i myself went to college to study graphic design and also university but i did drop out of my
second year however i learned around 90 of what i know about graphic design and industry after
formal education in today's video five real game-changing tips that will help you in your
graphic design career that they don't teach you in design school and later in today's video learn
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stay tuned to the very end today's video to learn more so the first game changer is realizing that
50 of success as a graphic designer isn't related to your design work or even your
skills it is you as a person and how reliable you are employees employers or even clients in general
would actually depend on you for so many different things as a graphic designer if it's deadlines
offering some advice or just you know being there when you're needed being reliable is going
to determine how hirable you are for a project or even a job position and i feel like this is
something that's overlooked in design school and isn't properly communicated or taught to people
the second thing that you need to realize about graphic design and yourself is that graphic
design skills are very very versatile and very valuable surpassing just a design position in say
a design agency again this is something overlooked in design school they don't teach you just how
valuable design skills are i've made a video before about the kind of things you can do
design skills and how you can make money with them today i have the ultimate list of things
you can do with your graphic design skills to bring in extra income and to bank more on a
monthly basis so get your new pad ready and start to take some notes because this list is something
that you want to keep a hold of and i will link that video at the end of this one but you
don't just have to become a graphic designer with graphic design skills there are so many different
ways they can be applied to make money in various different revenue streams and i do think in design
school they kind of try and narrow you into a position as a graphic designer quote unquote
now this is a big one and it's something that really caused me a lot of problems
headaches and also loss of money and that is invoicing and contracts
this was not hammered home to us in design school just how important a contract is
for you in your design career now a contract can stop you being taken advantage of and also
it can save you a lot of hassle and a lot of headaches because you're not going to be
overworked for no or little money i lost a few hundred dollars way way back at the start of my
career because i didn't have a contract and the client just took my design and ran off basically
this isn't what you want to happen and that's why you need to have contracts in place
and this wasn't something taught to me in design school and of course also you do want to invoice
every single client because you need to have some documentation for tax at the end of the year
the fourth point in today's video is that
many designers don't realize that their work the many hours they spend on a project
might actually end up not seeing the light of day anywhere quite often actually you work on a
project for a client and they won't even use your work in any way shape or form it's happened to me
before i've designed a logo for a company and that company might be a startup you know they're just
getting started in the industry and for whatever reason or reasons they don't get traction and
they don't even use their logo it's happened to me quite a few times but i think designers
do hold on to this hope or this kind of dream of seeing their work in real use and of course
it does happen it's happened to me more than it hasn't but you do need to be prepared that
sometimes this isn't going to happen you're not going to see any kind of fruits of your labor
apart from the money of course and the fifth thing that graphic design school doesn't teach you is
a really really big one actually it might be the biggest one on this list and that is how to deal
with rejection you might have a really cool and a really down-to-earth lecturer in your college
someone you can relate to and someone who offers you advice in your career but i know
that i didn't get it and many people i know didn't get it and that is the advice on how to
deal with a rejection as a graphic designer because we all have to deal with rejection you
know every single designer goes through this and even seasoned high level designers will have their
work and the whole project's rejected flat out and because it happens to everyone the important
thing is not the rejection itself is how you deal with that rejection how you move on and learn from
it if you're weak minded and you take it really really personally and you kind of let it affect
your whole career you're not going to succeed in this industry as opposed to someone who can take
on the chin can learn from the rejection and can move on so yeah the sponsor of today's video is
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down below and sign up to skillshare and discover new skills today so those are the five main things
that i thought of in my own personal career that weren't talk to me in design school and i feel
are so so important to take into a career if you have any other things to add on this list just
pop them down in the comment section below and of course until next time design your future today
peace
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