Harrison's background in Graphic Design:
- Was a student at Leeds College of Art
- Now freelances at Studio DBD in Manchester
- Works somewhere else from Monday to Wednesday
- Thoroughly enjoys working Thursday to Friday at DBD as it involves more creative work
- The work he does the rest of the week is a lot less enjoyable but its briefs that pay the bills
> The hard truth about the Graphic Design industry
Examples of some of his work on Behance...
From the three projects on his profile, its clear that he enjoys working with print.
Notes from his talk:
- Build relationships
- Social Media
- Sometimes building relationships and networking doesn't work, but just pick yourself up and try again
- Its not handed to you
- Be passionate, be flexible
- Don't be a dick / arrogant - it gets you nowhere. Be confident, theres a big difference
- Don't be afraid to ask questions
- if people don't get back to you, so be it
- Rejection happens, deal with it
- Stay true to yourself - don't try and please everybody by being who they want you to be, if you don't agree with something make yourself heard
- if a job isn't right for you, ditch it
- There's more to life out of London - Even though there is huge opportunity there, don't think that it's the only place to be
- Make contacts ! - the most important advice he can give
- find what suits you
- Although quite negative and off putting, it is the nature of the industry and the harsh truth that needs to be known before entering the real world of work.
- His talk has definitely made me think twice about career paths
- One thing I'll take away from this is the importance of networking and making contacts. This can make the difference needed in finding a job or freelance work.
- My opinion used to be that you have to almost sell yourself to get somewhere. By this I mean conform to what they want you to be as aposed to being yourself.
- However, Harrison suggests to stay true to yourself always no matter what and if a job doesn't suit you, so be it.
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