There are a few simple things most Graphic Designers overlook when starting their careers: Empathy for the client. Many graphic designers are more concerned with making something that looks cool, rather than solving the client's problem. Being able to demonstrate and communicate value, and be a champion for the client is what will make you a successful graphic designer, not pushing the pretty pixels better than anyone else. At least not in the long run. Understand marketing, client relationships, business and salesmanship, how to communicate both in person and on paper, and you won't have to worry about whether you can pay the bills working in this industry.
Roberto Blake I have never went to school for graphic design. I do like your videos a lot. I do appreciate the knowledge you put out on all your videos. Keep up the great work
***** You can't always do what they want if it conflicts with what they need, but you need to be in a position to confidently and respectfully tell them so. They wouldn't tell a doctor how to operate on them...
Roberto Blake Very good point. Wholly missing from her presentation. The key is to maintain that balance of being a yes-man and doing good work. Servicing your client properly often doesn't mean providing the best work - it is the work they want.
The internet is amazing, I just watched a lecture on graphic design from the other side of the world without being enrolled in this college. Thanks for uploading! I need to set up my portfolio website.. alright.. lets get to it!
As someone who has been graduated from school for about a year and struggling a ton trying to find a job in this field , LISTEN TO THIS WOMAN she knows what she is talking about.
Great lecture! It's 2016 and still relevant. Loved her energy, passion and delivery. Shared a wealth of knowledge, but most importantly, was not BORING! Hahaha... I'm a graphic artist just turning 40, now freelancing and creating my own product line. I've decided that I'm not going back to a "job" - gonna give it a go with my own talent and effort. 21 years in the fashion/manufacturing biz as an employee is long enough. That's the beauty of our creative ability - we can take it with us anywhere, we can do whatever we want. If there's a message or story to be told, we will always be needed. Thank you Jennifer Spencer!
This is great advice! I'm 20, and am currently a student in Graphic Design after finishing my Mass Communications and Media associates. First off, find a great community college to get your degree! Cheep and personal education. Be a graphics editor at your student news paper if you can (often involves scholarships). Its hard work but an amazing experience. Also, your professors frequently communicate with local businesses to line up internships so JUMP OF THEM! Intern, intern, intern! I've been blessed with a payed internship too, they are out there. Jennifer Spencer is SO RIGHT about the attitude thing. Stay grateful, work hard, be EMPATHETIC, get to know people and have a servant heart! I also have done FREE work for my church and other ministries in my state, which has helped me learn and build my portfolio. If you can be a part of any team that works together to campaign/execute/finish a project or event (even without pay) do it!!!!!! Be part of a hard-working, servant-hearted generation instead of an entitled one!
Lots a negative comments here. What a shame! I think she did a FABULOUS job. Even more ... I'm not even IN Graphic Design ... I work in television ... and I was hooked by her ability to COMMUNICATE. The information she gave was super useful for people in MANY professions. And she's right about how in today's economy companies are likely to hang on to you if you go above and beyond, if you bring something to the table. She had a lot of positive energy - and as we can see by some of the negative posts here - that positivity appears to be worth its weight in gold. Great job, Jen!
I respect a lecturer who tells the students flat out that there WILL be another down term in which their field WILL be most disadvantaged. After a decade there'll be many students that are glad she said that and there'll be many who regret not paying heed to that warning.
i am a young graphic designer and i love what I do and my work is not the best but I do what I do and I like it and my "clients" do also.GRAPHIC DESIGN IS LOVE!!GRAPHIC DESIGN IS LIFE!!...
I love coming back to this every once in awhile. It helps me refocus career big picture wise. Great information, fantastic presentation and an amazing attitude!
wow ... she spoke for almost 2 freaking hours ... and thats non-stop .... and yeah... i finished watching it till the end ... damn lady .... you are good at what you do .... and thanks for the advice .. .. enjoyed watching it ....
Thank you for your valuable insight that not only apply to the graphic designer field but at any job search. I love your energy and how you express yourself.
If I don't find any job in future on my career line then I am totally flying to Japan and settling there. Cause graphic designing program in Japan is really popular and they get pay enough in Japan. Hey, no one wants to be a homeless person. If graphic designing program doesn't have any respects in world eyes then I am gonna make the world to respect this career. That's a challenge.
This information really helpful for me & i much better understand about this information. I have to know all this information before but on this deep information get from here. I thank you Jennifer Spencer for this great information & JCCC.
RIGHT KIDS THIS IS THE TRUTH ABOUT GRAPHIC DESIGN! You can do a degree in it but today its totally pointless. you train for 3 years on software you can learn in 3 weeks. Most of the courses are out of touch with the real world. You'll end up doing personal projects that you're given months to do but in the industry are expected to have done in a couple of days. teachers/lecturers are bullshitters! they are there because they set out to be graphic designers but have slided into the job of teachers to take refuge from that vicious world. You're better off saving your money, learning software and finding work experience with a firm. Now about that vicious world of graphic design..... Some of you may have a lucky break, maybe your rich daddy pulled some strings and got you a placement or a junior position with a top modern office firm, and now you're working as an inhouse designer in the city. But for the rest of you poor bastards. its a long grooling backstabbing ladder of chaos to the top. Never in my life have I seen young people be treated like worthless pieces of shit in an office, crushed, overworked and exploited for peanuts. If your a poor mac monkey with a 2bit firm that wants you to handle the clients why doing the work, god be with you. You are really going to learn the disgusting nature of humanity. Don't get me wrong, some clients are nice people and what they want is straight forward, you produce the work get paid and everyones happy. But on the other side you have to deal with these selfish arrogant delusional pieces of shit, that no matter what you seem to do it never looks right. these fuckers will squeeze any joy from your work and have you chasing your tail all week. And once you have done the absolute best for them.either they change their mind about something for the 30239th time and you have to change it agian and agian , or they'll go to another firm and slag you off to them. Its enough to get you hunting them down and beating them to death in the street with your keyboard. thats just client side. Firms, fuck me! where do i start. today the competition is so high along with hordes of cheap office labor. they want you to be everything and do everything so they can save money. they will eat you alive, burn you out then replace you with some other poor mofo. they want you to be a graphic designer, a web designer, a programer, an animator, 3d artist, media editor, the butcher, the baker, the candle stick maker all rolled into one. They'll have you dancing on the office floor like a cat on a hot tin roof. And that just the tip of the iceberg. If I had to go through everything this comment box would turn into a book. best of luck.
***** I don't see see any problem in what your saying. You sound like you've got a positive attitude and your out to fight the good fight. Its all good saying all that stuff but remember you've just started on that path. I myself am not a graphic designer but i've seen and had so many friends come and go who were. You are right though. Its all down to how well you network and play the game. But you can't deny that the game is vicious because of the high competition. Its not totally doom and gloom. I have the odd friend who went on to do really well as an inhouse designer or runs there own business. Just a few pieces of advice if your going freelance or starting your own business . always wine and dine potentially big clients if nothing ever becomes of it and they bummed a free meal then they'll still say you were a nice guy to others, it works. Also just be very careful, there are shit houses everywhere who will try to exploit you. You talk the talk and its sounds good what your saying. I think the trick to survival in that game is keeping a positive attitude even through the lowest points. Im not saying its impossible to make it. Im just saying. Teachers are useless they should be teaching you the industry and how to network to what is expected of you to produce in a time scale. And that in the real world its not a great job if your looking for a nice 9 to 5 in the city. Hundreds of student get into graphic design but none of the them can network so nothing becomes of them or they end up working for a hole in wall firm that abuses them, and they can't get out or demand better treatment cause theres plenty of people lining up to take their place.
***** LMAO. Honestly i've seen it all and heard it all. Check this out. (this is just off the top of my head) I had this friend who finished his course. He found a position in London. So he relocated to work to start the position. after 2 months he was back. The boss wanted him to not only work from 9 till 5 but when everyone had gone home he had be the cleaner and hoover and wipe down the desks to cleaning the toilets. One day the boss asked him to bring in his portfolio in again. the boss kept it for the week nothing more was said. Weeks later another branch of the firm completed a massive job for the identity/theme for a big restaurant and sent the pictures back to the office.....And it was most of the custom designs from his portfolio!.. The boss had looted his portfolio and took all the money and credit for it..IT WAS JUST UNREAL. My friend was obviously pissed at this guy.but he said something like ' I'm really happy you used my designs for that project, its shows that there good'. AND HE WENT TOTALLY MENTAL! he flat out denied that he'd used his work and threatened to fire him if he said anymore about it. After a few days he was hoovering up some mess (not getting paid for it may I add) and being overworked and underpaid he just snapped! walked out but who wouldn't? The boss had made thousands off him. its all there. take care!
Also KIDS! Graphic Design industry is HARD , There's ALLOT of Competition Don't work for FREE - NEVER!! Don't work for low budget - NEVER. Many wana be graphic designers are destroying market because of that.
Fantastic lecture! She has a great personality. I'll cut the students some slack since it doesn't look like there were many of them in the room. I would be hesitant of laughing out loud in a room of like 10 people too.
I've worked in the industry almost 20 years, I pay a mortgage and support a family with 2 daughters. I wouldn't have been able to do this if I had listened to others that earn money trying to tell me to work for free. I've never once been talked into producing work for free. Graphic designers shouldn't need to, without us their business suffers. How many times I've heard "do a week in the studio without pay" or "tender for this, and then if we like it, then we will pay". No way, you've earned your degree through 3 years of hard work. Sort out your portfolio and get earning.
I'm glad I watched the WHOLE entire lecture, it was very interesting and gave ME a perspective on this industry I know I want to get into art but still am not sure what form
can i just say how much i love the fact that she talks about manners... Today everyone seems to be trying so hard to get jobs that they forget to be respectful to the people they are working with !!! I'm glad that you can be a lovely person and not get trampled on.
She's referring to the Marketing & Promotions field (or department) in this video. Graphic Design is not just in the Marketing & Advertising industry; there is actually a Bachelor's degree course called Marketing where the grads there might be vying for the same position as grads from Graphic Design. Best to look for your own niche in Design where you can offer uniqueness.
passionate and very knowledgeable speaker! I had doubts and questions to pursue Graphics Designing, but this video was very informative and fun to listen to~ :) ty for uploading !
I can give you a BETTER ADVICE in 10 seconds, designers: ''Become a brand, become an authority don't be just another guy. And please help your customers, care about them....only then you will be successful''
Does graphic design include the usually 3d graphics, animated type and all, used on major news networks - local and otherwise like a local CBS news station? I mean for both news and weather, and other things like 'bumpers' etc. Looking for tutorials on that if they exist on youtube or elsehere
The flip side to that is if you have any truly creative ideas, you just gave it all away. Do you want anybody with computer see your stuff? Learn yourself a specific skill, something you truly love to do and become really good at it (10000 Hrs). Then hope that skill (life is a gamble,play to your strengths) has a demand. At that point people like Ms Spencer will be calling you not the other way the around. Thanks for the vid
Wow someone get the medic to check the pulse of these people in this room they are dead she keeps throwing good jokes at them and they drop the ball again and again lol
Love her energy! The last thing we need in the world is more haters on youtube. Let us newbies learn something without people tearing us down for doing so and being excited about it. Don't be a Nancy...
wow well great cam and getting all that. thanks because im going to be a 11 grad and i really want to go into Graphic Design so i feel that this has given me a goal and list of things i should do that would help me, so thanks so much for this video
I'm a Graphic Designer with 25 years of experience, all I can say is the first 5 years suck. Plan on waiting tables for a few years on side until you are established.
Big like! During the lecture she said a ward spell like "spark work", especially when she took about creating the portfolio book. Does anyone knows wether this word is write or not, as long as i am not an english speaker and I found myself not familiar with that word... Thank u in advance..
yar koi mjhe bta skta hai ke graphic desing m kia kia sikhate hai ku k mere sir ne just 3 programm ka btaya hai photoshop inpage or ek kia ye sahi hai...???
Thank you so much. God bless u. That was so enjoyable and informative. I am a geneticist muslim doctor. Genetics is like graphic design because genetics forms an integral part of essentially every science and medical field in life. Islam encourages me to enjoy every aspect of life within the glorious principles of Islam which is the best treatment for depression many people suffer from nowadays. Thank God.
Hey I'm choosing my uni at the moment, in the UK, and was wondering if anyone has any tips/knowledge/suggestions for uni courses if I want to go into graphic design/advertising. Any help would be much appreciated, thank you :)
I am currently studying graphic design in UAL camberwell. I recommend you to check Kingston, Brighton, UAL, Ravensbourne, Winchester university, The University of Edinburgh etc.
theamethyst93 i only have an aas in it which is pretty useless. I couldnt get a job any where, worked for some start ups, and it was never profitable. Not to mention the people hiring for a graphic designer have no idea what you do and will ask for crazy requirements. Like jobs that need you to know javascript, c# and other programming languages. Or like 7 years in the field? You basically can only get a job through an internship. To bad my college never helped us understand what we to get work. Gave us the horse but not the map lol. In about 5 years span i most likely 600 bucks top from freelancing. i had a bunch of issues happening in my fam, couldn't get back in school, and in the scope of becoming an adult working toward my dream got further and further. If i had to give any advice is that of your aren't aiming for a ms in Graphic design to switch to something else. Unless you have the financials, time, and effort to back up the long process of finding work. I still design things at time for myself, or small freelance gigs. For the most part, at least for me, its something i had to let go. 😓 As a side story i recently talked to someone who is a graphic designer. After 2 years free lancing at a company the finally hired him.
ZeroFive Nosh ahh okay. Thanks for the reply. I actually am a graduating with an economics and finance degree so I have something to fall back on but my focus at the moment is to become self taught web developer and graphic designer. The fact that you mentioned the importance of coding is a good thing in my case because I'm teaching myself to code and am working on side projects. It sucks though that design isn't the respected in many areas because I love graphic design, that's why I'm doing both. What are you doing now?
HEY! I'm 15 from Cyprus in eu and I just get in this graphic design thing ! that's the I worried about and as I'm keep watching this videos looks like that you guys don't have a work is that real?
Every company would hire a full time graphic designer. Every graphic designer would prefer to start their own company. Salary $$. Actual profit $$$$. 1:55 Anyway they will always looking for you, fresh graduates, interns, cheap payment. lol.
was it supposed to be a "Graphic Design Lecture" or a "Vocational Tips&How to get a job course" ? In fact she pretty much tried to tame students on how to be a good slave "accept non payed internship" what a joke.. any and all jobs, should always be payed
Totally right! I'm doing a postgrad at the moment and instead of teaching you the skills that you will need to get the job, they are trying to teach you how to get a job! Obviously it is more difficult to teach the goods
There are a few simple things most Graphic Designers overlook when starting their careers: Empathy for the client. Many graphic designers are more concerned with making something that looks cool, rather than solving the client's problem. Being able to demonstrate and communicate value, and be a champion for the client is what will make you a successful graphic designer, not pushing the pretty pixels better than anyone else. At least not in the long run.
Understand marketing, client relationships, business and salesmanship, how to communicate both in person and on paper, and you won't have to worry about whether you can pay the bills working in this industry.
Roberto Blake I have never went to school for graphic design. I do like your videos a lot. I do appreciate the knowledge you put out on all your videos. Keep up the great work
Kevin Key
Thanks Kevin!
*****
You can't always do what they want if it conflicts with what they need, but you need to be in a position to confidently and respectfully tell them so. They wouldn't tell a doctor how to operate on them...
Roberto Blake Very good point. Wholly missing from her presentation. The key is to maintain that balance of being a yes-man and doing good work. Servicing your client properly often doesn't mean providing the best work - it is the work they want.
Roberto Blake "Empathy for the client" This is what I try my best with, you couldn't have said it better than this.
The internet is amazing, I just watched a lecture on graphic design from the other side of the world without being enrolled in this college. Thanks for uploading! I need to set up my portfolio website.. alright.. lets get to it!
As someone who has been graduated from school for about a year and struggling a ton trying to find a job in this field , LISTEN TO THIS WOMAN she knows what she is talking about.
Prevail find a job?
You posted this 4 years ago. How are you doing today?
Are you still jobless?
@@Namjoon_Indigo-Genius cmon we need a update
No lettuce and medium fries thanks.
Jennifer's energy is great... shame everyone else is ASLEEP :/
Great lecture! It's 2016 and still relevant. Loved her energy, passion and delivery. Shared a wealth of knowledge, but most importantly, was not BORING! Hahaha... I'm a graphic artist just turning 40, now freelancing and creating my own product line. I've decided that I'm not going back to a "job" - gonna give it a go with my own talent and effort. 21 years in the fashion/manufacturing biz as an employee is long enough. That's the beauty of our creative ability - we can take it with us anywhere, we can do whatever we want. If there's a message or story to be told, we will always be needed. Thank you Jennifer Spencer!
This is great advice! I'm 20, and am currently a student in Graphic Design after finishing my Mass Communications and Media associates. First off, find a great community college to get your degree! Cheep and personal education. Be a graphics editor at your student news paper if you can (often involves scholarships). Its hard work but an amazing experience. Also, your professors frequently communicate with local businesses to line up internships so JUMP OF THEM! Intern, intern, intern! I've been blessed with a payed internship too, they are out there. Jennifer Spencer is SO RIGHT about the attitude thing. Stay grateful, work hard, be EMPATHETIC, get to know people and have a servant heart! I also have done FREE work for my church and other ministries in my state, which has helped me learn and build my portfolio. If you can be a part of any team that works together to campaign/execute/finish a project or event (even without pay) do it!!!!!! Be part of a hard-working, servant-hearted generation instead of an entitled one!
Lots a negative comments here. What a shame! I think she did a FABULOUS job. Even more ... I'm not even IN Graphic Design ... I work in television ... and I was hooked by her ability to COMMUNICATE. The information she gave was super useful for people in MANY professions. And she's right about how in today's economy companies are likely to hang on to you if you go above and beyond, if you bring something to the table. She had a lot of positive energy - and as we can see by some of the negative posts here - that positivity appears to be worth its weight in gold. Great job, Jen!
I respect a lecturer who tells the students flat out that there WILL be another down term in which their field WILL be most disadvantaged. After a decade there'll be many students that are glad she said that and there'll be many who regret not paying heed to that warning.
i am a young graphic designer and i love what I do and my work is not the best but I do what I do and I like it and my "clients" do also.GRAPHIC DESIGN IS LOVE!!GRAPHIC DESIGN IS LIFE!!...
Love this video. Always gets me motivated to do better graphic design work. Re-listened to video many times over the years. Thanks for posting this!!
havent finished the video and i definitely think she should be speaking on tedtalks too
I love coming back to this every once in awhile. It helps me refocus career big picture wise. Great information, fantastic presentation and an amazing attitude!
wow ... she spoke for almost 2 freaking hours ... and thats non-stop .... and yeah... i finished watching it till the end ... damn lady .... you are good at what you do .... and thanks for the advice .. .. enjoyed watching it ....
Thank you for your valuable insight that not only apply to the graphic designer field but at any job search. I love your energy and how you express yourself.
She tries to be funny but it ain't working on those students, she's awesome. I would love her as my teacher any day.
Yea sign me up
Me too. She is GREAT!
When in a community college u wont feel the same. hope u see it from heir shoes. it is awesome to watch her lecture from our couch definitely.
Really tough crowd. My goodness what a bunch of sticks in the mud.
Hahahaha I know it is an old comment, but you made me laugh with your expression, I never heard it before LOL
If I don't find any job in future on my career line then I am totally flying to Japan and settling there. Cause graphic designing program in Japan is really popular and they get pay enough in Japan. Hey, no one wants to be a homeless person. If graphic designing program doesn't have any respects in world eyes then I am gonna make the world to respect this career. That's a challenge.
Omg I LOVE her energy! It's too bad the students are such a tough crowd. I would've loved watching a lecture like this in uni
thank you teacher so much i really enjoy watching this :)
gosh, she is awesome and so helpfull. I think I got of this video much more than one year of my graphic design course in college
Tough crowd.
Lol that's exactly what I said when the video started XD
+foday S right on! Spencer is so above that crowd, even that introducer.
The crowd didn't laugh because graphic designers are soulless. They're the "we were just follow orders" Nazis, of the advertising machine.
This is an absolute GOLD MINE of information
This information really helpful for me & i much better understand about this information.
I have to know all this information before but on this deep information get from here.
I thank you Jennifer Spencer for this great information & JCCC.
thank you for this I was starting as a freelancer in graphic designer this is very informative
This video probably will get me a job someday so thank you in advance.
I'm not a designer but this talk was even for me more inspiring than many TED talks. Great speaker!
I love this woman! this is a great lecture
RIGHT KIDS THIS IS THE TRUTH ABOUT GRAPHIC DESIGN! You can do a degree in it but today its totally pointless. you train for 3 years on software you can learn in 3 weeks. Most of the courses are out of touch with the real world. You'll end up doing personal projects that you're given months to do but in the industry are expected to have done in a couple of days. teachers/lecturers are bullshitters! they are there because they set out to be graphic designers but have slided into the job of teachers to take refuge from that vicious world. You're better off saving your money, learning software and finding work experience with a firm. Now about that vicious world of graphic design.....
Some of you may have a lucky break, maybe your rich daddy pulled some strings and got you a placement or a junior position with a top modern office firm, and now you're working as an inhouse designer in the city. But for the rest of you poor bastards. its a long grooling backstabbing ladder of chaos to the top. Never in my life have I seen young people be treated like worthless pieces of shit in an office, crushed, overworked and exploited for peanuts. If your a poor mac monkey with a 2bit firm that wants you to handle the clients why doing the work, god be with you. You are really going to learn the disgusting nature of humanity. Don't get me wrong, some clients are nice people and what they want is straight forward, you produce the work get paid and everyones happy. But on the other side you have to deal with these selfish arrogant delusional pieces of shit, that no matter what you seem to do it never looks right. these fuckers will squeeze any joy from your work and have you chasing your tail all week. And once you have done the absolute best for them.either they change their mind about something for the 30239th time and you have to change it agian and agian , or they'll go to another firm and slag you off to them. Its enough to get you hunting them down and beating them to death in the street with your keyboard. thats just client side. Firms, fuck me! where do i start. today the competition is so high along with hordes of cheap office labor. they want you to be everything and do everything so they can save money. they will eat you alive, burn you out then replace you with some other poor mofo. they want you to be a graphic designer, a web designer, a programer, an animator, 3d artist, media editor, the butcher, the baker, the candle stick maker all rolled into one. They'll have you dancing on the office floor like a cat on a hot tin roof. And that just the tip of the iceberg. If I had to go through everything this comment box would turn into a book. best of luck.
***** I don't see see any problem in what your saying. You sound like you've got a positive attitude and your out to fight the good fight. Its all good saying all that stuff but remember you've just started on that path. I myself am not a graphic designer but i've seen and had so many friends come and go who were. You are right though. Its all down to how well you network and play the game. But you can't deny that the game is vicious because of the high competition. Its not totally doom and gloom. I have the odd friend who went on to do really well as an inhouse designer or runs there own business. Just a few pieces of advice if your going freelance or starting your own business . always wine and dine potentially big clients if nothing ever becomes of it and they bummed a free meal then they'll still say you were a nice guy to others, it works. Also just be very careful, there are shit houses everywhere who will try to exploit you. You talk the talk and its sounds good what your saying. I think the trick to survival in that game is keeping a positive attitude even through the lowest points. Im not saying its impossible to make it. Im just saying. Teachers are useless they should be teaching you the industry and how to network to what is expected of you to produce in a time scale. And that in the real world its not a great job if your looking for a nice 9 to 5 in the city. Hundreds of student get into graphic design but none of the them can network so nothing becomes of them or they end up working for a hole in wall firm that abuses them, and they can't get out or demand better treatment cause theres plenty of people lining up to take their place.
***** LMAO. Honestly i've seen it all and heard it all. Check this out. (this is just off the top of my head) I had this friend who finished his course. He found a position in London. So he relocated to work to start the position. after 2 months he was back. The boss wanted him to not only work from 9 till 5 but when everyone had gone home he had be the cleaner and hoover and wipe down the desks to cleaning the toilets. One day the boss asked him to bring in his portfolio in again. the boss kept it for the week nothing more was said. Weeks later another branch of the firm completed a massive job for the identity/theme for a big restaurant and sent the pictures back to the office.....And it was most of the custom designs from his portfolio!.. The boss had looted his portfolio and took all the money and credit for it..IT WAS JUST UNREAL. My friend was obviously pissed at this guy.but he said something like ' I'm really happy you used my designs for that project, its shows that there good'. AND HE WENT TOTALLY MENTAL! he flat out denied that he'd used his work and threatened to fire him if he said anymore about it. After a few days he was hoovering up some mess (not getting paid for it may I add) and being overworked and underpaid he just snapped! walked out but who wouldn't? The boss had made thousands off him.
its all there. take care!
Also KIDS! Graphic Design industry is HARD , There's ALLOT of Competition Don't work for FREE - NEVER!! Don't work for low budget - NEVER. Many wana be graphic designers are destroying market because of that.
True. I'm self taught and i'm always fully booked. I always get "designers" with degrees in Graphic designer asking me for help and tips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
***** Thanks for stating the obvious.
Fantastic lecture! She has a great personality.
I'll cut the students some slack since it doesn't look like there were many of them in the room. I would be hesitant of laughing out loud in a room of like 10 people too.
laugh damn it .......................................
+HaFeD MenTaliSt RIGHT?!
lol Starving Graphic Designers is hard to laugh at..
Right! She was giving these people gold and they didn't even bat an eyelash lol. She was awesome though
the joke attempts were pretty poor. that said, the information is solid. and the crowd really was lifeless.
I've worked in the industry almost 20 years, I pay a mortgage and support a family with 2 daughters. I wouldn't have been able to do this if I had listened to others that earn money trying to tell me to work for free. I've never once been talked into producing work for free. Graphic designers shouldn't need to, without us their business suffers. How many times I've heard "do a week in the studio without pay" or "tender for this, and then if we like it, then we will pay". No way, you've earned your degree through 3 years of hard work. Sort out your portfolio and get earning.
K Edmodson i support free work
She's simply awesome.
GREAT Video! Just about everything you could hope to learn, that typically takes years to be taught.
i love her lecture. Her voice are loud, clear, and persuasive unlike some lectures when their voice sound dull, bored
She is really a good speaker...! Very helpful. Thanks!
I'm glad I watched the WHOLE entire lecture, it was very interesting and gave ME a perspective on this industry I know I want to get into art but still am not sure what form
really really good actually. glad I stuck with it... this lady is really giving gold
can i just say how much i love the fact that she talks about manners... Today everyone seems to be trying so hard to get jobs that they forget to be respectful to the people they are working with !!! I'm glad that you can be a lovely person and not get trampled on.
after 11 minutes of watching I felt like I'm watching lecture on Advertising :)
the truth is, these days in order to be successful in ANY artistic field, you have to be great at sales and business.
I learned so much from this! Thank you uploader!
She's referring to the Marketing & Promotions field (or department) in this video. Graphic Design is not just in the Marketing & Advertising industry; there is actually a Bachelor's degree course called Marketing where the grads there might be vying for the same position as grads from Graphic Design. Best to look for your own niche in Design where you can offer uniqueness.
Nice!) Great thanks to JCCC and Jennifer Spencer!
Liked it. It is an empowering video for young designers and she gives good tips for people looking for a job. Personality, communication and work.
passionate and very knowledgeable speaker!
I had doubts and questions to pursue Graphics Designing, but this video was very informative and fun to listen to~ :) ty for uploading !
I'm very excited about getting into this career! will start going to school for this amazing career!
I can give you a BETTER ADVICE in 10 seconds, designers:
''Become a brand, become an authority don't be just another guy. And please help your customers, care about them....only then you will be successful''
+Melchi Zedeq i care about my customers so much that I end up being their business partner :(
Syed Sami nice!
Once a customer in Target try to upper cut me
I’m watching a college course for FUN!?!? I hate school but I’m choosing to watch this at midnight. Lol
Does graphic design include the usually 3d graphics, animated type and all, used on major news networks - local and otherwise like a local CBS news station? I mean for both news and weather, and other things like 'bumpers' etc. Looking for tutorials on that if they exist on youtube or elsehere
Thanks a lot for this! very interesting and entertaining, i'm an architecture student and i'm taking for sure some of these really important advices!
Great lecture :). Thumb up from Serbia!!!
This lady is amazing! I really want to take her class!!!!!!!!
Thank you soooooooo much for this video! It will help me immensely. I am just starting out but have very ambitious dreams.
This is great! I leaned so much.
The flip side to that is if you have any truly creative ideas, you just gave it all away. Do you want anybody with computer see your stuff? Learn yourself a specific skill, something you truly love to do and become really good at it (10000 Hrs). Then hope that skill (life is a gamble,play to your strengths) has a demand. At that point people like Ms Spencer will be calling you not the other way the around. Thanks for the vid
This is so insightful - great relevant info for me (undergrad). Thank you!
really helpful for me as a student in graphic design!
all this is very valuable information ...life changing .. thank you ! :)
Wow someone get the medic to check the pulse of these people in this room they are dead she keeps throwing good jokes at them and they drop the ball again and again lol
there's not one good joke.
the biggest joke is that she's a speaker. visit their website.
@Nicolas Python Why so bitter?
Love her energy! The last thing we need in the world is more haters on youtube. Let us newbies learn something without people tearing us down for doing so and being excited about it. Don't be a Nancy...
wow well great cam and getting all that. thanks because im going to be a 11 grad and i really want to go into Graphic Design so i feel that this has given me a goal and list of things i should do that would help me, so thanks so much for this video
This lecture really helped me open my eyes as in design as in English.. Thanks!
I'm a Graphic Designer with 25 years of experience, all I can say is the first 5 years suck. Plan on waiting tables for a few years on side until you are established.
Awesome video, such a great communicator!
Thank you for such a great valuable lecture! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Big like!
During the lecture she said a ward spell like "spark work", especially when she took about creating the portfolio book.
Does anyone knows wether this word is write or not, as long as i am not an english speaker and I found myself not familiar with that word...
Thank u in advance..
when she talk about web. which one she mean? html+css or beyond that?
yar koi mjhe bta skta hai ke graphic desing m kia kia sikhate hai ku k mere sir ne just 3 programm ka btaya hai photoshop inpage or ek kia ye sahi hai...???
Thank you so much. God bless u. That was so enjoyable and informative. I am a geneticist muslim doctor. Genetics is like graphic design because genetics forms an integral part of essentially every science and medical field in life. Islam encourages me to enjoy every aspect of life within the glorious principles of Islam which is the best treatment for depression many people suffer from nowadays. Thank God.
thank you so much for this video. it's really good and full of infomation... thanks!
She has an awesome fun-loving personality.
Awesome advice 👍...I took down notes while watching ☺
are you a designer?
@@TJ-cg1en yes 😊
She's looking hip, so she will give a good lecture because that's what graphic designers are.
Anyways it's a great lecture. Thanks for the upload.
Pls upload more videos like this.. Plsss.. Love this lecturer..
Great video, very inspirational, thanks for sharing!
Hey I'm choosing my uni at the moment, in the UK, and was wondering if anyone has any tips/knowledge/suggestions for uni courses if I want to go into graphic design/advertising. Any help would be much appreciated, thank you :)
I am currently studying graphic design in UAL camberwell. I recommend you to check Kingston, Brighton, UAL, Ravensbourne, Winchester university, The University of Edinburgh etc.
waiyan lin thank you very much :)
I gave up on being a graphic designer, why is youtube recommended this to me years later?
Maybe it's a sign cx
ZeroFive Nosh why did you give up?
theamethyst93 i only have an aas in it which is pretty useless. I couldnt get a job any where, worked for some start ups, and it was never profitable. Not to mention the people hiring for a graphic designer have no idea what you do and will ask for crazy requirements. Like jobs that need you to know javascript, c# and other programming languages. Or like 7 years in the field? You basically can only get a job through an internship. To bad my college never helped us understand what we to get work. Gave us the horse but not the map lol. In about 5 years span i most likely 600 bucks top from freelancing. i had a bunch of issues happening in my fam, couldn't get back in school, and in the scope of becoming an adult working toward my dream got further and further. If i had to give any advice is that of your aren't aiming for a ms in Graphic design to switch to something else. Unless you have the financials, time, and effort to back up the long process of finding work. I still design things at time for myself, or small freelance gigs. For the most part, at least for me, its something i had to let go. 😓
As a side story i recently talked to someone who is a graphic designer. After 2 years free lancing at a company the finally hired him.
ZeroFive Nosh ahh okay. Thanks for the reply. I actually am a graduating with an economics and finance degree so I have something to fall back on but my focus at the moment is to become self taught web developer and graphic designer. The fact that you mentioned the importance of coding is a good thing in my case because I'm teaching myself to code and am working on side projects. It sucks though that design isn't the respected in many areas because I love graphic design, that's why I'm doing both.
What are you doing now?
Just signed up for Carbonmade! :)
How about the job possibility of Graphic design
Worth time spending lecture!
OMG this video was so long. I slept though over half of it. I hope my sub conscious mind absorbed the information. haha
lol.... it was like listening to a long technological fairy tale
Am I the only one taking notes here?
me too! hahahaha
The comment section is full of people who have no idea what design is. Just scroll top.
What will be the certification?
There are a thousand Graphic Designers for every one job opening. ALL my Graphic Designer friends DO work at Starbucks.
If you're a career changer, where do you get job related references?
Great video thanks
Amazing lecture, i need her class quite often ..
HA! I graduated in 2009/2010 and it was, "rough, rough, rough!!!"
HEY! I'm 15 from Cyprus in eu and I just get in this graphic design thing ! that's the I worried about and as I'm keep watching this videos looks like that you guys don't have a work is that real?
There is something really attractive about this lady.
Who can say me what is the name of Jennifer's account on instagram?i can't find it . Please!help me.
Thank u, it was an amaising lecture!
can i get to link with this woman
love this woman
Every company would hire a full time graphic designer.
Every graphic designer would prefer to start their own company.
Salary $$.
Actual profit $$$$.
1:55
Anyway they will always looking for you, fresh graduates, interns, cheap payment. lol.
how to design business card
was it supposed to be a "Graphic Design Lecture" or a "Vocational Tips&How to get a job course" ?
In fact she pretty much tried to tame students on how to be a good slave
"accept non payed internship" what a joke.. any and all jobs, should always be payed
here here!
Totally right! I'm doing a postgrad at the moment and instead of teaching you the skills that you will need to get the job, they are trying to teach you how to get a job!
Obviously it is more difficult to teach the goods
Design is a lifestyle.
Not a job.
Who that want a high pay, good money, leave design.
Try property agent.
I came here for 55:30 I love this lecture!
She is so funny and positive :D Amazing! :)