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What Is the Right Way to Run an Apprenticeship Program for Designers

Take somebody who wants to learn design and show them the ropes, but don't just teach them design, teach them how to be a professional. Show them how to do customers service, how to do the invoicing, their taxes, how to scope a project and meet deadlines, how to make a client happy without compromising your beliefs. Teach your apprentices everything they would need to strike out on their own.

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What's Your Mission? (with Dan Mall) ·

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  1. Who Is Dan MallDan Mall is the CEO of a design studio called SuperFriendly .
  2. What Makes SuperFriendly Such a Unique Design AgencyDan has been in business with SuperFriendly since 2012, and since then he's been the only employee of the business.
  3. What Does It Take to Be SuperFriendlyDan says there is no set plan for how one becomes part of the SuperFriendly family.
  4. What Is the Most Intelligent CRM for Tracking Project CollaboratorsDan Mall is currently working on SuperBooked, a CRM that mimics his long-running Google Doc in which he was tracking friends and acquaintances for…
  5. How Can I Find More WorkDan Mall and Anthony Armendariz both agree that the best way to find new business is through the friends they have made, the people they trust.
  6. How Can I Learn to Design and Get a Job Without Any ExperienceDan Mall runs a SuperFriendly Academy, a 9-months apprenticeship program, designed to be a deep immersion into design, for people who would like to get into…
  7. Why Is It Important to Have Apprenticeship ProgramFirst of all, if you had a lot of success in life, chances are you had help along the way.
  8. How Does Training Junior Designers Benefit Their Senior PeersIn order to explain how things are done to a junior designer, a senior designer has to think through what's become the norm, which is a great way to force…
  9. What Is a Good Schedule for a Design Apprenticeship ProgramDan Mall does it like this -- Nine months total. First three months are completely unpaid, focused on learning.
  10. How Did Dan Mall Come Up With the Idea for the Apprenticeship ProgramWhen Dan was moving into a new house in Philadelphia, his brother in law offered to help with house renovations in exchange for Dan teaching him to design.

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