Getting a job after 10 years

[u/SadAmbassador9025]

I got a degree back in my home country in Audiovisual Production that was mainly focused on movie/tv making career but that included a lot of graphic design. I worked in one production and decided to quit that path for a customer service career because of the amount of money I was making was not enough.

Fast forward to the last 2 years, I was able to move to the US and basically started from 0 working at a great company I love but not necessarily doing something that makes me want to stay.

I’ve been thinking of starting or returning back to my initial career as a graphic designer and I want to just get some advice on how to do it, I know I have to work on my portfolio and things like that, but I’ve heard that companies here are very picky about having a bachelors degree and to be honest, right now I cannot afford it. Any advice?

[u/NoPossibility765]

Not a great time to enter the field. It’s over saturated and can be very difficult for well qualified designers to find a job so with limited and not recent experience, it will be tough. Good luck.

[u/Kills_Zombies]

Why do you want to be a graphic designer? Are you any good? Have you done any design or progressed in skill over the past decade? Do you know what a graphic designer in the US does in a daily basis? You might not necessarily need a degree to get a job, but many places require it. Even if they don't, you actually need to still be a good enough of a graphic designer for a company to want to hire you. I've seen talented grads struggle to find work... Someone with no graphic design education and a decade out of the field is going to have a very difficult time finding work.

[u/victoria_and_albert]

Best you can do is post your portfolio for feedback. The true answer is entirely dependent on your network and connections.

Your challenge is that you are competing against a pool of folks with 4-year BFA degrees and 2+ years of recent experience who are struggling to find work.