Design Team '09!

The Search Is On!

Reminisce is searching for a new member to add to our Design Team for 2009! We want to see your very best Reminisce layouts for a chance to win an incredible prize or even a spot on our Design Team!

Enter by Midnight CST, September 30, 2008 for your chance to win one of these amazing prizes!

Grand prize winner will receive $500 cash and a
one year spot on the Reminisce Design Team

1st Runner-Up will receive $100 cash and
$100 in Reminisce credit

2nd, 3rd and 4th Runner-Up will receive $50 cash and
$50 in Reminisce credit

To enter, please submit your favorite creation(s) using a majority of Reminisce product. Reply in the comments section of this post, linking your projects to your comment. Be sure to include your first and last name as well as your email address. We ask that you please submit at least one layout (which can be one or two pages), as well as either a card or altered project, so that we may get a feel for your overall style. You may submit as many times and items as you like. We accept all submissions, including international entries.

ATTENTION RETAILERS! Want to post information about this contest for your customers? Download this PDF file to print and display in your store!

Download dt_09_flyer.pdf

We have compiled the most frequently asked questions below and answered them as thoroughly as possible. If you still have a question after reading through the FAQs, please post it in the comments section and we will be sure to address it.

What exactly is a design team?
Our design team is currently a group of seven fun and creative freelance scrapbookers from around the country who work from their homes. Using Reminisce products, they create layouts, projects and cards as assigned by Reminisce. Being so spread out, all team members keep in touch regularly through a group website. The comraderie of this team is very supportive - every time someone is published or has personal news, everyone else is quick to post a congrats message!

What does being a design team member entail?
A huge perk of being on the design team is seeing the newest Reminisce products before anyone else! Every time Reminisce releases a new collection of products, we ship samples of everything to each of our design team members, along with an assignment as to what we need in terms of layouts, projects and more. We provide a shipping account number to each of our members so that it is easy to ship finished projects back to our main office. Other member perks include a standing discount on any orders placed for personal use products, as well as a Reminisce t-shirt. (The "Design Team 2009" shirts are in production right now!)

How are design team members paid?
Design team members are compensated monthly. They submit an invoice at the end of every month, listing all of the projects completed since their last invoice. Paychecks are issued within the first ten days of the following month. Team members work as contractors, not employees, and are given a 1099 form at the end of the year for tax purposes. Team members are also encouraged to orchestrate make 'n' takes at their local scrapbook stores and submit items for publication - both of which Reminisce provides additional compensation for.

What is the work load like?
Design team members truly have an ideal work situation! They have the flexibility to work from home, and during the hours that are most convenient for them. Assignments are given on a regular basis, although some are more extensive than others. One month we may only need a single layout from each member, the next we may need half a dozen. Workloads are typically heaviest right before CHA trade shows which take place in January and July every year. This is because at CHA shows, we release multiple collections all at once and therefore need several project samples for each line. Because the window between new products being manufactured and released is small, turnaround times on assignments are typically between 1-2 weeks. To make this easier, we give as much "heads up" before an assignment as possible, including sending images of new products in production, so that members can start to brainstorm their projects before they even receive the actual supplies.

Comments

[Heather Wolff]

Heather Wolff
hwolff4@yahoo.com

This was some of my favorite summer paper.

http://www.thememoryzone.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10063/100_2977.JPG

[Heather Wolff]

Fishing Buddies

Heather Wolff
hwolff4@yahoo.com

http://www.thememoryzone.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10179/Fishing_Buddies.jpg

[Heather Wolff]

This is one of my favorite layouts of my son. It is posted in the Scrapbook store I work at - The Memory Zone. We love Reminisce!

http://www.thememoryzone.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10179/For_the_love_of_Chicken_Nuggets.jpg

[Debbie Fitzgerald]

This would be such an amazing opportunity!

[sheree`]

oh this sounds like fun.. here are some things i made using reminisce products..

http://sheree412.blogspot.com/2007/06/woohooo-im-still-here.html

thanks
sheree from australia

[Jennifer Priest]

Here is another entry from me:

http://jenniferpriest.blogspot.com/2008/09/another-project-for-reminisce-contest.html

Jennifer Priest
jenniferppriest@yahoo.com

My full gallery is here if you'd like to check that out too: http://www.scrapbook.com/myplace/index.php?mod=galleries&u=106702

Thanks so much!!

[Erin Morehouse]

Here's my entry! feel free to check out the rest of my gallery too!

http://www.scrapbookcentralegallery.info/showgallery.php?cat=758

Erin Morehouse
erin@morehouse.ca

thanks!

[Jennifer Priest]

Hi There!! Here is my entry, on my blog: http://jenniferpriest.blogspot.com/2008/09/reminisce-dt-2009-contest.html

Name: Jennifer Priest
Email: jenniferppriest@yahoo.com

Thanks so much!!!

[Elizabeth Smith]

ANSWER: Work is usually sent back to the DT members within 6-9 months of receiving it in our office - we send back projects in 2-3 shipments per year. We like to keep projects around long enough to photograph/scan, and hold on during the first few months of a new line's release.

[Lauri Greene]

Question, do you send the work submitted back to the DT members or do you keep it? Thanks.

[Kelly C.]

Wow...here it goes. I've used the heck out of your products as a 2 year member of The Memory Zone Scrapbook Store's Design Team member and I would thrilled if you would even consider my layouts, projects & cards for an entry. They can be found at www.thememoryzone.com in the photo gallery. I have over a dozen entries just from this year's projects posted there.
And thank you for your consideration.
Kelly Crowl
kellyc@allstarlaporte.com

[Lauri Greene]

What a fabulous opportunity! How cool would this be, thanks for posting!!

[Tammy Friedberg]

Very cool! Will definitly try again this year!

[Kristin Faust]

http://reminisce.typepad.com/reminisce/2008/08/5-things-day-3.html#comments

I want to make sure I throw my name in the hat for this. I'm heading on vacation but will scan in my other projects as soon as I get back! Thanks so much for the opportunity!

[Margee']

I posted this on my Yahoo Group.
Emails to you keep coming back.

[Margee']

I posted this on my Yahoo Group.
Emails to you keep coming back.

[Margee']

I posted this on my Yahoo Group.
Emails to you keep coming back.

[Margee']

I posted this on my Yahoo Group.
Emails to you keep coming back.

[Frankie]

I posted your DT Call on my scrapbook site, good luck

[Angela Ploegman]

How cool is this! I just posted a bunch of Reminisce projects on my blog-check it out here: www.colourfulthoughts.blogspot.com Angela Ploegman ploogiea@msn.com