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    Is charging your client up front for print bad form?

    My freelance work is also to prepare print ready artwork and I let the client 'find the best print deal' and deal with the printers themselves as I cannot afford to be left out of pocket. I also work 9-5 in a studio so don't really have time during the day to liase with clients and printers...
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    Advice – stuck in a rut I think!

    Dave, I do as much freelance as I can get outside of work, which is great - I have only ever created a couple of my own projects though outside of my degree! i guess i've just had a manic year. Another update anyway - interview at 3pm on friday- keep fingers crossed for me please :)
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    Advice – stuck in a rut I think!

    Thanks sthomas! I need to be able to live and travel to work however as I live out of town! So I cant take much of a salary drop which is a bummer.
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    Advice – stuck in a rut I think!

    Potentially great news for me today :) just received an email to ask me in for an interview for a job I applied for on Hogmanay. the job description was "We are an Edinburgh HQ-ed business group of online companies seeking a full time in-house graphic designer. You would be...
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    Advice – stuck in a rut I think!

    Thanks for the replies folks Scott - great advice, and I agree I need to be out of there asap as this is exactly what I'm worried about - losing all enthusiasm and love for my job I studied years for. I understand that a design course only sets you up for the industry and I go from being a...
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    How badly do you think graphic design is undervalued?

    Having just posted in another thread asking for advice, I feel this is a HUGE part of why I feel like I'm stuck in a rut! I search jobs daily up here, even though I am full time employed as a graphic designer, but some salarys are just ridiculous...e.g a graphic design position at an...
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    Graduate Graphic Design Salary

    I was employed as graduate Graphic Designer - logo design, annual reports, corporate identity, posters, leaflets etc on £16k with a review in 6 months but that review never happened....yet?! hope that helps!
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    Advice – stuck in a rut I think!

    Hey everyone, I just put a newbie post up and joined the forum a wee while ago looking to get some advice from some experienced individuals, so please be kind as its probably not the best 2nd post in the world!! I graduated almost a year ago from my degree in visual communication and was...
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