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EXPECTATION 6 | innovative business strategy One opportunity to better incorporate business strategies into the graphic design curriculum is for students to experience the client/designer relationship first hand in class. Students show proactive enthusiasm when asked to rate their interest level in various educational initiatives. Working on real client-based projects in class ranked most interesting for students. As an expert in operations management for creatives, Shel Perkins shares their enthusiasm. “An essential skill set for a designer is business savvy. We need to clearly understand [our client’s] business challenges, trends and options. We also need to be just as smart when it comes to our own. Business savvy is what makes our careers sustainable over the long haul.” 23 As a witness to the recent economic downturn, Sarah Miller, Partner at Miller-Cormier in Cincinnati, Ohio, agrees that business knowledge is even more important during a troubled economy. “Design firms hire a lot of folks when times are good and lay them off when times are bad,” says Miller. “Many designers take on freelance work when times are tough and it is helpful to have prior business knowledge – how to bring in new clients, writing estimates, invoicing, and book keeping.” A typical graphic design curriculum does not include a plethora of business-driven design strategy above and beyond lectures on business conduct, proposal writing, and copyright basics. For this reason, educators ranked business practices the least emphasized within their curriculum as a whole. Which educational initiatives do you find most interesting? Student 23 Shel Perkins, “Making a Living,” AIGA Center for Practice Management, Design: Business Issue 4, May 2005 http://cpm.aiga.org (acessed February 13, 2010). *Real Client- Based Projects Revolving Courses Collaboration with Other Majors Graduate School 5–Year Curriculum Recommend My School to Peers Trade Liberal Arts for More Studio 36
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Andy Warhol What does your curriculum emphasize most? Educator Student *Business Strategies Contemporary Issues Design for the Built Environment Digital Media Global Culture Multi-Disciplinary Approach Professional Practice Securing a Job 37
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