March 14 2018
6:pm
Studio Conover
Hillcrest
Our 4th field trip of for Prof. Pract. class was to a very nice little Studio ran by husband and wife team of Dave and Cecelia Conover, Dave a graduate from Arizona State with a degree in graphic design with 32 years in the graphic design industry runs the brand strategy while his wife Cecelia runs the the very specialized side of the Contexture exterior design side of the business. Dave was a very nice gentleman that I had the pleasure of meeting once before last evening at the UDA workshops, he was very nice, friendly, quick to come up and introduce himself, asked me what my progress level in the graphic design program and asked me my aspirations once I finished and graduated from the program, it was very pleasant that night conversing with him as well as listening to his words of wisdom and experience in the 32 years of vast designing world.
I picked lots of little tidbits from his talk last night all inspiring.
one thing he said always ask fro half of the money you and the client have discussed in work to be done, the client will respect you more and it assures you than you have something upfront were the client to stiff you on the job, never be afraid to ask for the money first thing, don't ever feel bad when the client is late paying you, find out if the job is a specific price (time and materials). Dave also said its very important that when starting off to learn all the niches in the creative design industry. Dave also mentioned that you need to learn to become very proficient in proofreading. Become a specialist whether than a generalist, specialist can command more because of having that specialty background where as a generalist your just like every other designer out there but with no certain background of expertise. Dave also mentioned to always make yourself indispensable always be around where other professionals are at to get that wealth of vast knowledge from these other master designers, AIGA functions where he had mentioned was a good pace to smooze with these type of certain people, make your presence known of someone who is up and coming and interested in learning what they have to teach and have to offer in any way of help in getting started, Dave also said its also being in the right place at the right time. In closing I really enjoyed listening to Dave for a 2nd time he was very informative, warm, caring, charming man who cared about the new people coming up and had that genuine sincerity of really caring about teaching and the tutelage of guiding you in the right direction.
6:pm
Studio Conover
Hillcrest
Our 4th field trip of for Prof. Pract. class was to a very nice little Studio ran by husband and wife team of Dave and Cecelia Conover, Dave a graduate from Arizona State with a degree in graphic design with 32 years in the graphic design industry runs the brand strategy while his wife Cecelia runs the the very specialized side of the Contexture exterior design side of the business. Dave was a very nice gentleman that I had the pleasure of meeting once before last evening at the UDA workshops, he was very nice, friendly, quick to come up and introduce himself, asked me what my progress level in the graphic design program and asked me my aspirations once I finished and graduated from the program, it was very pleasant that night conversing with him as well as listening to his words of wisdom and experience in the 32 years of vast designing world.
I picked lots of little tidbits from his talk last night all inspiring.
one thing he said always ask fro half of the money you and the client have discussed in work to be done, the client will respect you more and it assures you than you have something upfront were the client to stiff you on the job, never be afraid to ask for the money first thing, don't ever feel bad when the client is late paying you, find out if the job is a specific price (time and materials). Dave also said its very important that when starting off to learn all the niches in the creative design industry. Dave also mentioned that you need to learn to become very proficient in proofreading. Become a specialist whether than a generalist, specialist can command more because of having that specialty background where as a generalist your just like every other designer out there but with no certain background of expertise. Dave also mentioned to always make yourself indispensable always be around where other professionals are at to get that wealth of vast knowledge from these other master designers, AIGA functions where he had mentioned was a good pace to smooze with these type of certain people, make your presence known of someone who is up and coming and interested in learning what they have to teach and have to offer in any way of help in getting started, Dave also said its also being in the right place at the right time. In closing I really enjoyed listening to Dave for a 2nd time he was very informative, warm, caring, charming man who cared about the new people coming up and had that genuine sincerity of really caring about teaching and the tutelage of guiding you in the right direction.
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