Who do you work for?
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- radar0
in-house & loads of freelance
- sherman0
sweatshop
- scransom0
freelance
- mayo0
one of the places i interned was in-house. I much prefer a studio. Studio environments, for me, are more conducive to creative thinking. At the in-house place i was at, the sales people right outside our office always talked down to us and treated us like crap.
- algorithm0
inhouse and freelance
- designaked0
in-house kicks ass IMO
-sputnik-
(Dec 22 05, 10:25)definitely, much easier and the less creative people around the better off you are
JazX
(Dec 22 05, 10:25)amen.
mayo: I think it has more to do with where you work...because the design team here is treated like freaking royalty....no, wait, we're treated like we have these special magical powers...its actually quite awesome. I agree that a studio environment is much much cooler but I don't think most designers really appreciate in-house (I know I never did). I definitely think there is much much more of a creative challenge with agency, freelance or studio work but the stability isn't really there with those.....and for someone like me who got laid off from an agency 2.5 years ago and has had nothing but instability since, its really nice to have that secure feeling while still being able to go after much more creative work with freelance.
- monkeyshine0
in-house and freelance
for you in-house folk who think it's great, do you worry about losing your edge? I think it's harder because you tend to be around people who don't get the value of great design, you're working two jobs to try to do good work, and yeah.
At least in a studio you (hopefully) are always pushed to be great...and have (hopefully) some mentors or other inspiration.
- Momentum0
ya thats true... here in-house i have some bland things to work on but i balance it out with my freelance work!
- mayo0
yeah, i'm sure it was a bunch of dickheads at that intern spot. I think it's because they didn't understand what we did exactly (they rarely ever saw was we put out). There they are, slaving away on the customer service phone lines and I'm not. A few even asked me point blank "what exactly do you guys do??!?". apparently the marketing director used to out-source everything and was now trying to develop an in-house team (since it was a test run, they wanted an intern and I got the part). They made us dress up, though. I like the fact that I don't have to wear my "bank clothes" anymore unless i want to.
- jox0
- Mario_Hugo0
Syrup NYC and freelance.
- level2b0
Digitas NYC and freelance..
- kyl30
contract inhouse broadcast design dept and freelance print and web
just gave notice, less than two weeks to go on this contract, yeah!
- tparsons0
THE MAN
- bradpitt0
GOD.
- zombiewoof0
In-house for the steady work and healthcare + freelance to keep an edge and some extra drinking $$.
I think being happy in either in-house or an agency depends on the people and the management of the respctive organization.
Personally, I got sick of the club house mentality many agencies seem to have. But at least the parties were great. :-/
- JazX0
- chach0
in-house softy & freelance hard-on
- gmtr0
L to the izz A
@ exopolis.
bah da da da da
Lovin it
- grayhood0
in house