We're back for season 2 of Ginger Yoots podcast! And what a time Season 1 was... we've met design students and aspiring creatives at the Creative Futures 2023 event at Nottingham Trent University, spoken to some wonderful industry professionals (more guest episodes incoming đź¤!), attended the Birmingham Design Christmas social with our West Mids neighbours, and many, many other fun creative endeavours that we want you to attend with us in Season 2!
This ep is a recap of the Creative Futures event: find out what design students were asking about the industry, and what their biggest concerns about becoming a professional creative were. We found out at this event that aspiring creatives struggle most with pricing their work (especially as freelancers!), so we're also discussing the ins and outs of pricing work—and why you should never work for exposure!
Upcoming in next week's episode is mental health in the creative industry: if you want to have your say, head to Reddit to join the conversation! We'll be reading your comments out during the ep.
Just want the sweet insights? Skip ahead to the good stuff:
00:20 - Nottingham Trent University's Creative Futures event recap
03:20 - Archie tests out the 60s quickfire Qs (spoiler alert: he's top of the leaderboard now)
07:15 - Questions and concerns that design students have about the industry
08:00 - Design students' concern about money
09:15 - How does money impact your decision making process when looking for a creative job?
11:30 - Pricing your work and worrying about frightening clients off
13:00 - Does university teach you to price your work?
13:16 - What students estimated they would charge for their work
15:26 - Some things to consider when pricing your work
16:45 - How businesses are prioritising learning & development
17:30 - How universities could teach commerciality better
17:50 - Dags spirals about freelancing
18:30 - Let's address the elephant in the podcast studio—Fivver (boooooo!)
19:46 - Why you need more than a logo in your rebrand
21:00 - NEVER đź‘Ź WORK đź‘Ź FOR đź‘Ź EXPOSURE
21:05 - Design student concerns: not being able to represent my true self
25:30 - Design student concerns: the low employability rate after uni
30:08 - Junior or not to junior... that is the question. Should I call myself a Junior Designer when I apply for my first job?
32:35 - Pricing your work hourly
35:40 - A new guest interview with a fashion brand owner (upcoming!)