Press Release
Sessions College for Professional Design is excited to announce a new Live Webinar series devoted to help launch and build a professional design career.
Each of the three “The Design Business” webinars will be one hour long and deliver practical and immediately applicable design business skills.
Topics of the three live webinars will include, but are not limited to:
– Defining your business goals and brand.
– Freelance, agency, and in-house design career options.
– Economic conditions affecting design job prospects and salary and hourly rates.
– Personal milestones for a design career.
– Career persona development including an icon, headshots, and biography text.
– Resume and cover letter authoring using writing and formatting techniques.
– Offline and online portfolio development.
– Key methods for networking with potential clients, potential employers, and other designers.
– Self-promotion marketing endeavors including goals, action steps, and collateral.
– Prospective client and employe research and making initial contact.
– Professional interview and presentation techniques.
The Design Business Live Webinar Series includes:
Thursday, Jan. 20th @ 4pm Eastern Time (US)
Webinar Title: Starting a design business
The 10 things you need to know, and do, to start your design business.
Thursday, Feb. 3rd @ 4pm Eastern Time (US)
Webinar Title: Pricing and Pitching design jobs
How to price, pitch, and land design jobs.
Tuesday, Feb. 22nd @ 4pm Eastern Time (US)
Webinar Title: Project management
How to stay on calendar, prevent “scope creep”, manage your client, and manage your team.
The Design Business webinars will be led by Daniel Schutzsmith who will be presenting strategies for launching and running a successful design business, or working as an in-house creative at an agency or a firm. Daniel is an in-demand speaker on the topic of the design industry and has, in addition to running a successful design agency, been invited to many design conferences and the top design membership organizations to share his knowledge on the topic of design career development.
This article was last modified on January 18, 2023
This article was first published on December 24, 2010
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