Rookie Designer Podcast
Everyone's a Rookie Before They're An All-Star!
Displaying all 9 Episode of Rookie Designer Podcast with the tag “graphic design”.
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Rookie Designer 179 - Happystance
Episode | October 29th, 2018 | 33 mins 25 secs
adobe max, business, design business, freelance, graphic design
Carl and Jake get together this Monday morning to record their latest episode. Carl has some interesting insight about an article stating people are dying sooner due to having less trust and Jake talks about an upcoming Disney documentary. They then jump into Carl's topic Happystance. This is when a big, killer, well paying project almost seems like it fell right in your lap. They both share stories of Happystance just from this past week. Lastly they close out with their Rookie Recommendations for the week.
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Rookie Designer 178 - Free Flow
Episode | October 17th, 2018 | 48 mins 40 secs
business, design business, freelance, graphic design
Jake and Carl head into episode 178 without much of a topic on deck and decide to see what come up in conversations. They start off with some interested design news from Weight Watchers and a pretty crazy story about some Banksy artwork. Then it's on to see where things take them. Jake shares an interesting story about a video project he has been working on and it leads to a discussion about when things changes mid-project. Lastly they cover their Rookie Recommendations for the week.
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Rookie Designer 169 - Taughnee Golubović Interview
Episode | July 23rd, 2018 | 49 mins 35 secs
business, design book, design business, freelance, graphic design, interview
This week Carl and Jake are really excited to bring on Taughnee Golubović from Endeavor Creative for an interview. We have been really good friends and fellow creatives for many, many years. Taughnee shares a bit of her journey to get to where she is as a creative and also how she went from living in Alaska to living in Croatia. She also talks about how that effected her business and what she had to do to really change things up with her business to get it growing again. Her business adventures are what have inspired her new book Client Attraction Mindset. Be sure to listen all the way through as we have some exciting news!
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Rookie Designer 162 - Your Why
Episode | May 14th, 2018 | 30 mins 50 secs
design, designer, graphic design
This week Carl and Jake talk about why they decided to start their own businesses and why they work with the clients they work with. It's important to figure out what "your why" is when it comes to running your own business. They share some of their own "why" reasons. They also tackle new business news related to AI deciding what ads will work and the new Best Buy logo. Lastly they share a few Rookie Recommendations for the week.
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Rookie Designer 161 - Self Care
Episode | May 7th, 2018 | 36 mins 38 secs
business, design, freelance, graphic design
This week Jake and Carl talk about the importance of taking care of yourself, as much as taking care of your side gig, business, or school projects. It is easy to get into your creative flow and forget about what you are doing to make sure you don't approach burnout. They share some of the things they do to make sure it doesn't happen to them. Carl also shares his experiences at the HOW Design Live showroom floor. They also cover their Rookie Recommendations and a bit of Design News.
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Rookie Designer 160 - Conferences
Episode | April 30th, 2018 | 46 mins 45 secs
conferences, design, designer, graphic design
This week Carl and Jake talk about the pros and cons of going to conferences. With Carl heading to the show floor at the HOW Conference, he was curious to here what makes someone spend the kind of money it takes to go to some of the bigger conferences. Jake is able to share, rather excitedly, some of the experiences he has had attending a few different conferences over the years. They also cover a couple of interesting design news items and both bring their Rookie Recommendations to the table.
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Rookie Designer 158 - Friends Who Are Clients, Clients Who Are Friends
Episode | April 16th, 2018 | 38 mins 4 secs
business, design business, freelance, graphic design
In this latest episode Jake and Carl talk about what it is like to work with friends who want to be clients and also what things to watch out for when you become friends with your clients. They also have the weekly design news and Rookie Recommendations to share.
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Rookie Designer 157 - Skill Learning
Episode | April 9th, 2018 | 37 mins 58 secs
business, design business, freelance, graphic design
Jake and Carl are back this week to discuss how they acquire new skills, figure out what those skills should be, and talk about a few skills they are currently working on. They also talk about a bit of design news and finish up with their Rookie Recommendations.
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Rookie Designer 155 - Transitions
Episode | March 26th, 2018 | 27 mins 30 secs
business, design business, freelance, graphic design
Jake and Carl are back with Rookie Designer episode 155! This episode they talk about some of the transitions they have been going through and how designers need to work through those transitions. They also touch on how some of those transitions have effected the show.