Today’s topic, as you already understood, will be connected with the use of social media by employees of the sphere of design and not only. Moreover, unlike the article on useful social networks, the article will deal more with the career of a designer than with his immediate activities. The inspiration for writing the post was the English-language publication 6 of Creative Social Media Strategies for Designers.

In general, the need to develop social profiles for ordinary designers may seem like an extra complexity in work. However, these projects, with the right approach, provide specialists with excellent opportunities, which we will talk about today.

Nowadays, customers and employers often look for pages of potential candidates in social networks in addition to the traditional portfolio and resume. At the same time, competent filling of your “online representation” will show the difference between a promising employee using all approaches and an ordinary ordinary candidate from the list. Below we will look at the 6 main social networks for designers’ careers that will help you create a full presence on the Internet: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Periscope. Continue reading →