Category Archives: Design For Students
How & Where To Get Paid Freelance Work While You’re Still A Design Student
Posted on 27'08 Mar
As some of you may know I am a third year graphic design student and an active freelancer so I am going to share my tips on how and where to get freelance design jobs while you are still a [..]
Top 10 Design Questions from Students
Posted on 28'08 Feb
A current discussion on Speak Up at the moment is on the top 10 design questions that design students ask. I would love to hear the answers to these questions from Just Creative Design readers. To read what others have [..]
How to get your FIRST Graphic Design Job
Posted on 30'07 Dec
Below are some tips for graphic design students on finding the first job and tips on how to reduce the stress by providing an overview of the whole process. (This is a long post.) Many young designers (such as myself) [..]
How much does a graphic designer earn?
Posted on 21'07 Dec
This is another question that I hear a lot of students asking, along with designer job definitions. My tutor directed me to this American website called Designer Salaries which tells you exactly how much each type of designer earns based [..]
16 Designer Job Descriptions
Posted on 18'07 Dec
As a student, I often hear other students asking their tutors “What is the difference between a creative director and an art director?”. To be honest I didn’t know at first however luckily enough I was given a link by [..]
Top Mistakes Graphic Designers Make
Posted on 22'07 Nov
Below is a list of very common mistakes that so called ‘graphic designers’ make. How many of these do you do regularly? Take constructive criticism too personally Not knowing any famous designers in particular Paula Scher, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand [..]