Four winning finalists came over to the RJDA studio to receive their certificates and ‘sauce bottle’ trophy’s on Friday 21st May and Ryan took centre stage as the overall winner of RJDA’s FIRST EVER Creative Sauce Competition. to receive his 21 inch Mac, the ultimate prize for a graphic design student!

The winning students are all in their second year at Derby University studying Graphic Design and were thrilled to be with us as well as a little overwhelmed by their own success!

The students had a tour of the busy print and production facilities we have on site and around our design studio first off, followed by a session with the Company Director Lee Day and Studio Manager Chris Reynolds for a portfiolio appraisal.

This was a fabulous opportunity for students to show their work to professionals who have worked in the industry for years, and to use their knowledge to help  understand what it is future employers will be looking for in a portfolio and how best to present their work.

We also gave each student a dedicated invaluable weeks work placement in our design studio over the summer so as they can get a feel for what its like working on live briefs for clients and to deadlines, an opportunity which will stand them in good stead for the future.

Chris Reynolds commented on why Ryan was the guy who walked away with the big prize:

“All four of the winners entries were very strong and could have worked for the charity Brake as a campaign piece in their own right. The reason that Ryan’s entry had the edge was the fact that he had taken the brief and thought about it that little bit deeper. It was graphically well put together, it was hard hitting, neat and strong visually with an excellent use of typography.  They were all very good visually, but Ryans was that bit stronger. He was a deserved winner”

All in all it was a relaxed, informative and fun afternoon for all of us at RJDA as much as for the winners of the very first Creative Sauce Competition.

The clock is ticking and time is running out for RJDA to get ready and prepare to welcome Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Chamber Members to the last Speed Networking event for 2009.

The event offers a new fresh way to build business connections quickly. Its fast, its fun, its networking with an accelerated twist.

The forty business attendees have 2½ minutes to introduce themselves, their company and their services before they move on to the next ‘hot seat’ and do it all over again!

The event is scheduled for the 4th December and will begin at 9.30am with RJDA serving lunch at 12.30pm

For more information or to book your place please contact the events team at The Chamber
events@dncc.co.uk

Following on from the appointment of James Stone to the role of Senior Large Format Print Consultant RJDA are now bigger and better in every sense of the word.

The recently completed 9.7m x 9.5m building wrap for Derby College at their Joseph Wright campus is certainly testimony to the fact.

Printed on RJDA’s brand new HP Scitex 950 utilising mesh banner vinyl, fitting was completed with minimum fuss in just over half a day – something of an achievement for the tricky City Centre location.

With over 10 years sustained growth, investment in people and cutting edge technology, RJDA are now uniquely positioned to meet the needs of its existing clients and those seeking to drive down the cost of their print spend on the following:

Interior and exterior signs, vehicle and window graphics, building wraps, Industrial signs, Office signs, Vehicle signs, Banner signs, Free standing signs, Safety and tactile signs, Restaurant signs, School signs, Colleges & Universities.