Making the jump
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- monospaced0
Are you male, and do you have a beard?
- Because that's also very important in becoming ADmonospaced
- ********0
Better yet.
Make a duplicate card for the company that you work for and add AD on it.
Just tell people that printers made a mistake.
Keep handing them out.
- ********0
If someone asks why Jr Designer get a biz card, you say because you are an AD.
- Brownjohn0
*jumps
- vaxorcist0
I miss 1999!
We had business cards with really weird titles, we could make up just about anything, we all knew titles were bogus anyway.... we were hipper than everyone....we got bought by a bigger agency and we all left rather than give in to the borg....
- jfletcher0
This wasn't a real question, right?
- scarabin0
when you've had more than a few finishes under your belt and feel like you can competently lead a team and are capable of knowing what approach or strategy is best for any given project
- scarabin0
art direction isn't about bandying about a stupid title or getting a raise
- ********0
when you have killed a man with your bare heads, you'll be ready
- jfletcher0
One serious thing to add.... every time I do manage to make a jump, I realize why I didn't make it until that point and how much more I need to learn to get comfortable with that position.
- duhsign0
u should probably learn how to make other people feel inferior and always win every argument no matter what. then u shld prob stop designing and work only in sharpie. and also you are going to need lots of turtlenecks...all in 74% blk
- pauliusuza0
Like title means anything... I've seen jr. designers who are absolute genius and do job 10x better than me and I've seen creative directors who don't know what's CMYK....
- monNom0
You'll probably know in 5-8 years
- studderine0
fake it 'till you make it?
- mg330
My thing is that I always check my speed right before hitting the jump because I'm scared of too fast. I need to nail that shit. What else are pads and a helmet for? I should be able to clear that tire by the end of the season or I'll be pissed off.
- mg330
ah damn...
- ********0
ha i remember when i was hired as an art director. Didnt even know what it meant or was. i stick with the title "i design stuff" and makes me think of something, that seems accurate enough, a art director is a failed designer
