June — Pierre Rademaker

Pierre Rademaker — Pricing your creative services

Pierre Rademaker
CREATIVE DIRECTOR / FOUNDER

Pierre moved to San Luis Obispo in 1972 to found the graphic design program at Cal Poly after working in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He founded Pierre Rademaker Design in 1980, and the studio has grown considerably under his direction. His work has received awards from Communication Arts, Print, and Graphis magazines. Pierre has an M.F.A. from Syracuse University and a B.A. from Cal State Long Beach.

Pierre will discuss the basics of establishing a fair price for your creative services.   Topics include:

• calculating hourly rates
• preparing project estimates
• reviewing profitability
• determining efficiency factors.  

With over 35 years of survival in the design field Pierre brings a practical approach to managing your creative services business.

SLOCAMA endeavors to bring local communications professionals together to collaborate on projects and to offer a forum for networking and educational seminars related to marketing. The group was formed in 2004 and has 75 active members.

Membership dues are $50 per year for individuals, $35 for students and $150 for companies (cost depends on number of memberships desired), and includes upcoming mixers and educational seminars, dates and topics to be announced. Meetings are on the third Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm at Aspect Media Factory. Interested parties may attend two meetings before joining. For more information, contact Missy Reitner at (805) 595-1363  or missy@iiiDESiGN.com.