Once you've learned to design, whether it's in school or on your own efforts, the world is a wide open space of opportunities. There are websites hungry for more beautiful navigation, storefronts that could use better signage and more. But how do you get your hands on these projects, and turn your ideas into reality?
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Job title, location, salary potential and type of firm are all things to consider when making employment moves as a designer. You might want to start at an agency, but what size? This handy infographic produced by Invision reveals some tips, and also names a few startups with a designer co-founder (and doesn't this make a difference in the product?!), reinforcing the importance of great design.
What choices have you made as a designer, and where do you hope your career will take you? Tell us in the comments.
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Social Media Job Listings
Every week we post a list of social media and web job opportunities. While we publish a huge range of job listings, we've selected some of the top social media job opportunities from the past two weeks to get you started. Happy hunting!
- Digital Activation Manager at Red Bull Media House in Santa Monica
- SVP, Group Director, Digital at Edelman in DC
- Front End Web Developer at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore
This story originally published on Mashable here.