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Probably should have limited this list to about 20 or so for it to be more effective, but pretty nifty none the less and great for those who are superambitious.

The recent increase on postage for all your flat mail may have a significant impact on your business and how you design. If you’re like me, you will want to check out all of the new rate information on the USPS site to see how it may affect you.

Graphic Designer

Location: Charleston, North Charleston, SC

Term/Type of Employment: Full Time, 40+ hrs/wk

Work hours (i.e. shift): 8:30am- 5:30pm

Start date of this position: Immediate

Starting salary range: Salary commensurate with experience

Salary/Benefit notes: Good growth opportunity and experience

Education (minimum): Bachelor’s Degree

Experience level (minimum): 2-5 Years

Position Description

Musicorp is a wholesale distributor of musical instruments, accessories, and lighting products with several distribution centers across the US and headquartered in Charleston, SC. Musicorp has an immediate opening for the position of Graphic Designer.Musicorp is a wholesale distributor of musical instruments, accessories, and lighting products with several distribution centers across the US and headquartered in Charleston, SC. Musicorp has an immediate opening for the position of Graphic Designer.The Graphic Designer will report to the Director of Marketing and work with a production team developing various types of marketing collateral such as:

• Large, full-color product catalogs

• Multi-page, full-color sale flyers

• Brochures and sell sheets

• National trade industry magazine print ads

• Product packaging

• Trade show display graphics

• Various communication materials

• Web and e-mail ads 

Degree in Graphic Design or related field and at least one year’s experience is preferred. Must have significant experience with Quark Xpress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and some experience in Word and Excel. Background in web design, Mac systems technology, video production, photography and/or pre-press a plus.

Musicorp is the largest wholesaler in the musical merchandise industry as a progressive, customer-focused distributor, offering a complete assortment of quality music and lighting products. The professional staff is driven by high performance standards with a commitment to unparalleled customer service and continuous growth. Musicorp’s atmosphere of teamwork provides a friendly and caring business environment for its customers and employees.In January 2006, we moved to our offices in the North Charleston area. After more than 20 years in the same building, Musicorp moved into a new custom-built office with all new furniture and amenities. We continue to provide one of the best all-around benefit packages in the Lowcountry. 

Contact Information

Growth potential abounds as this company and department grows! In addition to growth opportunity, Musicorp offers an excellent benefit package, 401K, paid vacation, medical/dental and more.

Musicorp Corporate Headquarters

2456 Remount Road, Suite 305

www.musicorp.com

kmcmcphr-musicorp@kaman.com

Mailing Address:

PO Box 63366, North Charleston, SC 29419

843-745-8502 (fax)

Musicorp is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer.is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. is the largest wholesaler in the musical merchandise industry as a progressive, customer-focused distributor, offering a complete assortment of quality music and lighting products. The professional staff is driven by high performance standards with a commitment to unparalleled customer service and continuous growth. Musicorp’s atmosphere of teamwork provides a friendly and caring business environment for its customers and employees. Corporate Headquarters is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Actually it’s the Arts Institute (AI) of Charleston set to open soon downtown. Offering Associates and Bachelors Degrees in Culinary Arts, Graphic Design, and Interactive Media to name a few, this looks like it is going to be a great new resource in the Charleston area.

In recent years there have been numerous referrals to the rise of the creative class both nationally and here in Charleston. The beauty, the setting, and the people of this area have been key factors in attracting talent from such disciplines as Graphic Design, Photography, Public Relations, Marketing, and Web Production. This Blog is an effort to rangle the thoughts, ideas, and aspirations of this talented group of people and to eventually become the place to come to for Charleston area creatives. What is the plan to do that?

To start, we are going to be asking creatives in the area from a variety of disciplines to share their expert opinions and ideas with you. Interspersed with these short articles by our local “experts”, you can expect to find postings on everything and anything to deal with the marketing and design world. These postings could be anything from a reference to a new design tool to help you out in your daily work, to a link to an amazing ad that someone saw the other day on YouTube. As we hope to develop a fairly expansive group of trusted users to post, we hope that there will always be fresh content for you to enjoy and learn from.

The next step is you. We will never know what matters most to you unless we see some comments on the site, questions about becoming a blogger yourself, maybe even some inquiries about out our club. And while you can live an entire Second Life on the Web, this blog hopes to get ideas and discussions going both online and offline. Attend an AdFed, PRSA, AMA, or some other local club meeting…start your own group or just meet up with friends to discuss the hot topic of the day (can anyone say iPhone?). Now is truly a great time to be in the city of Charleston and we hope this Blog becomes a representation of the energy and talent that we see all around us.

Ever wonder what it would be like to work for that big corporation but set your own hours? That’s exactly the model that electronics giant Best Buy has adopted in the workplace. Employees (the ones that used to work in big offcies) created a paradim shift in which they are apparently allowed to set their own hours, set their own meetings, etc. The result? So far it has apparently been great…increased productivity, happier employees, satisfied customers, decreased costs to the company (I wonder how much those cube walls cost anyways?). Read the whole story in Business Week Online.