how did you get your job?
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- ItTango0
all i will tell you is that lubricants and safety words were involved.
- lol @ safe words!Hombre_Lobo
- lol this is awesomeContinuity
- hellojeehae0
through a teacher
- megE0
I found both professional jobs I've had on my own - both through SEGD
Applied online. Followed up through email.
- monoblanco0
sent my demo reel
- TheeOtherJuan0
Applied/Referred.
- nthkl0
paid part time internship
internship developed to full time after graduation
recruited to another agency by an Art Director
freelance after being laid off during the recession in 2000
recruited to an agency by an Art Director
recruited to an agency by a Sr. Designer
recruited to an agency by an Art Director
directly contacted AD at a shop and inquired about openings. Got lucky I think. :)Portfolio is a major part of it, being professional and mature in the work place is a must also. If one one falters, it's just a downward spiral.
You see the guys/gals that just have epic work online, they are never available and always prospering. That inspiring.
I dunno, my 2 cents.
- Freelance is always hard to resist, but sleep is sooooo gooooood.nthkl
- tOki0
I was made redundant. I cold called a place that had offered me a job 12 months prior. It was perfect timing as they had a mid weight designer leaving and needed to fill the spot.
After a turn of events I became head of creative 3 months later.
- shellie0
Mostly referred after my first design job at Sony Music. Turned into making the rounds at a lot of experiential design agencies that did movie sites and stuff like that. Then, became a freelancer based off of all the people I met while I was staffing which lead to my next bigger gig.
I basically called cold, got in, and met with an agency I really wanted to, but hadn't done business with. I came to them with a service offering they were not currently selling but had interest in. That lead to me running their online advertising and emerging medias department for 3 years.
That company closed it's doors in December 2009 and sold all remaining assets to a larger agency in another state. I stayed behind with remaining team, got new sales reps, and reformed the same team under a different name.
It wasn't planned to happen at the time that it did, but it naturally came together and I went with it. All the experience made the transition to business owner fairly painless. I'm glad I didn't try doing this until now.
- ifeltdave0
they found my portfolio through linked in
- akrok0
Applied / Referred
- whatsup0
i was standing on the corner and was offered $200
- Douglas0
showed up for the interview 2hrs late.
- Haha.nthkl
- you must have been charming.shellie
- I showed up for an interview an hour late because it was hard to find. They thought I was 1 hour early anyway.ETM
- As you can imagine, with that level of organization, they went under (they were a video game developer).ETM
- hahaakrokdesign
- im done working w/ uptight places. if you can accept that shit happens and I'm late, not on purpose, then we're a good match.Douglas
- match.Douglas
- ozhanlion0
referred and knew someone.
- Complexfruit0
— I knew someone
— Referred
— Applied
- ETM0
I was selling mink and fur coats when the partner of a great agency came in for an "apology" purchase. After helping him, slipped my portfolio in the box when it was delivered. That didn't work out, so when I 'bumped' into him again, I managed to get invited for a drink. He got pretty drunk. I threw him in a cab and showed up for work the next day saying that he gave me a job. He couldn't remember what he said and went with it. Bingo.
Oh wait...
- aanderton0
Brothers ex got me an interview there. I thought she was just being nice, but turns out that she got £500 for doing so.
- Ranger0
I liked the logo so much, I bought the company
- elpaso0
1st – informal chat turned into placement
2nd – recruited at degree show
now – got head hunted within three weeks of joining perfect day. joined as an intern/creative/designer - progressed over the last three years to Head of Designsoon – freelancing, soliciting from door to door.