How to Get Your First Design Job: Office Hours with Samuel Pires

Samuel Pires is a young graphic designer from Gothenburg, Sweden, seeking his first job at a design company.

We discuss:

• How to get a job at a design agency, fast

• Why work at an agency

• Why you should get an education

• How to make professional friends, fast

• How to display your work effectively as a junior designer

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Links:

• 7 Rules of Power by Jeffrey Pfeffer

• Mohammed Yarroum

• Power: Why Some People Have It and Others Don't by Jeffrey Pfeffer

• The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding by Al Ries and Laura Ries

• The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber

Supported by:

• Color AI: generate meaningful color palettes with cultural references

• Design Discipline Bookstore: hand-picked design books