Head of Design

The Head of Design is responsible for creating graphics and promotional material for STAR, including the Facebook page photo, cover photo, Instagram promotions, paid adverts, event posters, and station merchandise. As such, they tend to work closely with the Head of Marketing.

Previous Heads of Design

Year	Name	Position Title
2012/13	Benoît Grogan-Avignon	Creative Director
2013/14	Sam Moore	Creative Director
2014/15	Omar Ali	Creative Director
2015/16	Unknown	Unknown
2016/17	Unknown	Unknown
2017/18	Nathan Lovelace	Head of Creative
2018/19	Sabine Denat	Head of Creative
2019/20	Maia Rakovic	Head of Design

Assistant Head of Design

Some committees may decide to also appoint an assistant to the Head of Design, to alleviate their workload. In 2019/20, applications for this position opened in September, allowing new students to apply.

Year	Name	Position Title
2014/15	Alice Lecointe	Creative Team
2019/20	Roberto García	Assistant Head of Design

Handover

Intro

The Head of Design is in charge of creating promotional material for the station, e.g. fliers, social media cover photos, event posters, and merchandise. You work closely with the Head of Marketing, Head of Events, and Station Manager.

Tasks

• Create material for social media and marketing
• Design merchandise
• Look for other student artists to design posters and merchandise.
• Encourage each radio show to produce its own logo, and help them in doing this.
• Update the studio decor.
• Print posters for upcoming events; put them on the studio door and around the Union.

Links and tips

• Best place to store and share designs with committee – drive.google.com
• Old STAR photos to use for collages etc. – archive.standrewsradio.com/gallery
• If you don’t have a personal copy of Photoshop, the computers in the Union’s Design Suite do. There are also alternatives, like Krita, Canva, and PicMonkey.
• STAR yellow: #FEDE59
• STAR logo font: Fugaz One
• Upload all of your logos and designs to one folder, and share the link with the Station Manager and Head of Marketing.
• Use bit.ly to update bit.ly/starlogos, which is available for shows to include STAR's logos on their promo material.
• Scanning artwork on University printers:
  1. Place artwork face down in top-left corner of the glass
  2. Hit the "email" button on the main menu
  3. Hit "more options" at the bottom of the email screen
  4. Set "File type" to JPG
  5. Set "Resolution" to 400 dpi
  6. Set "Image size" to high (large file)
  7. Send email! (Click "retain settings for next job" if scanning multiple designs)
• Posters:
  1. Send the poster to Rachel ([email protected]) for approval.
  2. Print the posters (there's a colour printer and a black & white printer in the Union's design suite).
  3. Take the posters to Union reception to get them stamped.
  4. Put the posters up around the union.
     • Rachel (Design Office) will have a tool for opening the poster holders in the toilets
     • Spread posters across Main Bar, Rector's, etc.
  5. Ask at library and hall receptions if you can put posters up there too.

Contacts

• Previous Head of Design, e.g. Maia Rakovic
• Rachel Hughes, Design & Marketing Manager: [email protected]