I'm currently in the process of managing a design team and hiring for it. It’s exciting, I’m nervous, and there’s a lot that I will be learning along the way. Every action I’ve been taking from mentoring, allocating work, providing feedback, advocating for salary raises , and setting up the interview process has been intentional. I want to be the manager I wish I had throughout my career.
Read MoreWhile I don’t freelance much anymore, I have learned quite a bit of lessons about establishing payment, pricing my work, who maintains ownership over the assets and what happens to the work when payment is no longer able to be made.
A few years ago, my work was stolen and to be honest, it’s one of the reasons I don’t freelance much unless I feel that the project is a good idea. Here are a few things to keep in mind when you are freelancing to get experience…
I wrote this earlier this year in April on my old blog and though it has been a few months since then, it still holds true in my opinion. Since it is getting closer to being the end of the year, that means performance reviews and mapping out what your next steps to advancing will be. Getting to the next level in your career takes work but it’s easier to get there when you know what to you need to do.
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