Been in-house four years and managed to skip agency thus far. Considering next steps and really I’m happiest doing the work (hands-on print and visual design, brand work, etc.). Just moved. WWYD next?

How is the wlb & culture at USAA?

Any tips for raising T and beard growth?

I’ve been offered a reporting consultant job for less than 60k and I bring 9+ years of experience to the role. They should be offering more. I don’t want to settle but I don’t want to miss an opportunity to move. Reporting consultants should start at $65k per recruiting sites. Any advice? How can I get HR/recruiters to offer more? TIA

I'm looking to join a gym but I would love to find one where I don't have to deal with overly cheery staff. I'm really wanting a gym that I can access with a keycard at any time and not have to deal with anyone and if I could sign up online without having to take a tour and hear the sales pitch, that would be amazing. Does a place like this exist?

Any 🐟 now or previously at Adobe willing to connect? Thanks in advance!

what’s the ask?

How to deal with a rude person at work if you are a fresher today one Assist manager yelled at me because I made a mistake in amounts

Hi,

How long does it take for Accenture to respond after document submission?

Moving to DC soon from NYC, what are general thoughts on the neighborhoods Capitol Hill, H street, union market, NoMa or any others that are pretty close to the train station? Appreciate any insight

I have got Non-financial services domain in tech consulting..who all would be the designated clients in this line?

Hey everyone! I’m a new grad with an offer for a sales engineer position and I wanted to know if any one in this bowl has transitioned out of sales/solutions engineering into another role or industry? I just want to see what opportunities would be available to me after a year or two as a SE just in case I decide I want a career change.

Any fish at Spotify willing to chat about their experience there? joined ACN as entry level a few years ago and trying to learn more bout work in industry/if anyone has advice for applying to Spotify specifically

Just had a small meltdown. Went to urgent visit at a GYN for yeast infection earlier today. I was annoyed that it’s becoming chronic even though I’m not even sexually active. I started to think of possible reasons and the first time I had it. I concluded that it might be related to drastic drop in my health and the miscarriage I had when I found out my ex fiancé cheated on me. I don’t think my assumptions were scientifically or medically correct, but that miscarriage is eating me alive...

Hello fellow fishes,

So I am working in a technical role for around 1 and half year at USI.
Work is flexible, hours are good.

But I am the kind of person who codes for work, not as an interest.
And after 1 year, I am getting overwhelmed, with the amount of technical stuff I NEED to learn to stay relevant in the project. Should i think of switching career paths, like maybe an MBA? (I am able to be technical, but not deeply technical like a pro coder)

Which large PR/marketing communications agencies have strong analytics disciplines and a good culture? Thanks in advance!

Thinking about moving to NYC. Is 85k low or high for a midlvl designer at an agency?

Hi Creatives! mp4 help!

I'm trying to put an animation that is within a mockup on my portfolio site. Animation was created in Adobe XD then placed within a phone mockup in photoshop by using video timeline. Exported as "Render Video" and works perfectly fine when playing. My portfolio is on Squarespace, which doesn't support direct upload of mp4, I attempted to embed the javascript code, which doesn't look great. When adding an mp4 to a site what is the best way that you all have found?

Looking to pivot my career into Graphic + Web Design! I created a Learning Roadmap to plan out the things I need to teach myself in order to master the basics & start taking on clients.

1. Learn fundamentals of Graphic Design & Design Theory (I have a couple books I’m reading & courses I will take)
2. Learn Figma bc it is an advanced design tool/software (I only know Canva)
3. Learn Webflow as it is the premier web-designing platform (I only know Wix)

Is this a good start? Do I need Adobe? Ty

Looking for cool illustrators/motion artists or studios to produce an illustration system that would have animation (think IG stickers) I am budgeting and scouting for options and looking for rates and to connect with the right talented folks! Any reccos?✨ Help a sis out

Are there design competitions for passion projects?

Would love some recommendations!

I’m really bad at this: I just got a last min freelance request (from an agency I want to build a relationship with) - what’s a diplomatic way to say a rush fee needs to be applied?

How many designers have considered studying business? Formally or informally

(1/2)Has anyone ever had their contract end early with no warning? I was hired as an “agile social designer” for a big box retailer as a freelancer. The gig posting said it was a couple months (until the end of june) but when I interviewed they said they were actually gonna extend me until next February. Anyways now they’re saying the whole agile team may be eliminated and I didn’t get any new work assigned this week… I’m kind of freaking out bc I thought I’d at least have until next month.

How do y’all get productive? My productive hours usually start after lunch 😅 the mornings have always been rough to me no matter what I do. Share your wisdom with me!

Hello my fellow designers!!!
I recently started a job and I just realized they work from 9am to 6pm and I got a little bit disappointed because am used to work 9-5 🧐
Is 9-6 normal or am I too spoiled?

My company HackerOne is hiring for a Senior Product Designer. Ideally based in NYC, but we're globally distributed. DM me for details. Come design for cyber security! It's a great product, a 2 sided marketplace.

I have been short-listed among 2 other applicants for a great UX/UI role.
The role is very UI focused, am a jr but the role is Mid weight, yet I still got through! Yay
But now I got an email from the interviewer asking for live links of apps and websites that are similar to theirs that I have designed before.. I am stuck... should I decline the interview? I don't have much links to send. And the ones I did were confidential and the ones that are not , are already on my website what should I do?

Honestly we all know it's recession time.
But when is it going to get better?
People who have seen this before please advise.
I need a ray of hope. I'm tired of rejections and such strong competition.
I'm tired of upgrading myself constantly and just studying, I honestly want to relax and take a break.

Need some advice to manage this!

What’s the secret?

No matter how I format my resume, cover letters, or any of my experience/portfolio, I never get any response when applying. I even started reaching out to hiring managers via LinkedIn and still nothing. My first role I was leading & creating for some of the biggest global clients & working on every side of the project pipeline confidently, way beyond my job title. People tell me “I’m not worried for you at all” when I was laid off, as if I should be swimming thru offers

Hey everyone. I’m planning qualitative research (interviews+usability). I’ve used Lookback as the main tool for testing and UserInterviews for recruitment of participants. I’m wondering if anyone has used Pingpong to substitute the two and what you think of it.

Apologies, didn’t know where to best to ask this question. I am trying to get a website made for a small scale business and I was hoping folks could guide me on the best place to start? (Not DIY, hoping to hire someone to build it)

I just got offered 140k for design manager in Toronto. Is it ok? I would love some thoughts.

Hello! Q on how to follow up w/ recruiter about a role. DM’d them about Founding Product Designer role, they “love my background” but looking for someone with actually 10 YOE (JD says 4+). It’s been a little over a mo. with role seemingly still open on their site.

I’ve since updated resume w/ + experience (isn’t close to 4 years tho) and exp is aligned. Looking at the rest of the JD and type of company, I know I can fill the role.

Best way to strategically reach back out?

Hi there! I’ve been working as designer in Toronto for the past 14 years, mostly for marketing/design agencies. In my role for the last 7 years I have been doing both front end design (html/css) and digital design (web apps/websites). I am looking now to make a move into tech and am unsure what I should be making, as someone who has both development and design skill sets. What are your thoughts on this?