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. 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 and Emily Cohen.

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
  • Courses under this program:
    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: Relationship Building for Creative Leaders
    -Learn how to build new relationships with prospects, as a strategy for developing new business.

    Course 7: Good Design Drives Business
    -Good design is critical to driving business. Discover how top designers like Sean Adams and Amy Balliett are using design-driven solutions to fuel company success.

    Course 8: Running a Design Business: The Staffing Rule Book
    -Learn how to make better, smarter, and more strategic staffing and organizational decisions to grow and manage your creative team.