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The Designer's Guide to Business and Careers: How to Succeed on the Job or on Your Own Paperback – June 12 2009
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Peg Faimon
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Find Your Niche and Be Successful
Inside are the tools you need to get your design career off to a strong startand maintain it for the long haul. Peg Faimon provides a comprehensive guide to basic business issues in today's competitive marketplace. Whether you just graduated from college, are building a freelance business, or are starting your own firm, this book will give you the confidence and knowledge to create a successful and fulfilling career. You'll learn how to:
In addition, real-world advice from working designers and an interactive format will help you apply your new skills right away. The Designer's Guide to Business and Careers will give you everything you need to experience immediate success in your career.
Inside are the tools you need to get your design career off to a strong startand maintain it for the long haul. Peg Faimon provides a comprehensive guide to basic business issues in today's competitive marketplace. Whether you just graduated from college, are building a freelance business, or are starting your own firm, this book will give you the confidence and knowledge to create a successful and fulfilling career. You'll learn how to:
- Research different career paths in design and organize your job search
- Craft an effective portfolio and master interview techniques
- Maintain a professional image and network to ensure a consistent stream of paying projects
- Collaborate effectively with clients, other designers and experts in other professions (like printers, writers, marketers and executives)
- Establish a freelance business, develop your in-house career or kick start your own firm
- Stay fresh and move forward in the ever-changing world of graphic design
In addition, real-world advice from working designers and an interactive format will help you apply your new skills right away. The Designer's Guide to Business and Careers will give you everything you need to experience immediate success in your career.
- Print length320 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHOW Books
- Publication dateJune 12 2009
- Dimensions15.24 x 2.31 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-101600611567
- ISBN-13978-1600611568
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About the Author
Peg Faimon is a Professor of Graphic Design and Curriculum Coordinator of Interactive Media Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In addition to teaching, Faimon maintains a design consultancy.
Product details
- Publisher : HOW Books (June 12 2009)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1600611567
- ISBN-13 : 978-1600611568
- Item weight : 513 g
- Dimensions : 15.24 x 2.31 x 22.86 cm
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Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2013Verified Purchase
Being a self taught graphic designer, I like to continually learn new tips, ideas, and design elements. This book was a great addition to my library.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2011Verified Purchase
I bought this book for a class and I found myself wishing I'd had it years ago. It's really everything you need to know about getting started and it's saved me a lot of headaches.
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