The Designer's Guide to Business and Careers: How to Succeed on the Job or on Your Own [Paperback]

Peg Faimon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 12, 2009

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. 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.

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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

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: How (June 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600611567
• ISBN-13: 978-1600611568
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #993,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good for about to be college grad, September 8, 2009

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This review is from: The Designer's Guide to Business and Careers: How to Succeed on the Job or on Your Own (Paperback)

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.

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This review is from: The Designer's Guide to Business and Careers: How to Succeed on the Job or on Your Own (Paperback)

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.