I've just about had it with designers and here's why...
Read the brief - typos in the site name make you look like idiots! And if you leave them there for 3 rounds of alterations...
You have a folio of great stuff, you do great stuff for other people, but I get helvetica in grey, on a grey background. And you made me wait for "something stunning". Who do I have to fuck to get the one guy in the office with any skills?
I give you ideas and lash-ups which you barely tweak, let alone improve upon, you just add some outer glow or a drop shadow and send it back along with a request for payment. Here's a clue. I'm hiring you to do things I can't and add some creative input at the same time.
No, I won't brief yet another account manager over ICQ or MSN - I don't care if the first one has issues at home or has just been abducted by aliens! My time is valuable too, and don't any of you keep notes on anything?
Stick to the deadlines you offered me, and don't whine about "other" clients when I'm moaning about the timescale YOU offered, and YOU failed to keep to.
Pay attention! If you have too much work, charge more, do less and do it better. Do you really think we can't tell when your attention is elsewhere and you're typing in 5 other ICQ windows? Finish some work, before taking on yet more!
Rant over. Dare you to send me your folio link.
