As I’ve been out hunting for a few jobs (with little success-bummer), I decided as my website is primarily my online portfolio, that I ought to upload some more aircraft designs and some of my graphic design and corporate design work.

I gather if potential job offerers are going to see my site first, and base their opinion of me and my work off their first impression, that I ought to have my graphic design work represented here as well. I’ve been looking for graphic design and, or, corporate design jobs lately, and, there’s no sense in frightening off anyone with a portfolio that is strictly fantasy and scifi-based. Whilst my love is primarily for all things fantasy and scifi, I am capable of graphic design and corporate design.

When I was first hired at Oxford Aviation Inc in 2006, my boss, whom I had known for a number of years, looked at my portfolio and asked “what does this have to do with aircraft?” to which I kind of wanted to say “absolutely nothing,” but I said that whilst my portfolio reflects that I am a capable illustrator, I do have a graphic design sense, and that I can certainly design aircraft schemes. And I proved that immediately. However, my boss also knew me. Potential hirers don’t. So, herein lies my proof–new aircraft schemes (photos–I have tons of 2D schemes that I do not want to upload to the internet as they are property of OAI now, technically), and corporate design.

If you are a talent scout and would like to see the 2D graphic schemes for the aircraft, please email me at sarah.longley @ industrythirteen dot com.