• August 01, 2023

1. What is the name of your profession (position)? My profession is called a layout designer. 2. What is your job and what are your responsibilities? I do the layout of printed products - booklets, catalogs, packaging, etc. My responsibilities include the whole range of work on the creation and preparation of the layout of advertising material - from color correction to the output of postscript files for printing. 3. What education is required to get your position? See what to do... If it is design and hand drawing that is required, then any art (the higher, the better). If it’s just a draft layout, then it’s enough to know the most commonly used programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat, Quark, well, you can also Corel, etc.). In general, qualifications and experience are valued. 4. Describe your working day. At 10 at work, I received a task from the manager, did it, had lunch, talked with the client (if he insists on explaining something to me), made corrections, explained to the manager that his idea was difficult to implement, offered his own version, did it - and so on until 19:00 . Then, if there is nothing urgent, I went home. 5. How comfortable are your working conditions (all day outside, or in the office with a cup of coffee)? In general, I have comfortable working conditions - a warm office, free Internet, and to some extent a flexible schedule. Officially I work from 10 to 19, but you can always agree. True, some offices do not understand this and demand to come no later than 11. To some, this will seem like a nobility, but when you urgently need to hand over the layout, you have to wait until “you do it”. 6. What do you like most about your job? I like the creative process itself. It's nice when something comes up. When the customer is satisfied, when you see the result of your work on the street or in the store. It makes me happy when the children in the store point to some product and proudly say “Daddy painted it.” 7. What do you dislike most about your job? What I dislike most about my job is clients who don't know what they want. At first they cannot express a thought, then they need to be reworked 10 times, after reworking they return to the 2nd or 3rd option. I still don’t like it when, after sitting at work until one in the morning, they demand to come by 10 in the morning. Well, as always, the bosses are very different. And there are cases when layout designers are recruited for a trial period for a penny, and then they are not hired. In general, these are the main reasons that designers do not sit still. 8. If it's not a secret, what is your salary level (is it enough to write whether you are satisfied or not)? In general, it suits, especially since there are also side jobs. 9. Describe your team, what kind of people work with you? I work in a team of mixed sex and age, people are very different. Some are very nice, some are disgusting. But in general, designers are very creative people, it never gets boring. 10. What human qualities do you think are most important in your business? Mindfulness, creativity, perseverance. A sense of color, the ability to learn new things. As elsewhere - accommodatingst. Mandatory stress resistance. 11. Work gives me additional opportunities (everything that work gives you except money, from self-expression and communication with interesting people to the opportunity to visit different countries). Well, firstly, I have a pretty creative job, and there are a lot of opportunities for self-expression. Secondly, visiting printing exhibitions is also quite interesting. 12. Do you have the opportunity to evaluate your work on a five-point scale, what grade would you give? 4 13. Why did you choose this job? I like to create and see the result of my work. Just like. 14. What do you think we did not include in the plan and what else would you like to share with us? Yes, everything seems to be covered, there is nothing to add. 0