project managers
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- mimeartist0
i had a nightmare of one in a job, so everytime the phone rang for him and he was on the phone to his imaginary girlfriend, i'd mouth to him its your mum... even when it was a client... hehe small things!
- Overworked0
See if you could breathe louder than the project manager, then you can have a BREATHE OFF!
- fooler20
5:45 PM last night. Me on my bike in parking lot, biking clothes on, helmet on, ear buds in. PM runs out the front door into the parking lot yelling "Your not leaving are you!?"
- Gucci0
i thing NOT to do for a PM?
Don't sit on changes for hours on a friday knowing full well that they have to be done that day. Then decide to bring them over to a designer at 4 o'clock so they're made to stay late.That's just balls.
- Gucci0
i thing NOT to do for a PM?
Don't sit on changes for hours on a friday knowing full well that they have to be done that day. Then decide to bring them over to a designer at 4 o'clock so they're made to stay late.That's just balls.
- MSTRPLN0
"what time do you plan on going home tonight, because we're only getting the copy in at 4pm and the layouts need to be done for the end of the day, by the way it's Friday"
- tgqt0
"when you've barely had assets for 2-3 hours"
When you are working with someone new you should explain how you like to work. I always outline our deliverables and expected time frames in a way that avoids this tempting poking and prodding.
I think the worst thing a PM can do is start making broad changes to a design or concept before others have had a chance to look at it.
I have seen pm's torture designers with 3 rounds of changes and then it gets shown to an executive who has his say..changes posted...another exec gets to have his/her go round..and the designer ends up making many rounds of incoherent updates in what can only be described as rape.
ALL HAIL THE VISUAL DESIGNER!!!!
- MSTRPLN0
"I don't understand why they exist most of the time. They are typically useless"
...... to deliver requests for modifications at 4:58pm
- in_the_mix0
why would one need someone to manage how they work?
- Yup, you fell on your head.2cents
- 2cents that is a flagrant commentin_the_mix
- i get where in the mix is coming from, but I think a good PM is worth their weight in gold. They reign in stupid changes among other things.Gucci
- other things.Gucci
- ThePublics0
I don't understand why they exist most of the time. They are typically useless, not to mention ignorant. I once worked at an agency that had almost as many PMs as it did people who actually did work, they interfered and bogged down the creative process to an alarming level and the end result was a utter shite.
- PonyBoy0
It's hit or miss...
... one contract I'm on right now is packed w/multiple PM's - some ROCK... some suck... and I mean... SUCK.
Fortunately I work from home - but an Instant Message that says something along the lines of 'can I see?' when you've barely had assets for 2-3 hours is enough to throw me off and kill my 'creative buzz' of sorts...
... couldn't imagine having one riding shotgun while I work though... I can barely do that with another designer by my side.
- vwsung18t0
i am also a PM. I've been recently promoted. In what way were the PMs that you had awesome? I wanna be an awesome PM.
- one way is, don't be an "up-talker" http://www.urbandict…robotron3k
- i was uptalking?vwsung18t
- tgqt0
I am a PM.
I never ever ever look over my designers shoulders and defend their choices to the very end.
- maybe you just open you're own PM school...?robotron3k
- right on- you are a rare breedBonSeff
- Dennis_Moore0
My PM is one of the reasons I still work where I do.
He's fecking brilliant.- They are few and far between. my GF use to be my PM, and she was awesome. But now she bosses me around;)soynutz7
- in_the_mix0
designing websites is a project so i think managing them should be easy
- Glitterati_Duane0
I usually hate them but I recently worked with one that was actually good.
- robotron3k0
PMs are just finger pointers. There should also be a law that says PMs need to be out of college for at least 10 years before they begin to handle a timeline and deliverables for an account. They should also be banned from talking with clients, maybe they could just respond with nods and grunts would be good enough...
- kstarjet0
Send him to me. I've got tons of clients that NEED PMs. Get him off your back with a new job. LOL
- BonSeff0
they are yes men to the clients. they rarely fight to keep design integrity - all they wanna do is 'make it right' for the client.. like a cot dam car salesman