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Design Tips
Tips on wants ads for college design graduates
This is how I found both of my jobs and where Erik (my bro) found his job.
1. Matching your level of experience:
Obviously, if it states an entry level position, you're fine. I've found when I was a fresh graduate could apply for ones with 1-2 years experience. It really helps if you've had an internship, because that says you have experience.
2. Keep record of all your want ads
Tape your ads onto a sheet of paper and write down notes next to it.
3. Don't wait too long after graduation
I have been looking at the design want ads almost every Sunday since ...
What's best part of my job?
Now this question can be tricky, because it can be answered in different ways depending on the context. I can say why job is great compared to other design jobs. Or I could answer why my job is great compared to other non-design jobs.
So I'll try to address both...
The best part of my job is being able to create something. Someone else in our company said that us designers are lucky, because we get a sense of satisfaction at the end of the day. We create our things visually. We can SEE our results. While other areas like finance or ...
What's the best part about design?
The thing I really like about design is how it can relate to so many different fields. It can relate to biology, sociology, art, economics, sports, entertainment, history, music, psychology, religion, etc. When you do a design project, it can be any sort of possible project. Design is a field that is so open to many other areas. This sort of spong-ability of being able to soak in any subject area also gives design a great power to the designer. This power is even greater in our current age of the designer. With the advent of desktop publishing and the ...
Tips for the high school student wanting to go into design
1) Go to college.
Okay, this is obvious. But to expand more on that idea...
1a) Liberal Arts College
I recommend a liberal arts school, a school where you won't do just art, but have to take gen ed classes too. Being well-rounded for a designer is a good thing.
1b) Look at the current college students work
See if the college you are considering does good design work. These are usually haniging in the hallway in the school.
1c) More than one design teacher
Find a school that has more than one teacher for design. I only had one teacher, and while she was alright, I ...
Tips for the Recent College Design Graduate
Creative Resume
the thing that will make most of an impact when looking for a job. I cannot believe how many designers out there don't have a creative resume. Make your resume fun. Most other professions won't have a chance to do something spiffy with their resume, because the employer will think it's a gimmick. But with design (and some art fields) you are being hired to be creative, so show 'em that you are creative. The places you send it to will totally go ga-ga over it and circulate it around the office.
How to make it more creative: Give ...
Tips for the College Design Student
Internship
This will greatly help you when searching for a job. An employer will be much more willing to hire a student out of college if they have worked at a "real" place.
If you can, find design classes outside of college
You can never learn enough.
Subscribe to design magazines
Print, Communication Arts. If you can't afford it, go to a library that has them. This is a very important thing to me. When I was a student, most of the other students never looked at design magazines. And their work suffered. It was like they were trying to reinvent the wheel. They felt ...
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