Jason, I think a lot of agencies are interested primarily in hiring senior level talent, because, beyond the raw talent as Dan describes it, there is also a need to be able to communicate with clients, manage time and project work, and coordinate with other team members that usually comes with industry experience. Many agencies run at a fast enough pace that it is tricky to train very junior people on the job.
Going the in-house route may be a better first step in building your portfolio; in-house departments often have more time to invest in a talented but inexperienced junior designer. The right in-house department can have plenty of talented and experienced folks to learn from and be mentored by, and the knowledge gained by seeing the in-house process from the inside is invaluable if you later move into agency work. Good luck! Robert. -- Robert Reimann President Interaction Design Association (IxDA) Associate Creative Director frog design Seattle, WA ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
