In-house designers, what are you looking for in a junior designer?

Something I see all the time in graduates that come into our workplace - basically don't get on the wrong side of the senior designer or the team leader.

There is nothing wrong with bringing new ideas and concepts to the table, in fact it's great and we encourage it, but don't get butt hurt when your idea is rejected for whatever reason (similar thing already in place, doesn't suit our needs, out of budget to implement, doesn't fit the theme/style etc). A lot of new designers need to learn when to leave their personal feelings at home and have their professional attitude out

Also when you do get a big important project to do and you do a good job on it, don't get a big head and start trying to take over other people's work either. We just had one guy quit after a year (mainly he couldn't handle the work load and high stress environment), he was given the job to redesign our website because all other designers were busy with current promotions and package design, and it was a good project to push him into thinking about the user side of things (something he lacked when it came to design). At first he was good and listened to the boss and senior staffs concerns and critiques, but after a few more successful projects he started talking down to everyone and not listening to advice or criticism, trying to get everyone to change their work environment and style to suit him. I clashed a lot with him because he thought he was the best at his job, when really he made a ton of mistakes and was a lazy designer. By the end of it I was glad to see him go - but now I'm stuck picking of the pieces of his half finished work. Never be that guy!

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