Design Team Search!!

Oxford Impressions has a GREAT team of designers!  I feel blessed to have such talented artists supporting and promoting OI rubber stamps.  The team has a core of regulars who participate every year and two to three guest artist spots per year.  Guest spots have been available by invitation only. The team for 2009, however, will be staffed differently.  This year there will be a competition for the open spots!!

What is required of Oxford Impressions design team members:

Design team members receive all new stamp collections for the year unless they choose to "opt out" of a particular collection. In return for the free stamps, a minimum of three samples per collection must be submitted to OI. Samples will be displayed on the OI website and blog. We really appreciate our members showing off their OI art on personal blogs, photo-sharing sites, and yahoo groups, but it is not a requirement. Oxford Impressions encourages magazine submissions.  If a design team member is published, the member still qualifies for free stamps under our publication reward policy.  It is not uncommon for design team members to own ALL of our stamp collections.  

Contest Requirements:

1. Artist needs to submit 3 different projects for judging. Projects are artist's choice. Art can be card fronts, ATC, canvas art, mixed media, etc. As long as the pieces demonstrate the ability of the artist to successfully use rubber stamps, anything goes. We want to see work that showcases the artist's individual style. 

2. Submissions can be made by email or regular postal mail.  Submissions can be scans, photographs, color copies, or actual pieces.  If actual pieces are submitted, they will be photographed for judging. Art will not be returned so don't send anything you can't part with.

A. Email submissions - send art scans as a .jpg to designcontest@oxfordimpressions.com . If an item is multi-dimensional, send no more than 3 views per piece.

B. Postal submissions - send photos, copies or art in an envelope marked "DO NOT BEND" to the following address:

Oxford Impressions

Design Contest

P.O. Box 382721

Germantown, TN 38183-2721

3. All entries must be received by December 1st, 2008. Entries become the property of Oxford Impressions.  Entries may be displayed on the Oxford Impressions website or blog during judging and any time after new members have been announced.

 

4. Artist MUST demonstrate an ability to effectively use photo-style stamps.  Applicants are not required to use Oxford Impressions stamps for entry - any photo-style stamp will be sufficient.

5. Submission should include name and email address.  Please send a BRIEF note with the art generally outlining any past experience of getting your art published.  A specific list is not necessary, but recent publications would be of interest.  Being published is not a requirement for entry, however, a willingness to submit is a strong plus!

6. If you are currently a design team member for another rubber stamp company, please let us know.   Our team openings are for the year 2009. You may want to check with any company you currently work for to see what their policy is regarding multiple team commitments.  Oxford Impressions allows our design team members to participate in other design teams, but we expect an honest commitment of support for our products. Not all companies are as flexible.

Contest Judging:

I will personally review all submissions.  However, I will not be choosing the new members.  I will present a slate of the best candidates to a panel of qualified judges - the current design team members!  Each submission group will be identified by number only.  The six design team members will vote to choose their peers. The new members will be announced the first week of January.

If you have any questions, please contact me at designcontest@oxfordimpressions.com

I can't wait to see your art!  Thank you for participating!

Suzanne

Comments

[Vicki]

You've been tagged. If you don't already know the rules, come over to my blog to view them.

Hope you have as much fun with this as I had.

[Amy H.]

How exciting! Now I am inspired to go home and see what I can come up with. I would love to be part of Oxford Impressions design team.

[Oxfordimpressions]

Great, Amy! I'd love to see more of your art!
Suzanne

[Kelly B]

this is very exciting! I can't wait to play with my Oxford Impressions stamps to come up with some art for the competition!

[Kelly B]

this is very exciting! I can't wait to play with my Oxford Impressions stamps to come up with some art for the competition!

[Cheryl Rotnem]

I would totally love to be a part of your design team...Hope you'll consider me!

Thanks in Advance,

Cheryl

[oxfordimpressions]

Oh! Please do enter! I can't wait to see everyone's art. I'm happy I don't have to choose the winners - I'd have a team of about a 100!
Suzanne

[Andrea]

I'm so excited to enter; I just love your vintage designs. But each time I try to email the address given above, designcontest@oxfordimpressions.com, I get an error message. Help... where should I send my application?

Thanks so much,
Andrea

[oxfordimpressions]

Oh, No! When I clink the link an email opens right up! I don't understand that, but you can send them to me at suzanne@oxfordimpressions.com instead. I can't wait to see your work!
Suzanne

[Susan]

Hi Suzanne, I wanted to ask about the size of photos that will be used in the judging. Would you kindly let me know. Thanks very much. Back to creating for my entries!

[oxfordimpressions]

Hi Susan! Any size photos can be submitted. What I plan to do is make a web presentation for the design team, showing each artist's work to the best advantage. My ideal photo size would be around 500 pixels tall or wide. (Or a 4 x 6 photo if actual photo is used.) If the photos are much larger, I will reduce them. Hope that answers your question. Let me know if it doesn't!
Suzanne