Rookie Designer
Rookie Designer
Rookie Designer is the podcast for the not-so-accomplished designer. See the world of graphic and multimedia design through the eyes of a beginner, and acquire the skills necessary to become a veteran designer. Discussion will include design techniques, workflow solutions, business practices, ...
Rookie Designer 121 - Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients ...
In this episode we’re hitting the mailbag and covering some topics sent in by our listeners. Topics will include coming up with a strategy for delivering content that your target audience can consume and use, keeping your portfolio diverse and ...
Rookie Designer 120 - Senior vs Junior
In this episode we’ll cover a topic sent in by a listener who is having a problem at the workplace. What is the role of a junior designer as opposed to a senior designer? Who is supposed to know what, and is the senior supposed to be a sort of ...
Rookie Designer 119 - Voice Your Opinion
This episode is a bit of a “Part 2″ to the last time I spoke about not being afraid to voice your opinions when it comes to design solutions. We will cover this again, bringing in some new factors and guidelines to make your comments as ...
Rookie Designer 118 - Content Management Systems
In this episode I will share some of my knowledge of Content Management Systems including WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. We will focus on the definition and purpose of CMS tools, as well as how they can be very useful in helping you design for your own ...
Rookie Designer 117 - Is Part Time Freelancing a Business
Again our topic comes from one of the listeners and the question is this: “Do you HAVE to own or run a business to freelance? What if you just do a few projects every now and then, as a side thing apart from your full time job?.” We’ll ...
Rookie Designer 116 - Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research
A question from one of our listeners sparks a conversation on accepting cash as payment for freelance work. We also take an in-depth look at research techniques for learning more about how customers/audience members use an application.
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Rookie Designer 115 - Internship Problems?
Have you thought about an internship to finish out your educational career? Do you know some of the challenges that you might be faced with in an internship? We’ll take a look at these topics as I answer some internship questions from one of our ...
Rookie Designer 114 - Research and Planning
More life (and career) lessons from my work experience to you! We’ll discuss the lack of research and how it can foil your designs before they even get started, and some of the important information that you definitely want to pick up before you ...
Rookie Designer 113 - What To Do With Your “Free” Time
Its 12 o’clock and you break out the sack lunch, but you still feel the need to be productive with your hour away from work. Are there things you can do to further your career in design? Of course, but what can be done in an hour to bolster your ...
Rookie Designer 112 - Should You Hire a Salesman?
Possibly the most difficult part of moving from the “safe confines” of a full-time job into a freelance situation is the ability to keep clients and projects coming in. The logical answer… hire someone who excels at selling to come in ...
Rookie Designer 111 - Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up (The REAL One!)
Will the REAL episode 111 please show yourself… sorry for the slip up to those of you who were expecting a new episode, only to find yourself listening to 110 for a time. Here is the real deal!
Social media is a movement that has been building for ...
Rookie Designer 111 - Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up
Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, in your personal life and in business. There is no escaping the technology as it is being utilized by companies to steer marketing campaigns for everything ...
Rookie Designer 110 - Social Media and Business
Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, in your personal life and in business. There is no escaping the technology as it is being utilized by companies to steer marketing campaigns for everything ...
Rookie Designer 109 - A Better Quality of Freelance Client
When you start putting yourself out there and share your talents on a freelance basis, your going to come to understand what many before you have already… its HARD to find high quality clients. Its relatively easy to find clients who want you to ...
Rookie Designer 108 - Speaking at SDSU and Speaking in Public
There was some good and some bad about my speaking engagement at San Diego State U, but all in all I think it was a good idea for me NOT to record it (haha). No, instead I’ll just be recounting some of the highlights of the evening, and sharing ...
Rookie Designer 107 - Design Theory and Rejuvenation Through School
When you’re in design school, a lot of theories, rules and patterns are being thrown your way, and it doesn’t always make a lot of sense at the time. Is there really a point to all this reading material? Will it somehow impact your career in ...
Rookie Designer 106 - Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment?
Its that annoying time of the year again, when the state and fed government ask us to tidy up their tax bookkeeping. We’ll cover a few things you may be able to write off as a freelancer that you didn’t know about. Also, living in this unsure ...
Rookie Designer 106 - Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment?
Its that annoying time of the year again, when the state and fed government ask us to tidy up their tax bookkeeping. We’ll cover a few things you may be able to write off as a freelancer that you didn’t know about. Also, living in this unsure ...
Rookie Designer 105 - What Are YOU Afraid Of?
What fears do you have that are related to your profession, or the profession that you plan to enter? Do you face these fears or shy away, and is there a way to turn them into a productive tool for your success? We’ll discuss some examples and ...