Recap of Guest Speaker Jake Buckingham

echance88's avatarErin Chance

Freelance videographer Jake Buckingham came to speak to my class on Monday, February 25, 2019. He gave us some advice about our future careers, and told us a little bit about his.

Buckingham fell in love with writing when he was younger and originally wanted to be a meteorologist. So, he went to school for a broadcasting degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

While in school, Buckingham got a job at Channel 6. Then, he got an internship at ABC News Magizine in New York. He said that he did a lot of things there like writing, photography, and videography. While he was there, he said that social media had just started becoming big, and it created a place for people to give feedback to their work.

After being in New York for a while, Buckingham came back to Omaha to work at the University of Nebraska Medical…

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Graphic Design: Your Creative Journey To Success

Career Paths and Progressions, Creative Industry, Design Agency, Freelance, Future, Graphic Design, Success

leedanielhughes's avatarL.H. Advertising

Graphic design is a creative aspect of communicating information, ideas and solution through the art of imagery and lettering.

Fifteen is a great example of a graphic design agency that has a profoundly large team of creatives. They have covered this topic in an exceptionally informative blog they made 2 years ago.

The working conditions for graphic design would typically be designing a variety of ideas and products such as websites, packaging and advertising, the process of this work would involve long periods of working on a computer. The environment in graphic design would be studio/office based if working in an agency or home based if freelancing, travel would usually be required when meeting clients.

What is the difference between in-house, agency and freelance?

In-houses are teams within large organisations, for example, publishers, retailers, universities, packaging companies and banks. They benefit from higher salaries and easier internal progression but have…

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