HOW Magazine January 2013 Digital Download

You'll Love This Issue If:

• You're an In-House Designer
• You want to see the winners of the 2013 In-House Design Awards!
• You want to find out if freelancing is right for you? Or catch any of the other great columns in this issue

Year after year, in-house designers tell us they need to learn how to hold their own with the c-suite; how to implement a chargeback system to show their worth; how to get their own internal clients to recognize the talent at their fingertips and stop outsourcing the important design projects. All of these struggles center around the need for corporate creatives to prove their value within their own organizations. Because we understand this challenge, we’ve devoted this issue to all things in-house.

The hardcopy version of this issue is available here.

Inside HOW Magazine's January 2013 Issue You'll Find:

FEATURES (click the title if you'd like to purchase the article only)

Metrics & Trends That In-House Creatives Need to Know
The 2012 In-House Creative Services Industry Report provides the benchmarks that creative leaders need to help their teams grow and thrive this year.
By Andrew R. Brenits

In-House Overhaul
The National Parks Conservation Association’s in-house design team made big improvements by taking small, incremental steps. Senior director of publications Scott Kirkwood explains exactly how they did it so you can, too.
By Scott Kirkwood

2013 In-HOWse Design Awards
HOW spotlights the very best work from designers in top companies and organizations. See this year's winners in these categories:

• Business-to-Business
• Consumer
• Education
• Entertainment
• Financial/Legal
• Government
• Health Care
• Internal Communications
• Nonprofit

COLUMNS (click the title if you'd like to purchase the article only)

Freelance: Is Freelancing Right For You? Discover whether you have the 10 skills you need to be a successful solopreneur.

Business: Keeping Contracts SimpleHere are the 13 clauses that you must include in your design contracts — no lawyer needed.

Creativity: Design And DineTo create tasty, cutting edge design work, sometimes you need to find an unusual business partnership.

Interactive: How To Manage Scope CreepKeep your web design projects from spiraling out of control.

Designer Spotlight: Grandarmy This design trio didn’t let a shaky economy stop them from going out on their own—a risk that’s turned into a success.