Every good application needs a cover letter and a resume. We won't go into all the details on how to write a good resume, but will recommend any of the excellent books available on the subject. The point we want to stress is that a resume is required. That means something giving us your name, mailing address, phone number, work experience, educational experience and more, printed or typed on a piece of paper or two. You won't believe how many times we don't receive a resume, or have to load some "interactive resume" on a floppy just to get someone's mailing address. Don't send us your resume on a floppy or CD, it takes too much time to load all those CD's just to dig up people's contact information.

Also, the resume is not the place to demonstrate your creativity or individuality. A standard resume lets us quickly find the information we need (and fits in a standard file cabinet… round resumes do not, for example). The place for your creativity should be in your portfolio or other supplemental materials you send along with your resume. For the artist, the portfolio is the single most important part of your resume. WE DO NOT CONSIDER ARTISTS WITHOUT PORTFOLIOS OR DEMO REELS.

As for supplemental materials, please do send them. They give us a good idea of what you can do. You might, however, want to be selective as to what to send and follow the suggestions listed later in this guide. However, due to the number of applications we receive, among other reasons, we CANNOT RETURN ANY MATERIALS SUBMITTED. This is very important. Do not send originals, send copies. Do not send anything that you are not comfortable with never seeing again.