Dear colleague,

if you have wandered all the way here, it looks like you are interested in the possibility of collaborating with us. The following text aims to provide you with more information for your decision. And a few well-intentioned tips on how to successfully prepare for a meeting. Beware, the text is quite long, but we hope it's worth reading :)

What to send us

CV

One amusing beginner's tip: you are applying for a position at a graphic studio and (especially if you are applying for a designer position) your CV should look like it. It certainly doesn't have to be a work of art, but it's the first thing where you can show that you are precise craftsmen. Oh, and we'll be glad if your photo is included too.

Cover letter

It is not strictly necessary. But you will make us happy if you can summarize in two or three sentences in the cover email why you are applying specifically to us. And where you see that your skills and our needs could meet.

Portfolio

Beware, this is the only necessary item. Put fewer things rather than more in the portfolio. What should be in it:

Ideally real projects (school work, work on free topics won't provide us with much information about how you cope with what happens at AnFas). Ideally commercial projects. Work where you were given a brief and had to deal with it. Ideally larger wholes (a logo and its expansion into other documents, a multi-page publication or presentation, a complete website - and not just a banner, etc...).

It's good to provide the works with a comment that sheds light on other important information: For example, how much of the work is yours, who else participated in the work, what the assignment was, input conditions, why you value the work, and so on.

A web portfolio is definitely a fine thing. For graphic designers, however, we like it if they arrange their presentation into one clear document too.

What you should know about us

AnFas does commercial work! We strive for a solid standard, from time to time we win some awards, but it's still commercial work.

We love design and at the same time we want to make a living from it. We do things that are supposed to bring benefit to our clients and help them. That's why they pay us for it. We help our customers communicate effectively; the fact that the works look good is something we take for granted. We understand graphic design as a medium for communication. The goal is always for the work to say what it's supposed to say, and to whom it's supposed to say it. We pay the same attention to content as we do to design.

A relatively wide portfolio of products is made at AnFas. At a level and depth that suits our customers. We all try to be flexible to some extent and master more than one specialization. If you are looking for a place to develop, for example, solely in packaging design or user interface design, or you just want to design logos, then that is a completely legitimate and also a good path. We, however, prefer a broader focus.

We profess a few core values, and in order to be able to cooperate with anyone long-term and happily, we must have alignment in them. The values are, for example:

A natural desire to do good work
Continuous learning and self-development
Cooperation and striving for understanding
Problem solving (not fulfilling tasks) and trying to understand where the problem lies
Respect respect respect

It's a fact that presence at the workplace is not paid here, but contributions are. Whoever can take responsibility enjoys freedom and decides about their own time.

Technical details: We work on PC. Our daily bread is Figma and the classic trio from Adobe: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop. Otherwise, we use everything that comes to hand. Google Docs, MS Office, ...

... and one more thing: we are aware that most schools cannot ideally prepare their students for real practice, also companies with a similar approach are few and far between, so it's hard to gain experience. But if the new colleague shows effort and fight, we can be patient.

What is the structure of AnFas, which position to apply for?

We don't have a classic agency hierarchy. We don't have art directors, accounts, creative directors, DTP operators, art buyers. We are a bunch of creatives and designers with different skills and different levels of seniority. And depending on the type of project, we form various ad-hoc teams. A new colleague can encounter a diverse range of work in the fields of visual identity, promotion, publications, presentations, and digital design for online.

Full time? Part time? Internally? Externally?

We want to work with people long-term and constantly develop and improve cooperation. Cooperation doesn't necessarily have to be full-time, but we need to know how much space you have for collaboration. It's not necessary to sit here with us all the time, but it's necessary to meet often, consult, argue, fine-tune design and overall impression, etc. And collaborating remotely with an unattainable freelancer is then terribly demanding.

Finally

Thank you if you have read this far. It remains to add that despite all our clever talk, we also manage to make mistakes and mess up sometimes. But we face them head-on. If this article hasn't discouraged you from the idea of trying to work with us, or if you even like it and consider it right, then definitely get in touch. Somewhere at the beginning or end of your email, you can add something like: „I understand and I want to go for it“, so that we can see you have already given us enough attention.

We look forward to meeting you!