Advance Your Career as a Graphic Designer

Overview

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From the fundamentals of resume writing and honing your interview skills to building and sharing your portfolio, learn skills that will accelerate your career as a graphic designer. Listen closely as successful designers offer sage advice to help you along the way.

Create a resume and gain interview skills to land the job you want.
Learn how to promote yourself and your work.
Acquire insight and inspiration from successful working designers.

Syllabus

Course 1: How to Get a Job in Design

Bonnie Siegler provides answers to designer's common questions about how to land a job. Learn how to write a winning resume, how to present yourself and your work, and more.

Course 2: Managing Your Design Career

Discover strategies that can help you, as a designer or creative professional, advance within a company, hone in on your next career move, and set yourself up for success.

Course 3: Building an Online Portfolio

Create a digital portfolio for your artwork, design, or photography. Learn how to build an online portfolio to market your creative services to clients around the globe.

Course 4: LinkedIn for Designers

Learn how to use LinkedIn to grow your design business. Post your credentials, showcase your work, find jobs, and connect with colleagues and clients.

Course 5: Running a Design Business: Self Promotion

Learn how to promote your design business. Discover the various ways to use self-promotion, both analog and digital, to stand out in today's competitive marketplace.

Course 6: Bonnie Siegler: Designing Her Design Career

In this documentary, learn about Bonnie Siegler—founder of design firms No. 17 and Eight and a Half—as she reflects on her career and what makes a breakout designer successful.

Course 7: F2 Design: Letterpress Printing and Poster Design

Watch Dirk Fowler, founder of F2 Design, design and print one of his evocative music posters, and explain the importance of making something by hand every day.