Monday, May 25, 2015

6 Things CSTers Do All Day, Everyday

1. Writing
Outlook? Word? Excel?! Powerpoint!? DB Connect?! Yes please!


















2. Organising & Planning
For the day, the week, the month, the year.



















3. Money Management
'Nuf said.
























4. Talking
& listening of course :) 






























5. (always) Learning
about design, about our clients.
























6. Emotional Management 
ours & everyone else's. 








"As a design agency, I think you could add more pixels into the image."


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Client: What’s the pantone reference for the white?

DB: In CMYK or pantone?
Client: No no in .jpg

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"Someone is going to die if we don’t get the artwork today"

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“The logo is too small, make it 0.5cm bigger, wider, move it up left a bit more. It will be more prominent on shelf.”

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“Can you combine this colour onto that icon? I like that colour more.” 

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"Can you work over the weekend and we pay you?"

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"Why do you need a Senior Designer when a designer can do the work?"

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"The new division will be called ABC Finance because A is the best grade at school, B is the second best grade..."

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Email heading of a design request from a client: 
"Fast, cheap and beautiful design needed"

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"Could you please create an additional design, I need it for a meeting...in 40 minutes."

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"Are there any more colours between yellow and orange? I don’t like any of the ones you’ve shown me"

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"Why do you need more time? Can't you just type pretty instead of design pretty"

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And how briefs are shared with us? 


Over the phone,
2 lines in an email
and sometimes... written on a cocktail napkin