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Are you running a business in the publishing industry? Well, if you want your business to grow and take a good start, then you need to make sure that you have an in-house illustrator and a couple of freelance illustrators as well who will be there for you when the workload is high, especially right before the printing season.
When it comes to hiring an illustrator, you need to make sure that you hire someone who is cut out for the job. You have to be very careful while making the selection. Therefore, mentioned below are the pointers which would help to hire an illustrator. Let’s have a look:
- When considering an Illustrator for hire, you need to make sure that the person in question is open to criticism and suggestions. When they are illustrating for clients, they will get feedback, based on which they will have to make changes. Sometimes the feedback might not be as polite as one wants them to be, sometimes they might also be quite tedious, making the changes over and over again. Hence, it is important to have someone who will be open to criticism and taking suggestions.
This will be helpful for you because then you will be able to deliver what the client wants and keep the client happy.
- It’s no joke to be an illustrator for a children’s book. The illustrator needs to have imagination. How, do you find out whether the person you are considering has this quality? Simple, ask them to sit for a sample test. Give them an allotted time and a topic and then see how they fare in the test. This will help you in assessing their imagination power. An illustrator with this quality will enable you to take on more challenging projects.
- There is one very important thing that you need to take note – the recommendations. If your illustrator is a fresher, then you will not be able to collect recommendations of course, but if you are opting for someone senior and experienced in the business, then look for recommendations. Once you have the recommendations in place, you need to make sure that you cross-check them. This will help in building a sustained and informed relationship with your illustrator, which is good for your business in the long run.
- Another thing to keep in mind when looking for a children’s book illustrators for hire is their style of illustration. Suppose you receive a bulk order for a particular type of children’s book, year after year, and they have a set type of illustration. So, when hiring check whether or not your choice of a candidate can adapt to the illustration style in question. This way, you will be able to take on your existing projects every year.
- And finally, when hiring, make sure that they are adaptable to the office setting, particularly when looking for someone for full-time. This will help in keeping the spirit up in your workplace, which is always good for business. After that, you can proceed with booklet printing!
Hiring an illustrator, in-house, always helps. So, these pointers in mind and find yours today!
