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Tips from a marketing expert on how to sell yourself as a graphic designer

Creative Boom

You also have to be able to sell yourself, keep up to date with social media, maintain your own website, be your own IT, be your own HR department, network like crazy, and somehow find time to eat and sleep. Laura's answer is, in a nutshell, "Networking and being someone nice to do business with." Probably not."

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Supercharge your creative career: Master essential people skills for success

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Conversely, in an industry where collaboration and networking are crucial, being likeable and supportive can significantly boost your success. Be sociable on social media We'll start with a topic that's pretty thorny right now. So, what's the secret to making the best of social media? But it doesn't have to be like this.

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Ximena Collado on how a series of failures made her a successful fashion illustrator

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Before long, her work was getting noticed, thanks partly to social media. "I Rather than being pessimistic about it, though, she can see how repeated failure proved useful and educational. "I But they did help me lose the fear of failure and of showing up on social media. This sort of passion is hard to contain, though.

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Discover the latest creative talent at New Designers 2022, the mother of all grad shows

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mixed-media designer Lily Jacobs' celebration of the Jurassic coast with innovative handcrafted techniques. At the other end of the spectrum, if you're thinking about becoming a creative student but haven't started your education yet, this is a great place to visit and investigate a wide range of design courses to potentially pursue.

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How to Leverage Social Media to Become a Social Recruiting Expert

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Social media has dramatically changed our lives in the past ten years. Although many of us consider ourselves social media experts for personal use but using it for hiring the right candidates may be a bit more complicated. A survey in 2017 found that 70% of companies are now using social media for screening potential candidates.

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Handling the Business Side of Design

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Education and Training Beyond Design Having a degree , certificate, or extensive training in design equips you with the skills to create impressive promotional materials across various mediums. Yet, as many have pointed out on David Airey’s blog , formal education often falls short in preparing designers for the business realities they face.

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Meet the Useful School, a Pay-What-You-Want Design School Subverting Conventional Education

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Gupta’s fascination with education didn’t begin at art school, but through its absence. “My Why focus on education as a way of combating these systemic issues? What alternative education models did you take inspiration from? Useful School has you covered. So by the beginning of 2020, I had a prototype.

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