In-House Designer Resources

Here are some resources from Doug Fuller, President, Art Directors Club of Metro Washington  www.adcmw.org

 

In-Source
Membership is free in this association of corporate creatives and is required to get to their resources page on their site. There are some helpful articles in the Books and Articles section.
www.in-source.org

Design Management Institute
Very business-focused with some good resources and seminars. Expensive to join.
www.dmi.org

Corporate Design Foundation
Also very business-focused. Publishers of @Issue (see description below)
www.cdf.org

@Issue
Beautifully designed and has great articles about the value of design for business. You can order back issues, which would be perfect  for making your case to higher-ups for the value of your in-house department.
http://www.cdf.org/journal.php

How Magazine
They have articles on in-house design departments and an online forum for in-house designers.
http://www.howdesign.com/db/features/inhousequestions.asp

MS Office Training
Yes, Word and PowerPoint really suck, but they are part of many in-house designers' reality. This place will come to your site and train you to make the most of these and other programs.
http://www.setconsulting.com/

Misc. articles
http://www.commarts.com/CA/colbus_d/davC_232.html

http://www.gdusa.com/feature/7_01.php

http://www.creativepro.com/story/howto/24727.html

http://www.creative-manager.com/articles_3.asp