Product Description

Find your niche and be successful

Inside are the tools you need to get your design career off to a strong start—and maintain it for the long haul. In this book, Peg Faimon provides a comprehensive guide to basic business issues in today’s competitive marketplace. Whether you just graduated from college, are trying to build 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 to land the right job for you
• 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 & Careers will give you everything you need to experience immediate success in your career.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #594859 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781600611568
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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.

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Customer Reviews

Very good for about to be college grad
I thought this book was pretty well written. I liked it mainly because it gave me the hard up facts about trying to get a job out in the real world. At school they always seem to sugar coat it somehow or leave out valid points, this book tells you exactly how it is and even prepares you to know that you will fail sometimes. I reccommend this book to other college students about to graduate, this book helped me come to terms with alot of things making me nervous about graduating this May and what to expect.