Business Cards
Posted by erin at May 10, 2005 05:45 PMI've been thinking about making business cards for awhile now. Sometimes interesting people tour the studio and I'd like to have something to give them - and sometimes I just meet people who might be good connections later.
Next week some Cartoon Network people are coming and I want to give them a business card. I don't have company-specific ones with my name on 'em, and it's safe to say that I might not always work at this company. In the future I might work at some/all of the other animation companies in NYC.
When I go to Korea this fall and tour the animation studio there I want to have nice formal business cards to give them. Meanwhile, for the CN people I'll meet next week it'd be useful to have slap-dash temporary business cards to give them.
The idea here is to achieve a career goal I have: To attend a big Cartoon Network party. I know they have these parties. I know important people go to them. I know many of the animation people who's work I admire attend said parties.
There's a second problem - I hesitate to put my current job position on my business cards because I know I won't always be a Production Coordinator. I don't want to limit myself to just the production side. I can't put "Animator" because technically I do not animate things. I figure a funny slogan or a non-serious byline might be the way to go.
So here are the ideas I have for slap-dash-ready-by-next-week litte cards to make up:
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May 10, 2005 10:17 PM, Rick said:
>When I go to Korea this fall and tour the animation studio there I want to have nice formal business cards to give them.
Uh, am I supposed to be planning these tours?
May 11, 2005 11:18 AM, Erin said:
Oh heck no! My boss here will help arrange it. I might need your guidence to actually find the place.
May 13, 2005 03:34 PM, Kerry said:
Those suggestions are all bad. If you really intend to give this to people who might one day give you a job, you should put your current job title on it, along with where you work. If you must put a non-job byline on the card, stick to something at least sort of professional sounding, like "Animator of Tomorrow". You might replace that with something that actually sounds professional, too.
June 1, 2005 11:58 AM, Amber said:
Hi. So I'm waiting for client feedback and cleaning out my email accounts and I found a link to your blog... because I'm sure you're wondering what the hell I'm doing here. Maybe it's too late for comments, but if not:
I agree that you have to put your real position and real company on the card. It makes you look way more legitimate and professional than some cute tag-line. If all you've got is a tag line, how will anyone know you're not just some loser animation *fan* who isn't talented/non-flaky enough to get a job? And whatver you do, don't mention anime on your business card unless you are dealling specifically with *anime* people. Even then, you have to be sure they're anime people who actually *like* anime. Right or wrong, there's a lot of stigma attatched to otaku in the animation world, and if you're trying to get invited to non-otaku thrown parties or to work at non-otaku run businesses, it's better to err on the side of caution. Sorry that was so long.
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