That's the worst--getting crappy images from your client, then having to do something with them. It seems a lot of the time it's the low-budget client who hears "designer" and thinks "magician" (or doesn't realize that you simply can't get 300 dpi from 72 dpi without shrinking drastically).
When you talk with the client, just be frank about the situation (not blaming, but frank)--they'll respect you for it, and you'll both learn to watch for that in the future.
If they say, "Just run it as is, we don't care about a little pixellation," consider that this piece reflects you and your skills as well as their business . . . finish the project as they wish, get paid, but respectfully tell them to keep your name out of any talk about "Who did this for you?". It's hard enough to build/promote a quality portfolio without pieces like this (quality limited by client) hanging out there. After all, you're a professional now!
P.S. Congrats on getting into design! Stick with it--once you can prove your worth as a pro, the projects get better and the clients are easier to work with.
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