09-10-2010, 11:42 PM
I will start by asking some questions ...
Should I assume that you are in Ontario, Canada?
You said you "work in the graphic design / layout / print production field ." Are you "schooled" in graphic design? Did you go to an accredited art school? Do you have a degree?
How many years experience do you have?
Do you belong to AIGA or maybe some other professional organization? The AIGA has a Standard Form of Agreement for Design Services that might be helpful. They also offer other helpful tidbits on their website and even more to members ... I recommend that you wander through their interesting web site.
If you are indeed from Ontario, Canada, you might look into RGD Ontario – the Voice of Graphic Design in Ontario, plus there are a number of other Professional Graphic Design Associations listed Here.
And lastly, between you and me and the door knob, how old are you (I ask as, although it's not legal to discriminate due to age, that does happen, and there are certain strategies that can be used to deal with the age component if you are either very young or "a little older."
I ask these questions to get a feel for what to advise you in your quest.
My background? ... I have a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design (BSID) from Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts [UArts]) and 35+ years experience as a freelance consultant designer, a contractor in a consultant design office and I have stood on every step on the corporate ladder from entry level Designer, then to Staff Designer and all the way up to Product Design Manager, Corporate Industrial Design Group. I was, for years, a member of IDSA (Industrial Designers' Association of America) and was, in succession, Vice-Chair of the Philadelphia Chapter IDSA (2 years,) the Chapter Chair, Philadelphia Chapter IDSA (2 years,) and a Member, IDSA National Board of Directors (2 years.) I am a National Design Award winner (for the design of an RTA home office furniture collection.)
If I can help with advice, the name of an individual or an office for you to call in your quest to find employment by others, or to strike out on your own, I shall do what I can to help. If you are not comfortable discussing all this in the public forum, by all means, PM me.
Should I assume that you are in Ontario, Canada?
You said you "work in the graphic design / layout / print production field ." Are you "schooled" in graphic design? Did you go to an accredited art school? Do you have a degree?
How many years experience do you have?
Do you belong to AIGA or maybe some other professional organization? The AIGA has a Standard Form of Agreement for Design Services that might be helpful. They also offer other helpful tidbits on their website and even more to members ... I recommend that you wander through their interesting web site.
If you are indeed from Ontario, Canada, you might look into RGD Ontario – the Voice of Graphic Design in Ontario, plus there are a number of other Professional Graphic Design Associations listed Here.
And lastly, between you and me and the door knob, how old are you (I ask as, although it's not legal to discriminate due to age, that does happen, and there are certain strategies that can be used to deal with the age component if you are either very young or "a little older."
I ask these questions to get a feel for what to advise you in your quest.
My background? ... I have a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design (BSID) from Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts [UArts]) and 35+ years experience as a freelance consultant designer, a contractor in a consultant design office and I have stood on every step on the corporate ladder from entry level Designer, then to Staff Designer and all the way up to Product Design Manager, Corporate Industrial Design Group. I was, for years, a member of IDSA (Industrial Designers' Association of America) and was, in succession, Vice-Chair of the Philadelphia Chapter IDSA (2 years,) the Chapter Chair, Philadelphia Chapter IDSA (2 years,) and a Member, IDSA National Board of Directors (2 years.) I am a National Design Award winner (for the design of an RTA home office furniture collection.)
If I can help with advice, the name of an individual or an office for you to call in your quest to find employment by others, or to strike out on your own, I shall do what I can to help. If you are not comfortable discussing all this in the public forum, by all means, PM me.
biL
Lehigh Susquehanna & Western
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln
Lehigh Susquehanna & Western
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln