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In-House Design: Careers & Advice
Find tips specifically for the unique challenges faced by in-house designers working for creative departments within corporations, organizations, businesses and educational institutions. If you work in-house, you may sometimes feel a bit out of place in corporate environments or in settings where you are the lone designer on staff. Get advice from in-house experts and learn how to navigate the corporate waters and maintain your creativity and design inspiration along the way. Plus, find tips for communicating the value of design to decision-makers.
Wonder if you’re appreciated? Quit your job.
I’ve had many conversations with in-house designers over the years about the level of respect for design in corporate America. In many cases the people I’ve spoken to tell me that they don’t feel like design is respected where they work, or that their personal contributions as designers are respected either. I have to admit, …MORE
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Hold the Meetings
By Donna Farrugia, Executive Director of The Creative Group Meetings are a fact of life for every in-house design team. While many of these gatherings are essential, they aren’t always efficient. In fact, 45 percent of managers polled by Robert Half felt employees would be more productive if their companies banned meetings one day a …MORE
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3 Sticky Salary Situations
Are you looking for a job, or trying to figure out how to negotiate a better salary in 2012? Here are 3 sticky salary situations you may encounter in your career and how to handle each one with diplomacy.
6 Secrets from the Etsy Design Team
While you may not actually work at Etsy, you can make it feel like you do with these tips from their in-house design team for instilling inspiration into any office.
Missed Promotions
While missing out on a promotion is disappointing, there may be an upside: You may emerge from the situation with a clearer sense of where you want to go, as well as how to get there. These tips can help you learn from the setback and increase your chances of landing a promotion in the future.
5 Things to Consider Before You Quit
Are you thinking about quitting your design job? Before you say “so long” and head out the door in a heated moment, consider these points before making a decision you may later regret. Or, decide if maybe you are ready for greener grass.
Be an “Unofficial” Creative Team Leader
It’s a classic catch-22: You’re given responsibility for a design project for a client, but no formal authority over the other players who will assist you in the assignment. How do you exert your influence in such a situation? Consider the following 5 tips
Indianapolis 500 100th Anniversary Logo
Take a look behind the logo design for the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500.
Categories: HOW May 2011, In-House Design: Careers & Advice
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Values Assessment
In this assessment, you’ll first identify all the values that are important to you. Then you’ll narrow down the list to your 10 most important values. Last, you’ll identify which of your top 10 values are satisfied in your current work situation. This process will help you understand what’s missing now so that you can be clear about what you’re not willing to be without in the new work you choose.
Surviving as a Creative in Corporate Environments
Check out this exclusive interview with author Andy Epstein, and find out why he compares client management to "herding cats" in the new book The Corporate Creative. More
