Advice on Getting a Design Job / Antonio Olombrada

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Hey guys! Welcome to the second part of our conversation with Antonio Olombrada. If you clicked on this one and would like to listen in, don't worry it is not tied to the other episode at all, but it was all recorded in one single conversation. Here, you will find more information on branding yourself as a designer, but now on the job field. What are the main techniques to get a job and how do you go about it? Antonio Olombrada has a design studio online called blash design, offering design services and teaching other designers and students. In this studio, he develops cool projects managing an online team of designers, commercials, engineers and marketers. At the moment his studio is focused in startups, creating physical MVP's from the market analysis, ideation, modeling, rendering, prototyping and larger production working with factories worldwide. They also create the branding, marketing, and sales strategies so the client is able to go to the market and sell the project.

In this episode we're going to be talking about... Yes! You guessed it how to land either your first design job OR how to get that job you have always wanted. Antonio breaks the conversation up into a step-by-step guide, the first one being the very first step before you apply to the job or even before the portfolio, get in contact with the firm or individual! You can do so either through social media, through Linkedin, or even their website, but remember to be personal and not just copy and paste your cover letter to a thousand other firms. If you really want it, you must spend time crafting what you will say and how you want them to perceive you. Follow me and take out your notebook for this episode, you won't regret it! Let the talk begin.