Channel: Philip VanDusen

Category: Education

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Description: The biggest mistake that early-career designers make is to rush into working for themselves. There is no short-cut to successful freelancing. I suggest working for a design agency first. Why? At a design firm you will gain industry knowledge before you head off on your own! You may be a great designer. But it takes a lot more than design skills to freelance successfully. Working at an agency you’ll get exposure to things you never learned in school like: • Finding New clients • How to Pitch to WIN those new Prospects • How to write Proposals, Creative Briefs + Contracts • How to break Projects into Phases and other Key Processes • Account Management • Brand Strategy • All the Financial stuff : Calculating Pricing, Revenue and Profitability • Communication Techniques and Social Skills _______________________ Philip VanDusen is the owner of Verhaal Brand Design, a brand strategy and design agency and the founder of Brand Design Masters, an ecosystem of mastermind groups, courses and networking communities for creative professionals and digital entrepreneurs seeking to build bullet-proof personal brands, agencies and businesses. Philip is a highly accomplished creative executive and expert in brand strategy, graphic design, marketing and creative management. Philip gives design, branding, marketing, career and business advice to creative professionals, entrepreneurs and companies on how to build successful brands for themselves or for the clients and customers they serve. ——————————— WEBSITE: philipvandusen.com JOIN THE BRAND•MUSE NEWSLETTER: philipvandusen.com/muse BRAND DESIGN MASTERS Facebook Group facebook.com/groups/branddesignmasters BRAND DESIGN MASTERS Podcast podcast.branddesignmasters.com/subscribe VERHAAL BRAND DESIGN on Facebook: facebook.com/Verhaal-Brand-Design-115957185470571 TWITTER: twitter.com/philipvandusen INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/philipvandusen LINKEDIN: linkedin.com/in/philipvandusen YOUTUBE: youtube.com/c/PhilipVanDusen PINTEREST: pinterest.com/philipvandusen BEST ADOBE CC TRAINING VIDEO COURSES Bring Your Own Laptop with Daniel Scott byol.me/philip GET TUBEBUDDY - THE BEST TOOL FOR YOUTUBERS: tubebuddy.com/philipvandusen