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    Looking for advice about finding work in London

    Hi j05hr, Thanks for your very helpful reply. I agree with your point about the job title issue - it does seem like it could do more harm than good at this stage.I think i'll stick with 'Graphic Designer' as that doesn't come loaded with quite the same level of expectation. As for...
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    Looking for advice about finding work in London

    Hi Bigdave/sthomas, Thanks a lot for your advice, particularly for the helpful links. I'm keen to have my CV looking its best so getting ripped apart wouldn't be such a bad thing at this stage - I'll just need to hope that my designer's thick skin is good enough! I think I'll widen my search...
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    Looking for advice about finding work in London

    Hi Everyone, I'm a graphic designer with one year's experience working for a whisky company in the north of Scotland. I am looking to find a new position in or around London and would appreciate some advice as to how I should go about this. As the only full time member of...
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    Struggling in first design role - help and advice requested!

    Hi everyone, First of all, thank-you very much for taking the time to post replies. There's been some really good advice and it's always good to be reassured that i'm not the first person to have this problem. To clarify, I spend most of my time working on packaging design and custom...
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    Struggling in first design role - help and advice requested!

    Hi everyone, I'm currently employed as the in-house graphic designer for a drinks company. It's my full time graphic design role since graduating in 2009 and i've been there for 6 months. In a nutshell, I feel like i'm in way above my head, and am looking for some general advice on dealing...
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    How much to charge for a strapline?

    Hi everyone, Thankyou very much for all the quick and helpful responses. I get the feeling that my client hasn't used a graphic designer before and is likely unaware of the time and effort that goes into design work. However, as many of you have said, he has asked for the work and i've...
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    How much to charge for a strapline?

    Hi everyone, I was recently asked to produce a logo and online storefront branding for a client, however, he has since decided the he only wants to use the strapline I came up with, and have the option of taking the design later. I'm fairly new to freelancing so have still not quite got...
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