Career Management for the Creative Person

Career Management for the Creative Person
Author: Lee T. Silber
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780609803653

Attention all artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, actors, and anyone working in creative fields -- even if your chosen profession is not the most traditional one, cultivating and growing a successful, financially rewarding career is still your goal. In Career Management for the Creative Person, Lee Silber provides you with expert advice on overcoming some of the specific challenges faced by right-brainers who want a career that is both satisfying and successful. Freelancers, those thinking about changing careers midstream, and even creative people working in corporate environments need a set of skills that will turn their passion into a viable career. These skills include: * How to chose the career that best suits your talents * Setting realistic goals using right-brain techniques * How to avoid the pitfalls that ruin a creative career * How to schmooze your way to success * How to create a business plan when you are the business * How to be disciplined when you are your own boss When you find an outlet for your creativity in the form of a career, you'll discover a freedom in your working life that you can live with for the long term. You can follow your passion, build a brilliant career, and have financial security -- if you know which skills to use. Let Lee Silber show you the way.

Time Management for the Creative Person

Time Management for the Creative Person
Author: Lee Silber
Publisher: Crown Currency
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2010-05-26
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0307560651

Creative folks often know all too well that the muse doesn’t always strike when you want it to, or when the deadline for your next brilliant project is creeping up on you like an ill-fitting turtleneck. Originality doesn’t follow a time clock, even when you have to. While conventional time management books offer tons of instruction for using time wisely, they are traditionally organized in a linear fashion, which just isn’t helpful for the right-brain mind. In Time Management for the Creative Person, creativity guru Lee Silber offers real advice for using the strengths of artistic folks—like originality and resourcefulness—to adopt innovative time-saving solutions, such as: * Learning to say no when your plate is just too full * How to know when a good job, not a great one, is good enough * Making “to do” lists that include fun stuff, too—that way you won’t feel overwhelmed by work * Time-saving techniques around the house that give you more time to get your work done and more time to spend with your loved ones * The keys to clutter control that will keep your work space and your living space neat With these and lots of other practical tips, Lee Silber will help anyone, from the time-starved caterer rushing to prepare for her next party to the preoccupied painter who forgets when the electric bill is due, make the most of their time and turn the clock and the calendar into friends, not foes.

Creative Careers

Creative Careers
Author: B. Jeffrey Madoff
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2020-06-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0738246719

Earn a Living Doing What You Love Featuring insider advice from Daymond John, Karlie Kloss, Tim Ferriss, Randi Zuckerberg, Dave Asprey, Dennis Crowley, Brandon Maxwell, Mauro Porcini, Joy-Ann Reid, Roy Wood Jr., and dozens more! In one of the most popular classes at Parsons School of Design, B. Jeffrey Madoff gave students a reality check: "Most of us have had the feeling of 'I could've done that,' whether at an art gallery, watching a performance, or finding a new product or even a new business idea. What's the difference between you and them? They actually did it. You didn't." With Creative Careers, you will learn how to do it, too: use your creativity; have a sustainable, profitable career; and do what you love. Creative Careers pulls from interviews with more than forty experts--notable entrepreneurs, artists, and business leaders--as well as from Madoff's own decades of experience to supercharge your career. Creativity can often feel sporadic and unfocused, coming in bursts and peaks. That's why Madoff focuses your professional path by asking vital questions that will ultimately help you: Determine your value Be smart about your hustle Ruthlessly edit down your creative projects Overcome fear and doubt Create a successful, long-lasting career on your own terms You may aspire to join the fashion world, to work in visual arts, or to spearhead a start-up. You may be an executive who leads a creative team, or a professional looking to make a career change. Madoff takes you down an accessible path that will lead to success in any field or endeavor.

Career Creativity

Career Creativity
Author: Maury Peiperl
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780199248728

This work shows that careers and creativity are connected, both at the level of the individual and of the larger institutions. It explores models of creativity and careers and links them with examples from a range of professions, countries and industries.

The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, Fourth Edition

The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, Fourth Edition
Author: Carol Eikleberry, Ph.D.
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2015-09-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1607747847

A practical career guide for creatively inclined job seekers of all ages, with tips and counsel on how to use your independent and innovative talents and passions to make money, express yourself, and find a job you love. This new edition of the popular guide for individuals seeking work that suits their unique skills has been completely revised and updated to reflect the freedom offered by the new work order, delve more deeply into freelancing as a career, explore social media as it relates to creative job searches, provide new success stories, and bring all salary information up to date. It also includes descriptions of more than 270 creative jobs, from the mainstream (architect, web designer) to the unexpected (crossword-puzzle maker, police sketch artist). With knowledgeable career guidance, real-life success stories, and eye-opening self-evaluation tools, the fourth edition of The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People helps unique individuals find work that supports and compliments their personalities and passions.

Self-Promotion for the Creative Person

Self-Promotion for the Creative Person
Author: Lee Silber
Publisher: Crown Currency
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2010-03-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 030756617X

Are you a creative person who desperately wants to tell the world about your talents and your art but lacks the time, money, and know-how? Self-Promotion for the Creative Person is full of clever and creative ideas you can use to successfully get the word out about who you are and what you do quickly, easily, and cheaply. Everything you need to know about marketing yourself is included in this book. Self-Promotion for the Creative Person is packed with proven techniques that will work for you whether you are an author, actor, artist, or accordion player who wants fresh, off-beat, and cost-effective ways to build a business or develop a successful and fulfilling career. Full of winning strategies, innovative ideas, and proven sales and marketing techniques, Lee Silber will show you how to go from starving artist to superstar status with smart advice, including: * How to market without money * How to create marketing materials that will sell you even when you're not around * How to build a buzz using word of mouth * How to use the Internet in ways you never thought of to promote yourself * How to get the leaders in your field to endorse and help you Self-promotion is one of the most difficult things a creative person must do. It is also the most critical. Open this book to any page and chances are you will find something that can help you overcome this hurdle and get the attention and recognition you and your talents deserve.

Organizing for Creative People

Organizing for Creative People
Author: Sheila Chandra
Publisher:
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781525253065

'Sheila gave me the tools to hunt success, and the infrastructure to handle it when it came.' Stik, world renowned street artist and author Most of the conventional 'productivity' advice you'll find in the 'soft business' section simply does not work for creative people. Surprisingly, to date there has not been a single book that addresses the unique organizational challenges that artists face. This book sets out to change that, it addresses the myth that truly creative people are messy and that they need mess in order to create. Sheila Chandra applies her professional insights as a 'creative' and organizing expert to the lives of other busy creative people in all disciplines - showing them how good organization can liberate their creative 'magic'. She begins with artists' physical spaces, including arranging their workspaces and offices so that they remain tidy effortlessly. Her career 'headspace' chapters cover: creative well-being, including artist support systems career well-being, including networking and collaborations self-promotion and how to avoid working for free making social media pay personal branding, career planning and goals how to manage copyright issues and legal paperwork legacy management And all from an artist's point of view. These fool-proof, tried and tested systems are mixed with creativity tips and artist well-being advice that only one artist knows to give another. Written with real affection for the reader, Sheila Chandra takes the creative person by the hand and puts them on the path to success.

Create Your Art Career

Create Your Art Career
Author: Rhonda Schaller
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2013-03
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1581159293

Have you dreamed of creating a better future for yourself as an artist? Well now you can. Artist, educator, and career coach Rhonda Schaller provides insights and practical tools for readers to cultivate an inspired, sustainable art career. Both the established artist and the emerging creative will learn how to visualize a better future, empower their creativity, and build a career plan for artistic success. This fun-to-read self-help guide will change the way you think and validate the way you feel. Schaller gives artists many ways to solve career problems and plan the next steps, providing more than 50 unique career planning exercises and tools including creative visualization, self-assessment, and mind-map exploration. Based on her popular Creative Mind, Business Mind: Use of Creative Visualization in Career Planning course at the School of Visual Arts, chapters include Your Personal Vision, What Would You Do If You Couldn’t Fail, Visualizing Great Business Relationships, Artist as Entrepreneur: Attracting Funding, and Take Charge of Your Life. Required reading for every working artist who wants to have a creative career, this book will facilitate brainstorming and self-understanding for every career stage, and show artists how to apply their values and desires to become more successful.

Life Kerning

Life Kerning
Author: Justin Ahrens
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2011-11-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118067827

Creative approaches for designing a more balanced life andcareer In the graphic design industry, kerning is the fine-tuning oradjustment of space between letterforms (type). In this book,author Justin Ahrens applies this concept to both the life andcareer of business professionals. There is a common misconceptionthat positive change in one's life only comes from a completesystem overhaul. Ahrens challenges this notion by inviting businessleaders and professionals to not only reassess the various spacesand goals of one's life, but to rethink our understanding ofbalance altogether. This book includes insights and observations from both thecreative and professional world. Guides you in determining what you're passionate about, and howto keep those passions in the forefront of your life andcareer How to create work that stands apart How to cultivate and maintain a group of wise mentors Develop critical decision-making skills Live a life that fuels your work, and work in a way that fuelsyour life. Life Kerning shows you how.

Designing Your Life

Designing Your Life
Author: Bill Burnett
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2016-09-20
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 110187533X

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • At last, a book that shows you how to build—design—a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage • “Life has questions. They have answers.” —The New York Times Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home—at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve. In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.