Advance Your Career as a Graphic Designer

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Free Online Course: Advance Your Career as a Graphic Designer provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 8 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Advance Your Career as a Graphic Designer is taught by Bonnie Siegler, Diane Domeyer Kock, Jason Fox, John Luu, Sean Adams, Bonnie Siegler, Dirk Fowler and Von Glitschka.

Overview
  • From the fundamentals of resume writing and honing your interview skills to building and sharing your portfolio, learn skills that will accelerate your career as a graphic designer. Listen closely as successful designers offer sage advice to help you along the way.

    • Create a resume and gain interview skills to land the job you want.
    • Learn how to promote yourself and your work.
    • Acquire insight and inspiration from successful working designers.

Syllabus
    • Course 1: How to Get a Job in Design
      • Bonnie Siegler provides answers to designer's common questions about how to land a job. Learn how to write a winning resume, how to present yourself and your work, and more.
    • Course 2: Managing Your Design Career
      • Discover strategies that can help you, as a designer or creative professional, advance within a company, hone in on your next career move, and set yourself up for success.
    • Course 3: Building an Online Portfolio
      • Create a digital portfolio for your artwork, design, or photography. Learn how to build an online portfolio to market your creative services to clients around the globe.
    • Course 4: LinkedIn for Designers
      • Learn how to use LinkedIn to grow your design business. Post your credentials, showcase your work, find jobs, and connect with colleagues and clients.
    • Course 5: Running a Design Business: Self Promotion
      • Learn how to promote your design business. Discover the various ways to use self-promotion, both analog and digital, to stand out in today's competitive marketplace.
    • Course 6: Bonnie Siegler: Designing Her Design Career
      • In this documentary, learn about Bonnie Siegler—founder of design firms No. 17 and Eight and a Half—as she reflects on her career and what makes a breakout designer successful.
    • Course 7: F2 Design: Letterpress Printing and Poster Design
      • Watch Dirk Fowler, founder of F2 Design, design and print one of his evocative music posters, and explain the importance of making something by hand every day.
    • Course 8: The Creative Spark: Von Glitschka, Illustrative Designer
      • Von Glitschka shows us how to take our brains offline to find design inspiration through sketching and exploring the world around us.