Talent is not enough : business secrets for designers

The best business guide for design professionals just got better! This revised and expanded second edition includes everything designers need—besides talent—to turn their artistic success into business success. You’ll find information on key issues facing designers from freelancing to managing estab...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Perkins, Shel Author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] New Riders 2010
Edición:Rev. and expanded 2nd ed
Colección:Voices That Matter
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629154906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of contents
  • Preface to second edition
  • Introduction
  • Career options
  • 01. Making a living as a creative professional
  • 02. Job hunting
  • 03. Independent contractor issues
  • 04. Sample independent contractor agreement
  • 05. Income taxes for freelancers
  • 06. Calculating a freelance rate
  • Small business
  • 07. Becoming a business
  • 08. Pricing models
  • 09. Setting rates for a firm
  • 10. Marketing
  • 11. Proposals
  • 12. Project management basics
  • 13. Bookkeeping basics
  • 14. Cash flow
  • 15. Insurance basics
  • 16. Facilities planning
  • Legal issues
  • 17. Intellectual property
  • 18. Defamation, privacy, and publicity
  • 19. Understanding terms and conditions
  • 20. AIGA standard form of agreement
  • 21. Ethics and social responsibility
  • Large firms
  • 22. Successful design teams
  • 23. Using student interns
  • 24. Working with a sales rep
  • 25. Large projects
  • 26. Financial management
  • 27. Forecasting
  • 28. Business planning
  • 29. Exit strategies
  • 30. Special challenges for in-house departments
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the author.