Sarah Jones presents a comprehensive guide to being an effective and creative assistant studio engineer. However; this book is unique. Rather than offering pages and pages of technical jargon; Jones discusses ways to approach the industry itself including How to network and achieve the best internship Knowing exactly what will be required of you and what to expect from your role The standards of knowledge and technical education you may require Pragmatic ways to approach difficult sessions Preparing for interviews Effective strategies and career managementThe book is packed with useful contacts; organisations and support. A host of interviews and anecdotes from established industry figures offer help and advice; giving you the best opportunity to beat the competition and land the engineering job you deserve.
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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful. The Business Side of Creativity gets right down to business.By Matt DeyoungI read a lot of business books so I tend to think I wont get much out of any one book. Thats not the case with this book. I highly recommend the book to anyone who works in any kind of creative/freelance setting.Cameron Foote really gets to the heart of the details of creative business. Most books like this take a 10.000 foot view of all the issues. I end up being frustrated with not really learning tactics. just strategies. With this book. even the generic business issues are dealt with in a way thats relevant to creative/freelance businesses.When I first got the book I skipped to the chapter on how to go after the right business. I then read the chapters on how to make money in the business. After those chapters I realized there wasnt anything in the book I wanted to skip. I wound up reading the whole book back to back (and for a business book thats a big compliment--at least coming from me).This may sound like a glowing review--thats because it is. I was very impressed with the level of detail and relevancy the book has to what I wanted to know. I found a few mistakes I was making with the way I was running my own business. I used the tips Foote gave and improved the issues immediately.One last reason you might consider this book--in the Appendix theres a ton of helpful resources. Not only that. if you log on to the authors website. you can find about two times the forms found in the book. I wound up using 3 forms the author gives away on a daily basis.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Good Creative Business PrimerBy CMOSWhile this book is technically for those looking to start a graphic design or perhaps an advertising business. it also was helpful to me as I started a business in photography (and could help those in related fields like web design). The best thing about this book is that it is pretty thorough in the number of topics it covers. though it doesnt cover any of them in great depth. Theres nothing "authoritative" here per se. but there is a lot to think about and thats really this books greatest strength is that it gives you a coherent. concise look at many of the more important business tasks and issues youll be facing. So youll have a better idea of what to expect. and be able to plan better and prepare better (yes more reading will be necessary for sure beyond this book) than you would have just jumping in blindly.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. It is an excellent book for anyone considering entrepreneurship in communicationsBy Jane HillhouseIve used this book as a reference for many years in my business. Hillhouse Graphic Design. This copy was a gift to a young illustrator who was looking at her career choices. It is an excellent book for anyone considering entrepreneurship in communications. graphic design or illustration.
