GCA and Winston’s Wish Guidelines for greeting cards designed for bereaved children
Guidelines for designers and publishers designing cards for bereaved children. Produced by the GCA with Winston’s Wish, a charity supporting bereaved children.
Design and Production Support
Graduate Showcase 2024 and GCA progress in bridging the gap into industry
GCA’s New Creative Talent project has built up a series of resources to support GCA members looking to recruit new creative talent,, and to offer a route into the industry for those looking to join.
How to recruit new creative talent!
GCA top tips to recruit new creative talent and help from the expects to build successful working relationships with new designers and others joining your team.
Graduate Opportunities in the Greeting Card Industry
Are you a student considering a career in the greeting card industry? This blog details some ways to access the industry, and has links to lots more information.
Post-Graduate Showcase & bridging the gap into industry.
See here if you’re looking to recruit New Creative Talent in 2024
Pricing In Proportion, PiP
The GCA worked with the Royal Mail to develop these standardised PiP logos. Download the files here.
GCA Range Name Register
The GCA Name register helps our publisher members keep their ranges unique. This is the first place to check if a new range name you are planning is already in use. If all members register their ranges on the register, the probability of duplication is greatly reduced.
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GCA Open Call, and the Secret to Creative Innovation and Succession Planning
GCA Open Call – an invitation to innovate and add value with design graduates.
New UKCA marking
Details on the changes to product marking for items previously subject to the CE marking from 1st January 2023
Preparing Files for Print – Introduction
The GCA’s 8-part series on preparing files ready for printing. A must-read for beginners in the greeting card industry.
Plastic Packaging Tax
Information for the greeting card industry on the UK-wide Plastic Packaging Tax that comes into effect from April 1st 2022.
Behind the scenes with Artist Agent Hannah Curtis
Owner of Creative Sparrow, Hannah Curtis, explains why having artist representation can be so beneficial to a creative working within the card industry.
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