Interview: How to become JuniorDesigner?

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Interview

1. Are education and working experience required to find a work as Junior Designer?
2. What kind of tasks do you receive as a Junior Designer?
3. What level of experience with graphic software is expected from Junior Designer?
4. Does an employer expect you as Junior Designer to have an extended knowledge in design applications?
5. Is it acceptable that you are still learning those applications?
6. Which applications are required except Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign?
7. Is Adobe After Effects a must? 8 ) Is it more demanding to work in a Web Agency?
8. What other tips can you tell about Junior Designer position?
9. how difficult was it for you to find a first job? how much time did you spend on searching? what was the main difficulties? what was your first job (which position and which company)? did you like it?
10. where do you work now and on which position?
11. would you recommend others to have your work?

Elena

1. Yes, but not necessarily both. If one has experience sufficient for the position he/she is applying and can prove it with his/her work samples, I see no reasons to not get a job.

2. It depends on the company and on your managers, of course. Normally as a junior designer you will be mostly on the operative side, executing previously discussed and planned tasks. Nonetheless, if you show initiative and can prove you are able to take responsibility, your manager may

• your manager may let you take over small projects.

3. Software is a tool and the level of your proficiency at using it does not characterize you as a good or bad designer. You professional skills are what you have in your head. If you have really creative ideas that make the project achieve its goal, then you can even carve your design in stone, who would care?

4. Back to question 3. In my opinion, a good manager will not care, how you achieved your goal once it is achieved. Another question is that the result of your work will be used later by other people (e.g. your prototypes will go to developers). Here comes a problem, that not every designer can deliver material that other people can work with. And it's more than annoying. In addition, design applications are extremely easy to grasp.

5. Yes, absolutely.

6. Depends on the area you are working in. We assume, that a person joins an existing design team (obviously a junior designer can not be a single designer), which already has a set of tools it uses. Just read the job description and take a day to train those tools :)

7. If one of your responsibilities is to create video/animations then yes. But if you are not a motion designer, then this tool is not needed.

8. Yes. That is what an agency is about, being demanding. But there's no better way to learn a lot in a limited period of time

9. Learn form more experienced colleagues, learn more then your position demands. Don't be scared to make mistakes.

Ksenija

1. education yes, working experience - sometimes

2. all kinds of tasks it can be from resizing images to making concepts and producing whole projects (depends on the company)

3. well photoshop, illustrator and indesign is a must on good level

4. yes I believe so

5. yes it’s acceptable that you are learning some applications, but not all at once

(Like in my case: I’m on good level with adobe suit stuff, but for instance never used sketch and web design apps but it was fine to learn them here)

6. sketch is nowadays important and maybe some animation programs

7. it’s nice to know it’s always a plus not a must (again depends on where you work)

8. I have no idea :)))

9. work hard and try to learn a lot fast

10. it was difficult because I don’t speak German and don’t posess many skills which were necessary for some jobs or had no experience for some things

It took me 6-8 months of intensive searching and applying to find this job

This is my second job as designer in a company

I mean finding a job is lot always about skills and language it’s also about if you click with the team during the interview and all about confidence and self presentation

11. I work now at a digital agency as junior designer

12. yes, cause it’s awesome! 😁

Sasha

Ok so first of all I’m not a graphic designer, I do UX.

1. I don’t get the question.
2. I receive the most of the tasks there are. New feature for the website, UI for the new app screen, testing, prototyping, specifications, implementation help....
3. I had zero experience when I started
4. they expect you to know the basics. At least photoshop, illustrator, sketch, invision .. 5)yes
5. definitely at least those
6. nope. But depends what you do
7. What’s a web agency? It’s for sure more demanding to work in an agency as opposed to a designer in a firm/startup
8. make a nice, up to date portfolio (look at other people), care about the details. Try applying at smartpatient for an internship  Good luck)

Branimir

1. Junior Designer is usually someone without experience or someone who transfer his role from some other industry. Education is not a must....only skillset and willinges to learn and improve skills.
2. Junior Designer receive pretty same todo list as experienced but he needs leader for each task or proeject.
3. You can't do anything if you re not skilled using design tools.
4. Not extended but you have to understand what exactly you need to finish your tasks.
5. Yes
6. Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, invision, proto.io, marvel, wireframe tools....are must
7. Yes, it is but if you re Mac user then you can use Principle tool which allows you to make animation using drag & drop system.
8. That depends from person to person. Pretty subjective topic.
9. As more you can do as indepedentant than your chance for getting better perks are bigger.
10. As junior you can always tryin some internship roels which are good way to become fulltime role. I suggest to start with startups and small firms - unicorns.
11. Working as senior UI designer firm at USA remote startup.
12. Its kinda unpleasant to recommend myself/yourself...you re always starting from portfolio then you will see further steps.