A Graphic Design Student's Guide to Freelance: Practice Makes Perfect

Index

A

Action Verbs

American Institute of Graphic Arts

Applicant Tracking System

Apple Care Protection Plan

Archiving work

Art Director

Art Directors Club

Attention to detail

Audience

B

Bartering

Billable items

Budget

Business checking account

Business card

Business license

Business name

Business plan

Business relationships

Business summary

C

Certified Public Accountant

Chamber of Commerce

Charitable contribution

Client base

CMYK

Cold-calling

Color separations

Company history

Competition

Concepts

Constraints

Contract

Copyright

Counterproposal

Cover letter

Credit line

Critique

D

Design methodology

Design principles

Die cuts

Domain name

Dry transfers

DSLR camera

E

Economic movements

Embossing

Employer Identification Number

Estimate

Ethics; ethical issues

Equipment

Beginner level

Intermediate level

Advanced level

Estimate

Executive summary

External factors

External storage device

External threats

External work

F

Failure

Fear

Foil stamps

Fonts

Freelancing: testing the waters;

while in school

G

Gang print

Gloss varnish

Google

Grades

Graduate faculty

Graduate school

Graphic Artists Guild

Graphics tablet

I

Ideation

Inkjet printer

Internal work

Internship

Interview

Invoice

IRS

J

Job proposal

Job tracking number

JPG files

K

Kill fee

L

Laser printer

Letterpress

M

Marketing

Master client list

Master job tracking list

Megapixels

Methodology

Mission statement

Mock interviews

Mock-up

Monthly budget

N

Name recognition

Negotiating

Niches

Nondisclosure agreement

Nonprofit organization

O

Operating ...