Getting A Job With Photoshop To Help Me Pay For College?

I'm currently a freshmen at a high school in Las Vegas. I have no idea how I'm going to pay for my college. I love using photoshop and wouldn't mind improving my skill. Is there any way I could get a short career involving photoshop? Even if I would have to take a few classes, I wouldn't mind. Can anyone help me?

 

I cannot say for sure if you are going to have much luck finding work. Graphic design jobs that pay decent usually require both a ----- portfolio as well as degrees or experience in an art school of some sorts. You might want to put a notice on Craig's List saying that you can do decent work from a small fee, but considering college is like $10k or $20k a semester, I doubt what they pay you will get far.

 

Like he said most of the high paying jobs require a degree in Computer Graphics or a Portfolio Resume, a certain age, ect. Even with a low minimum job its highly unlikely you'd raise enough then. As I know most around here the person gets judged by how well he is and all the programs he can perform, ect then either the boss gives you an assignment or the person will get to look at your portfolio and decide he/she wants you or not.

I'm sorry I just can't see you raising 10 grand in 4 years with one of those. Plus you will need to of mastered alot more programs such as Illustrator, some 3d program or coding. Just having PS work in a portfolio makes you look worst than what you may be are...

I'd rather pick a guy that can do multiple programs than just one, just incase an assignment comes up that calls for it

 

There aren't jobs only requiring Photoshop. All jobs in graphic design require skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and often certain companies will have certain programs they use, and if you can't use it, then you're not qualified.

 

10k in 4 years.

so 2500 a year u have to save. now most minimum wage jobs give 10-13K a year in aus, and i would guess ur in USA, which is about the same.

I was able to study and pay for my tuition at university in a minimum wage job okay.

 

Yeah, you probably can. However, I don't know too many jobs that work with Photoshop and photoshop only.. You have to be very diversified in the programs you use. Most companies/jobs you will apply for will be using many other graphics programs, so you'de have to adapt.

But, it's kind of hard giving you specifics... considering you're the one that lives in Las Vegas.. You would know better than any of us what's arround your house..

 

Just to echo comments previous, you need to know photoshop, illustrator, in design, and possibly others like dreamweaver. But yeah, IF you can find a job in graphic design without a degree, it would be very low paying. You'd make more money cleaning carpets part time.

 

I have no degree with Photoshop, and I'm only 16, but I'm currently creating a website for a local real estate company, and they plan to pay me $500 for it. However, I'm going to be coding it with HTML, CSS, and PHP, and do the entire design in Photoshop. However, this is the highest paying job I've had to date and I doubt you will get much better if you're just doing Photoshop.

 

find me a college thats not a community college (or itt-tech ----). Even a sh!tty college is like $4.5k for tuition, $750 for books, $1000 for lab fees, $8.5k for housing, $3.5k for food, etc.. which totals up to just about 15-20k for a bad college.

A college like harvard, Berkeley, Carnnegie, UPENN, Cornell, Yale etc.. are about $220,000 for 4 years.

If your saving up for college, get a job now. Work full time after school, (from 3-11pm) and get another job on weekends. That should be about 20k a year, if you do that, you can pay yourself through college. If not, you live in vegas, play poker and GAMBOOOOOOOOOL

 

^no one will hire a student for full time

and lololololololol Sinte Gleska University is $3.6k and under

 

like i said thats just tuition. add books, food, housing, lab fees, living necessities, and it's more than $10k

 

Way to go....and who knows what doors it might open

Best of luck with it

 

I dunno what age freshman means, but there's no way I'd take on a high school student that was anything less than brilliantly adept in at least Photoshop, XHTML, CSS, and Illustrator in any firm I was running.

Best bet, get good at Photoshop, XHTML, CSS, PHP, and whatever else you can, then take on freelance work.

Let me say this, if you only know Photoshop, you're essentially useless from a designers point of view. And making siggies is a hell of a lot different that working on large projects with deadlines and clients. You need communication skills, work ethic, time management skills, and at least a glowing CV and a nice fat portfolio of p.rofessional standard work.

Freelance. Best way to go.

 

freshman in high school is 14-15

 

14-15 = Unemployable in any position with deadlines.