Comments on: The Nightmare Freelance Graphic Design Interview http://www.graphicdesignblog.co.uk/the-nightmare-freelance-graphic-design-interview/ Graphic Design Tutorials, Graphic design news and information by a freelance graphic designer in Northamptonshire UK Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:52:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: RomeoAngel http://www.graphicdesignblog.co.uk/the-nightmare-freelance-graphic-design-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-215 RomeoAngel Sat, 05 May 2007 14:59:39 +0000 http://www.graphicdesignblog.co.uk/?p=18#comment-215 I believe it is really commong to face clients like the above, not in the UK but here in Greece ALL the time. The reason? It is fairly symbol in Greece everyone thinks that he is a graphic designer if he knows how to use Photoshop or has in his/her pc an extra bunch of typefaces. These people just ask for prices so low you cannot actually affort to do eanythin about them. My advice is: If you reach for a client and holds that kind of posture a) tell them the truth about their design. Tell them that it is crap that is wont commmunicate anything and that even the little they spent on it wont return any revenue if not lower it. b) Leave them at their wonderful little world. There are other clients there. they will understand when they see what happens when their competitors that you design for them are miles away from them :) I believe it is really commong to face clients like the above, not in the UK but here in Greece ALL the time. The reason? It is fairly symbol in Greece everyone thinks that he is a graphic designer if he knows how to use Photoshop or has in his/her pc an extra bunch of typefaces. These people just ask for prices so low you cannot actually affort to do eanythin about them.

My advice is: If you reach for a client and holds that kind of posture

a) tell them the truth about their design. Tell them that it is crap that is wont commmunicate anything and that even the little they spent on it wont return any revenue if not lower it.

b) Leave them at their wonderful little world. There are other clients there. they will understand when they see what happens when their competitors that you design for them are miles away from them :)

]]> By: Tara1 http://www.graphicdesignblog.co.uk/the-nightmare-freelance-graphic-design-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Tara1 Wed, 02 May 2007 10:04:12 +0000 http://www.graphicdesignblog.co.uk/?p=18#comment-183 Hi Ron, Thanks for commenting I appreciate your input. You make a good point about maybe them not being interested spending money on design for the internal literature this may have been the case for the literature. Unfortunately some of the literature was for sales aids to sell in to new clients and I really think that it was not making a good impression of the company. Hi Ron,

Thanks for commenting I appreciate your input. You make a good point about maybe them not being interested spending money on design for the internal literature this may have been the case for the literature.

Unfortunately some of the literature was for sales aids to sell in to new clients and I really think that it was not making a good impression of the company.

]]> By: Ron Amundson http://www.graphicdesignblog.co.uk/the-nightmare-freelance-graphic-design-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Ron Amundson Wed, 02 May 2007 09:04:29 +0000 http://www.graphicdesignblog.co.uk/?p=18#comment-181 As a product developer I run into this a great deal. In many cases, cost and speed are the key, and if quality suffers, its an acceptable tradeoff for many entities. And that may be ok, if the outfits customer feels the quality level is adequate. As I told a subcontractor, we don't need to NASAfy our clients designs, but we do need to make sure they meet spec. Usually when I run into this, there is no spec, other than time and cost. Thus, I propose a milestone to put one together. My guess is that this paper client, didn't really have anything in mind as far as what the goals of their graphics programs were. If these graphics were internal use only, and had no brand building factors built in, or internal customer criteria, perhaps the cheap and dirty way may be all they are looking for. This may especially be the case, when contrasted with what they had in the waiting area. On the other hand, maybe they just don't see the value that internal branding efforts can provide. It might be a good topic for a white paper to use as a sales tool. As a product developer I run into this a great deal. In many cases, cost and speed are the key, and if quality suffers, its an acceptable tradeoff for many entities. And that may be ok, if the outfits customer feels the quality level is adequate. As I told a subcontractor, we don’t need to NASAfy our clients designs, but we do need to make sure they meet spec.

Usually when I run into this, there is no spec, other than time and cost. Thus, I propose a milestone to put one together. My guess is that this paper client, didn’t really have anything in mind as far as what the goals of their graphics programs were.

If these graphics were internal use only, and had no brand building factors built in, or internal customer criteria, perhaps the cheap and dirty way may be all they are looking for. This may especially be the case, when contrasted with what they had in the waiting area.

On the other hand, maybe they just don’t see the value that internal branding efforts can provide. It might be a good topic for a white paper to use as a sales tool.

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