About me

Alec Dudson is Founder and Editor-in-chief of Intern Magazine and is based in Manchester, UK. His mission is to empower the next generation of creatives to build their dream career. Alec is also a lecturer at Leeds Arts University, leading the final year professional practice module on the award-winning graphic design course. When he's not doing that, he teaches on and creates content for Falmouth University's online MA in graphic design.

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• Graphic Designers, would you be up for sending your PDF portfolio to me so that I can show my final year students some great examples?
• Do you want to learn how to price your graphic design work?
• Do you want to join us at 1pm on Insta (@thisisintern) where we'll be talking the value of perspective in creativity with Kevin Morosky?

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Projects

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  Makers, not MusesThe story of Notamuse, the graphic design trio determined to make women more visible in the field.
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  Addressing the creative industries’ biggest issueIntern is a bi-annual independent print publication concerned with creative careers.

Projects credited in

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  Top 10: career advice tips for 2022Job hunting? Thinking of pivoting your career? Struggling with motivation? Wanting to grow your network? We’ve got you! We’ve put together our top 10 career-related questions for 2022 to help you navigate through the year ahead, no matter if you’re just starting out, or already have experience in the industry. Click through to see insights, advice and top tips from industry mentors and our brilliant Dots community. Got some thoughts of your own? Please add your own wisdom if you have anything
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  Learn how to price your graphic design workOur new and improved online course 'The Price is Right' teaches you everything you need to know to start charging effectively for your freelance work.
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  The Price is RightLearn how to price your design work effectively with our new online course.
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  A Call to Creative ArmsWe're supporting Christopher Algar's call for creative industry professionals to volunteer some mentorship time to students whose studies have been majorly disrupted by COVID-19.
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  Top career advice from 20 icons in design, photography, fashion & moreLooking for career advice? A mentor? Some friendly and constructive feedback? We got you! Excitingly 30+ incredible industry experts across publishing, photography, design, creative, fashion, music, marketing, digital, tech and more are on-hand to help answer your burning career-related questions in our Asks hub. Meet 20 of them below and discover their top tips! So, if you have a career question that you’d love the best in the business to help with, hop this way.
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  Top 20 career tips to help you kick-start 2020!Last year we launched our Asks Hub after being inundated from our community for career advice. We’ve had thousands of questions and and tens of thousands of answers so far – highlights include words of wisdom from industry legends such as: Priya Matadeen (general manager, Dazed) Alec Dudson (founder and editor-in-chief, Intern Magazine) Jade Tomlin (creative director, AKQA) Alex Bec (co-founder, It's Nice That) Rankin (founder, RANKIN) Vikki Ross (copy chief) And many more! Check out these t

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Work history

Tutor and Content CreatorFalmouth University
Jun 2019Falmouth, United KingdomFull Time
LecturerLeeds Arts University
Aug 2015Leeds, United KingdomFull Time

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Skills

• Editorial
• Writing
• Talks
• Commercial Project Management
• Teaching
• Hosting
• Podcasting
• Art Direction
• Creative Direction
• Content Strategy