I prefer to work in a full service or a boutique design firm. Working with the designers and people in a firm is important to me. I want to be able to converse and associate with them in a comfortable way. Having a firm that has a schedule is valuable. For example, working 5 days a week, having hours, and being able to work evening hours or weekends when needed.
I interned in a large printing company years ago and it was a new experience for me. The company was family oriented based. Many of their workers were relatives of the owner, but they treated their other workers as an extension of their family. It's ideal to work for a firm where all the designers treat each other like a family, but have no relations to each other.
Working in an environment is secondary to the design work. Finding a firm that has clients that I want to work for is really important for me. I want to be interested in my clients, the design processes, and the final designs. Being able to learn a better way to present my work, process, working with photography and film, and creating new ways to communicate ideas are the characteristics that I am looking for.
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