Category Archives: Design Careers

Social Networking Communities for Graphic Designers & Web Designers

June 29, 2009 – 2:16 pm

Are you a graphic designer looking for a place to fit in online? Well, I have put together a comprehensive list of community sites for graphic designers and web designers.

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Advice for Graphic Design Students - Characteristics of Top Design Students

May 13, 2009 – 9:51 pm

Find out what the characteristic demeanor is of great graphic design students. This article will provide helpful tips for first year graphic design students on becoming successful in their graphic design education.

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Freelance Graphic Design Jobs and Web Design Jobs - We’re Rolling in Them

September 30, 2008 – 2:54 pm

We have set up a script to take the freelance design jobs from dozens of freelance sites, graphic design forums, web design forums, job boards, and graphic design job sites. This script is set to automatically update this job board several times a day so you can be assured that you are looking at regularly updated freelance graphic design and web design projects on this aggregator.

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Become a Graphic Designer - Design Careers & Design Education Advice from Professional Designer

May 20, 2008 – 10:19 am

Whether you’re right out of high school, a Mom looking for a career she can do from home, recently out of the Military or simply someone who feels they have a knack for design and is ready for a career change, consider that you have a few options on how to gain the skills you will need to pursue your dream job. But first, ask yourself some questions

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Best Graphic Design Career and Business Books - Ultimate List of Books for Freelancers & New Designers

April 27, 2008 – 7:42 pm

Best Graphic Design Career and Business Books - Ultimate List of Books for Freelancers & New Designers
I decided to compile a list of the best graphic design career and business books collected from reading people's favorites listed on forum posts and blogs. I came up with the following graphic design career and [...]

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Podcast for Freelance Graphic Designers

April 26, 2008 – 11:57 pm

Lindsay Marsh, owner of Marsh Graphic Design has created several audio and video podcasts she calls the Freelancer. They cover various topics related to the freelance graphic designer. She plans on doing these pretty regularly and from what we see there is a lot of potential here. I suggest you check them out.
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Demystifying Form and Function in Graphic Design Projects

April 8, 2008 – 1:11 pm

By Lois Knight
This is at the very heart of every good design, but what is it, and why do we need to remember it? As the rule suggests, this rule comes in 2 parts. What makes up the concept and who is going to see it? I can see that was clear as [...]

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How to Find your First Graphic Design Job - A Career Guide for New Designers

March 31, 2008 – 10:07 pm

How to Find your First Graphic Design Job!

By Lois Knight
You’re pumped! You‘re ready! All the classes with the best instructors have prepared you to succeed in the world of graphic design. But how do you go about landing your first REAL graphic design job? The very first thing to do is [...]

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What You Need to Know to Find Your Dream Job as a Graphic Designer or Web Designer

March 9, 2008 – 8:30 pm

Show Me the Money - What You Need to Know to Find Your Dream Job as a Graphic Designer or Web Designer
By Lois Knight

Graduation day has come and gone, leaving a sense of stark reality in the form of a stack of monthly bills, student loans and the need for some form of monetary stability. [...]

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Networking with Other Designers Using Flickr, Flickr Alternatives, and Photoblogging

January 5, 2008 – 10:50 pm

You are a Graphic Designer / Web Designer and you need to get your work out there in order to get noticed. I wrote an article with 120+ Self Promotion Ideas for Designers, but I didn't have time to delve deeper into Social Networking. Social Networking is a way to get 1000s of viewers [...]

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