Lessons Learned: The First Year as a Designer
Do you ever wonder if the highs and lows from your first year as a designer are "normal”? It's hard getting your first job, and now that you have it, how do you grow in your new position? That doesn't even include this all happening during a pandemic.
Randy Barias, designer at Grand Studio in Chicago, will reflect on the lessons he's learned after his first year as a designer, including:
The power of investing in yourself
Understanding there is more to design than being a designer
The importance of honing your craft
The power of human resilience
About Randy
With a 10-year education and visual art background, Randy Barias has developed a curiosity for how information and interaction can build meaningful human connections. In early 2020, he switched careers amidst peak COVID-19 lockdown. He's currently a designer at the Chicago-based design firm, Grand Studio, and has contributed to a wide variety of digital solutions. When he's not designing, he loves running and enjoys a competitive game of Monopoly with his three boys.
About the Guild of Working Designers
About The Guild of Working Designers The Guild of Working Designers is a group of designers working in the field, offering an opportunity to support, commiserate and activate one another. Designers in the guild build things for the real world. We turn ideas into reality.