junior designer, how long?
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- tOki0
I think one of the biggest things I learnt was that being a good designer doesn't qualify you to be an art director and so on.
It's quite the opposite as we all know - you start out being an ace, but by the time you get a senior art directing or creative direction role you really aren't in production anymore. You are creating a vision ( by using your extensive experience) then managing other people to do the actual production of it. This is where your organisational, communicational & conceptual skills really come into play. If you can be good at these things and be a good designer, well there's no doubt you will do well.
The best creative director I've ever worked with was a hopeless designer, but he had a great eye and a sharp creative mind - so he got great work out of people who were far superior to him on the tools. He knew this knowing that that was their role and he his was really to guide and mentor others.
As long as you are happy and learning lots, it's not necessarily a good thing to try and rush up the food chain. I'm know there are plenty of people who have become AD's to find out how much they miss being a designer...
- thanks Toki. I am really more concerned about how my title relates to my pay moreso than what it means as far as actual duties.herzo
- In our org people tend do the same stuff regardless of title. I just want to make sure I am being tracked and paid accordinglyherzo
- accordingly.herzo
- I was more really trying to figure how long I should be "paying my dues" so to speak.herzo
- Try to take the next open position above you, or apply elsewhere to test the waters.doublespaced