 | Not the enemy An organised designer might sound like an oxymoron, but being creative doesn’t mean you can’t be organised – you need to have some kind of organised conduit to fulfil that creative. You’re operating as part of a business and you need to be able to deliver. |
 | Learn shortcuts It’s worth taking the time to learn as many keyboard shortcuts as possible. It may take longer to look them up, but it will speed you up in the long run. I worked with a designer who knew every Illustrator shortcut off by heart – her work rate was three times faster than everyone else’s. |
 | Don’t overthink Be careful not to overthink things. You don’t always need some grand conceptual idea that is one day going to get into the D&AD Annual. Sometimes, you really do just need to put the type that the client wants onto a poster. |
 | Business hours Some people are night owls and achieve more outside of traditional business hours, but if you have a 9-5 job you need to work within those hours. This is a more operational way of working and you should be able to push on through and get on with it. |
 | No need to reply Email can be very invasive, but you don’t always need to respond – make an effort to read and monitor what’s going on without getting sucked into a culture of always needing to hit Reply. One trick is to put a response in the subject line and add ‘no need to open’. |
| Words: Jamie Wieck. Icons: Anton WeflöFind plenty more advice like this in The Design Manual, every month in Computer Arts. |
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