markallen
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Hi fellow designers,
Thought I would gather some feedback from other like me. It's all about the exciting world of being an In-house graphic designer.
My current challenge...
I have just started working as a solo in-house graphic designer within a digital business. My role involves everything from creating print design, UI design, case studies to name a few.
As with any In-house designer job my biggest challenge is managing the work load and managing other people's expectations. Sometimes I get briefs coming in late or the brief changes half way through the project which results in deadlines becoming impossible. So on a daily basis I am constantly re-negotiating deadlines and re-prioritising projects with my marketing manager. This makes it hard to stick to a schedule.
I would like to set up some better processes here. I am currently working on setting up a few systems such as:
My current solutions...
Is anyone else experiencing the same challenges? How do you deal with design management? any alternative solutions that I haven't thought of? Maybe you disagree with some of my suggested solutions?
It would be great to hear everyone's opinion on this topic of design management.
Mark
Thought I would gather some feedback from other like me. It's all about the exciting world of being an In-house graphic designer.
My current challenge...
I have just started working as a solo in-house graphic designer within a digital business. My role involves everything from creating print design, UI design, case studies to name a few.
As with any In-house designer job my biggest challenge is managing the work load and managing other people's expectations. Sometimes I get briefs coming in late or the brief changes half way through the project which results in deadlines becoming impossible. So on a daily basis I am constantly re-negotiating deadlines and re-prioritising projects with my marketing manager. This makes it hard to stick to a schedule.
I would like to set up some better processes here. I am currently working on setting up a few systems such as:
My current solutions...
- Getting everyone to submit a design brief via the "official brief form"
- A guideline to how much notice I need in receiving briefs before there deadline.
- I am currently suggesting that we get at least one other designer working in-house to help with work load
- I'm also suggesting outsourcing any work that comes up which clashes with the current schedule.
Is anyone else experiencing the same challenges? How do you deal with design management? any alternative solutions that I haven't thought of? Maybe you disagree with some of my suggested solutions?
It would be great to hear everyone's opinion on this topic of design management.
Mark