Chris Payne is a football brand designer and is the man behind the Alfreton Town and Eastleigh FC badges. He is based in USA and tells the story of how he won his first football club client by presenting a rebrand to his local team via email.

We also discuss why football club badges are changing to circle designs and the emergence of secondary logos for sports teams. If you are an aspiring sports designer Chris also reveals the best practices on how to win your first clients and the tools you need in the industry to get started.

You can see Chris' work at: https://www.footballbranddesigner.com/

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Jay Taylor is the Digital Media Manager for i2i International Soccer Academy and is just about the busiest man in football media, running multiple social media accounts; some of which you might have seen with the likes of 'All Orlando City' and 'All FA Vase'. We discuss how he got himself straight into a full-time job out of his studies at UCFB, reporting on Orlando City from the UK and working the digital department for an international organisation.

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Dean Davies has worked as a freelance sports designer for the likes of Squawka, Eleven Sports and the Football Association of Wales. He takes me through the best steps to learn photoshop, how to get paid clients when just starting out, and when to sacrifice payment for exposure. We also discuss 'copycat' designers and graphic design skills being heavily undervalued in football.

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