Tag: employment

  • On negotiating your design salary

    A chapter from Ted Leonhardt’s new book Nail It: Stories for Designers on Negotiating with Confidence — a collection of true stories about designers getting the salaries they deserve.

  • What employers look for #5

    Design employment advice contributed by Blair Thomson of Exeter-based Believe in, interspersed with a little of the studio’s work. I receive a continual stream of CVs and enquiries from designers and interns, and in a similar way to ‘The X-Factor’ and ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, I usually have to spend time sifting through a lot of…

  • What employers look for #4

    The fourth installment is from Simon Manchipp, co-founder at London-based SomeOne. Everyone is a graphic designer these days. Everyone has chosen the colour of their wallpaper, curtains, or the colour of their car. So everyone thinks they are qualified to make graphic judgements. After 10 years in advertising I found a similar thing with music…

  • What employers look for #3

    From Rochelle Fainstein, digital marketing manager in the Manhattan office of Sterling Brands. Whenever we post a design job listing at Sterling, we always point out how important it is to us for you to possess four core values: Be brave, be productive, be collaborative, and be creative. These values are what truly connect us…

  • What employers look for #1

    Finding your ideal job in the design profession isn’t easy, so to help, I asked a number of design employers to give advice to job applicants. First up is Eric Karjaluoto, partner and creative director at Vancouver-based smashLAB. Inside smashLAB Oodles… That’s the best term I can use to describe the number of aspiring designers…