We bridge the gap between studying and working in design, by providing an online resource and offline community for 170,505 student & graduate graphic designers across 33 countries.

To start your design career, you need to know the industry, understand what jobs exist and beef up your connections. Read our industry interviews, come along to a #TDKtuesdays meet-up or join us for our #TDKbootcamps so you can score that sweet graduate design job.

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How to use TDK to start your design career

Everything you need to research your future career, become part of the community, and get a job in graphic design anywhere in the world, pretty great right?

1. Research

2. Build your network

3. Get a job

This weeks global highlights

Workshops, meet-ups, fresh new Q&A’s and events from around the globe...

From our community

TDK has changed the lives of thousands of graphic designers. Here’s some thanks from around the globe!

I see TDK as a customised, brightly coloured bridge, built by hand to close the gap between students and professionals. The energy and enthusiasm the guys put into what they do should be applauded.

Chris Doyle, Christopher Doyle & Co
TDK Sydney

When you become a designer, you join a family of creative people all over the world. The Design Kids give you the insiders’ tips and secret handshakes to make the journey fun and memorable.

Michael Bierut, Pentagram
TDK NYC

As a student The Design Kids was my number one bookmark on my laptop. I enjoyed reading about young creative minds and loved that every article was filled with joy and had such a relaxed friendly vibe.

Esther Olsson, Illustrator
TDK Melbourne

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  • The image we’ll use on Instagram will be curated by us and loosely linked to your company to get the best results for you from our audience. Sit back and relax, we’ve got this!
  • Internships are free to post, but please be respectful! This is is not a free design service. Our student and graduate following is of the highest quality and we want to honour their talent. Please respect the students and other commitments they might have time/money wise when submitting your ad. Thanks!
  • We love jobs! And so does our audience. Because our following is mostly students and graduates, the best jobs to advertise are for junior and mid weight roles. Specially graphic design, digital design, typography and illustration. Please note these are paid full time or part time roles, so if you have a one off project to advertise, put it under our Freelance jobs dropdown instead. Thanks!
  • (Please note the image we’ll use on Instagram will be of our choice and no necessarily from your company, but will be loosely linked to your ad, it will be the highest of standards and one which you will get the best results from our audiences with. Trust us, we’ve got this!)
  • Welcome to our new section for freelance one-off jobs! To keep things simple, we want to connect you with the talent by advertising what you need, and encouraging people to email you directly with an example of their work. You can choose who to work with from all the submissions you receive. Everything is done online, and you can expect a designer to be dealing with you remotely. The good news is you won’t be limited to talent locally - this is advertised in each of our cities, meaning you will get a much higher standard of work to choose from. Picking a budget is very hard - we do not encourage work for a fiver like some websites, because you will end up with something worth a fiver!

    Our community is full of the best emerging talent, and a average price should be around half of that of a professional. Our community is full of the best talent, and a average price should be around $65 p/h.
  • (Please note the image we’ll use on Instagram will be of our choice and no necessarily from your company, but will be loosely linked to your ad, it will be the highest of standards and one which you will get the best results from our audiences with. Trust us, we’ve got this!)

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