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2. Graph!c Designer
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3. THE WORK
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4. Branding
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6. THE ART OF
OPERA
FOUNDATION
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7. KeepOpen.com
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9. FORECASTDYNAMICS
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11. Print Design
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16. Web Design
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21. THE DAY
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22. Business Stuff
E-Mail
Phone Calls
Accounting
New Business
Meetings
Design Stuff
Research
Writing
Sketching, Sketching, Sketching...
Production Work
Client Presentations
Press Checks
Life Stuff
Cycling
Reading
Writing
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23. THE PAY
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24. Get a Job
Entry Level Designer — $32k / $36k / $41k
Senior Designer — $50k / $61.5k / $72k
Art Director — $55k / $70k / $85k
Creative Director — $70k / $90k / $120k
Make Your Own
Solo Designer — $36.5k / $52k / $75k
Owner, Partner, Principal — $65k / $95k / $145.5k
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25. EDUCATION
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26. EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts
4-Year, Art Concentration
Art Schools
SVA, Pratt, Parsons, MICA, Art Center, RISD
Liberal Arts Schools
Locally - UNT, SMU, TCU, UTA
Master of Fine Arts
MBA
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27. THE REALITY
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28. The Good
Can be fun.
Can be interesting.
Can be rewarding.
You get to:
Solve problems,
Help people, businesses and causes,
Make cool stuff.
New relevance in corporate culture.
The Bad
Lots of rejection.
High burnout rate/turnover.
Unstable.
The Ugly
Offshoring/Outsourcing
Trade/Tech Schools
Poor Purchasing Practices
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29. RESOURCES
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30. RESOURCES
Websites
Graphis
UnderConsideration / Brand New / FPO
Design Observer
Magazines
Communication Arts
Print
HOW
Books
Graphic Design: The New Basics — Ellen Lupton
Becoming a Graphic Designer — Steven Heller
Graphic Design Referenced — Armin Vit & Bryony Gomez Palacio
Organizations
AIGA
DSVC
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31. Thank You
SlideShare
http://www.slideshare.net/ohTwentyone
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