You can't fail to have noticed that today sees the start of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. As we all get ready to cheer on an unknown country, Gavin is organising our emc sweepstake, thousands of children (and probably grown ups too) are preparing for the event with The Official 2014 FIFA World Cup [...]
As we’re currently in the midst of a recruitment campaign, we thought it would be helpful if we told you how we recruit and gave you some top tips for (hopefully) getting that interview! قمار على النت How do emc design recruit? 1. We ask all potential candidates to email their pdf CV and pdf [...]
With the end of year design shows nearly upon us, are you a graduate designer trying to decide what to do next with your design qualification? Well, there are of course hundreds of potential options but we thought it would be helpful (especially as we are looking for 3 graduates to join us this summer) if we told you [...]
In a five-part blog series I have been proposing to answer the question: Is English the ultimate global language? This is the fifth and final post of this blog series. Read posts 1, 2, 3 and 4 to catch up. In part 4 I considered how the English language has evolved to become a prime [...]
In a five-part blog series I am proposing to answer the question: Is English the ultimate global language? Read part 1 to this blog series if you've missed it. Part 2: Esperanto – a universal language? There are somewhere between 3000 and 6000 languages spoken worldwide. Whilst a language makes the individuals that speak it unique, [...]
Part 1: Introduction In February 2012, I proudly handed in my university dissertation – 20% of my final Graphic Design degree. It was entitled “How an increase in world transport and tourism has created a greater demand for concise cross-cultural signage”. (Quite a mouthful, I know.) In this dissertation I explored the relationship between language, [...]
As an ever busy design studio it is vital that we work in the most efficient way possible to meet our deadlines. Whether it be starting out on a new job in the sample design stage, text formatting and typesetting a manuscript, styling realia or getting the finished article ready for press, we always ensure [...]
Next week 1,000's of ELT professionals, from all over the world, will be making their way to Harrogate for the 48th IATEFL (International Association of Teaching English as a Foreign Language) conference. And joining them is us! Sophie will be at IATEFL all week, kicking off by helping to organise the first Materials Writing Special [...]
EMC is expanding it’s Creative Content department and we are very focused on creative images. A number of our designers have creative hobbies outside of work, including our MD Mike. He has recently joined Instagram and here is his take on the forum. When time allows I enjoy drawing and painting and also photography. What I don’t do any more is actual design in the [...]
Today we launch a big recruitment drive to find the next lovely people to come and join our growing team! emc design is one of the UK’s leading design agencies for the publishing industry. We are passionate about what we do and have built up an unrivalled reputation for producing high-end, multi-component resources (print and [...]
