Agency-side or client-side: The insider's view

If the prospect of freelancing fills you with dread, there remain two major options for earning a steady crust from a creative career - both of which are shrouded in misconceptions. The first is working for an ber-cool creative agency, which has a graffiti-festooned reception, offers free beers every Friday and has creative ideas bursting out of its seams. The accounts you work on are household brands, and there's a variety of work and opportunities aplenty to show how much of a dynamo you can be. Congratulations, you're an 'agency-side' designer.

However, if you're a quieter creative, look bad in low-slung jeans and have T-shirts that fail to scream irony, your choice seems simple: slope off to the nearest company offering a position as an in-house designer, then sit behind a PC and churn out uninspired scribbles. You'll have a wonderful time being average and no one will expect anything remotely decent from you. Welcome to life as a 'client-side' designer.

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