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Graphic Designer Reviews
What is it like working as a Graphic Designer?
April 2016
Train yourself.
Graphic Designer:
Train yourself, watch tutorials, videos.
April 2016
Be involved.
Graphic Designer:
Be involved, be a part of everything around you.
Be aware of the design around you. Be active in design.
Be part of public community, offer your creative services.
To groups, non-profits, fund raising.
Learn by gaining involvement through your creative offerings.
April 2016
Love it but you you need to work hard to get to the top.
Graphic Designer:
Pros: Creativeness, different challenges.
Cons: Stress, each person has there own opinion about design.
March 2016
A Great Start.
Graphic Designer:
Pros: It is a great job to gain experience.
You learn something new all the time.
The team is all friendly.
The office is a great environment.
The manager takes his staff out to celebrate accomplishments, Holidays, and more.
Cons: Micromanagement. Micromanagement. Micromanagement.
The beginning of each month is known to designers as "Hell Week."
There is not enough staff.
Assignments change constantly, and nothing is set. So things learned go out the window.
Some employee's do not "pull their weight."
March 2016
Corporate Culture.
Graphic Designer:
Pros: I like that it's a 8:30 to 5:30 (no exceptions to clients) and weekends off.
Cons: Repetative jobs and spoiled customers and employees.
March 2016
Challenging, Varied workload, fun, chance to be creative.
Graphic Designer:
Pros: No day is the same as the last, every day I get new challenges and have to think on my feet.
Cons: Would like to get more money. The area is slightly depressed economically.
March 2016
Have patience, negotiate, and do not settle for less.
Graphic Designer:
Probably the best advice I could offer designers in any of the various career paths they could take is to keep learning and keep developing. Seek knowledge and new ideas in your particular areas of interest.
If you don't have a designer toolbox, start building one. If you do have one, continue building it. Build it with whatever you're into. Experiment and explore.
Lastly, always keep your options open, never burn bridges, and always strive to do the best work you can do. Remember that people that know what you're into and what you do for a living will always seek your expertise, especially if you are good at what you do. Be professional, be versatile, try to always have a positive outlook on things, don't be naive, but know when to be, learn to negotiate, and never settle for less or do work for free.
Oh, and have a nice ready portfolio (physical and digital), and a website. Adds that much more professionalism to your brand. If you don't have a brand, get one together ASAP.
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