash, HTML 5, Wordpress)
• Offer more than “just design”
• You’re a salesperson
• Be a people person

Contact Information

135 Liberty St. Suite 201
Toronto Ontario CAN M6K 1A7
steven@onemethod.com
t 416 649 0191
c 416 816 7077
888 OneMethod