Creative Boom

MARCH 7, 2022

Charlotte Adorjan is a creative director and copywriter with 20 years' experience under her belt, 17 of them at AMV BBDO, one of London's most creative ad agencies. She co-founded her branding and creative agency The Working Assembly , while pregnant with her first child in 2017. Charlotte Adorjan. Charlotte Adorjan. Olivia Christian.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 21, 2024

Liza Enebeis Liza Enebeis is the creative director and partner at Studio Dumbar/DEPT, an award-winning international branding agency in the Netherlands. She has nearly 20 years of experience working at top creative agencies worldwide, including Africa, Ogilvy, Grey, DDB, and more. One plus one, right? Not rocket science."

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

There are many opportunities to grow your practice, earn more money, and find a new level of fulfilment, whether growing your freelance client base, launching a side project, founding your own agency, or selling your own products. Here, she shares the secrets that helped her regain her sense of self and purpose.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An AI-generated fictional character created by Billion Dollar Boy as part of their creative process Forget the hype: how are AI tools actually being employed in the creative world right now? For this special report, we spoke to more than 25 creative agencies to find out. And they all told me pretty much the same thing.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 26, 2023

And right at the start, you may not even have a single client to your name. So how do you land your first client? My first freelance clients were my old full-time employers," she explains. They didn't want me to go, so they offered to be our first client. Now, 16 years later, they are still a client!"

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 23, 2024

This article explores the world of freelance web designers – their skills, clients, work style, income, challenges, and more. A freelance web designer is a self-employed professional who designs and develops websites for various clients on a project basis rather than being employed full-time by one company.

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Inkbot Design

APRIL 14, 2024

Diverse job opportunities await, including in-house designer roles, freelancing, design agencies, and UX/UI design positions. This hard evidence of different designs will impress possible future employers or clients and record how far you have come since you started. Go wild at a Design Agency. Love client-facing work?

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Self-teaching using resources like: Online courses and tutorials Books like Head First HTML and CSS Blogs like Smashing Magazine YouTube channels like DesignCourse and Traversy Media Resources like these will teach you UX design , colour theory, layout patterns, and UI styling. Learning Resources The best way to learn is by, well, learning!

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Inkbot Design

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Fear that you'll never find enough clients. We'll cover strategies to land your first client, set packages and pricing, build your portfolio , and position yourself as an expert. SEO Best Practices Good technical SEO ensures people can find your client's website. Legal agreements protect both you and your clients.

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

This flexibility is excellent for students who: Work full-time jobs Have family/caring commitments Want to study while travelling Prefer learning in a self-paced, independent way An online program lets you fit your studies around other responsibilities and obligations. Online programs require self-directed learning and time management.

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Inkbot Design

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By working closely with clients at every stage, freelancers ensure that final designs align seamlessly with company values or target markets/stakeholders. Working independently and outside the confines of a traditional job, freelance graphic designers provide services to clients. What is Freelance Graphic Design? And at night?

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 14, 2023

Brighton-based motion studio Buff has celebrated a decade in business by revealing a new, true-to-self brand refresh. But that's just what's happened to Buff, a motion design and animation company that specialises in working with brands, agencies and non-profits. It's also made our client base more international, which is great.

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Inkbot Design

APRIL 19, 2024

This could mean working at an advertising agency, publishing house, tech company or even non-profit organisation, which may need your services occasionally. Besides, illustrators work in various industries, from publishing houses to advertising agencies, fashion design studios, and even gaming companies.

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Inkbot Design

APRIL 24, 2024

Apart from practising their new skills, students also learn how to deal with clients or meet deadlines, build relationships and collaborate, among other things. Client Projects and Design Competitions Design programs typically allow learners to participate in real-life projects or compete against peers in this field.

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Canny

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Even social media is taking over some of the main recruitment sites and agencies, with a lot of employers and recruiters taking to LinkedIn to find suitable prospective candidates. A recruitment agency. This is the first point of income, and from here your agency will advertise roles that will attract job seekers to apply.

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Design Beep

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Explore the critical payroll considerations for web design businesses employing staff or hiring contractors. Business leaders and web agency owners juggle between hiring employees and engaging contractors, each with its operational ethos and financial implications. The employer handles these deductions and filings.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Earlier this week , the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance revealed that a million people may quit self-employment in the UK because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Pinney’s story exemplifies one of the many “holes” in the support system available to self-employed workers.

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Creative Boom

MAY 23, 2022

Think of a successful branding agency, and you might imagine a firm that lands as many big clients as possible, extracts the maximum commission, and then tries to juggle endless projects at once and at a madcap pace. I see a big change in hiring and how people's goals are changing, and I see a shift in the clients we sign on.

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UX Collective

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

For many designers like me, we assume that the external brand mythology that creative agencies project to clients and competitors is a seamless reflection of their internal values and culture. Most creative agencies are far more tame?—?no That said, there is plenty of industry drama. People get fired. People leave.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2024

In today's sluggish economy, finding new clients and maintaining a steady workflow is more challenging than ever for graphic designers, illustrators, artists and other creatives. By being selective about where you market your services, you can ensure you're reaching the right clients who fit your expertise perfectly.

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Graphic Design Junction

MARCH 4, 2023

Unlimited Downloads Over 1,500,000+ Fonts, Mockups, Freebies & Design Assets Mockups 6,131 items Fonts 5,191 items Download Now Free Google Docs Templates Recipe Card Template With this template, you can share your signature recipe with friends and clients. It will help advertise the services of a travel agency.

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Inkbot Design

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Use your portfolio to start networking and reaching out to potential new clients. This means you must understand the basics of accounting, marketing, contract law, and client relationship management. For instance, as the head of sales, you'll need to seek out potential clients and negotiate contracts actively.

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Inkbot Design

MARCH 29, 2023

Expect some myths to be busted along the way; did you know tech designers earn 20% more on average than their traditional advertising agency counterparts? Now, let’s talk negotiations – how can you ensure your worth is recognised by employers or clients alike? Mind-blowing, right? Don’t worry!

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Just Creative

OCTOBER 29, 2020

You are responsible for your own style of communication and client needs, as well as your own bottom line, business goals, values, and work ethic. You complete everything on time and retain your clients for months, or years, to come. This system allows me to activate a self-reward mechanism. Self-care is petrol for our bodies.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 26, 2024

Self-taught – Some talented designers have built robust portfolios without formal education. Range of experience across various industries/clients – Diverse experience with different types of projects, visual challenges, budgets, audiences and industries leads to broader creative perspectives.

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Graphic Design Junction

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Unlimited Downloads Over 1,500,000+ Fonts, Mockups, Freebies & Design Assets Mockups 6,131 items Fonts 5,191 items Download Now Recipe Card Template With this template, you can share your signature recipe with friends and clients. Add an individual training plan to the template, print the document and provide it to the client.

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Just Creative

MAY 23, 2023

You’ll learn techniques for interacting with clients and coworkers and giving talks. Effective client communication is a quality of a successful designer. It discusses how engaging in what you enjoy can inspire you, and you gain the self-assurance to market your job online.

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Inkbot Design

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Artistry of the Top 10 Best Makeup Logos Makeup has long served as a bold means of self-expression and creativity, enabling people to transform their appearance and convey their individuality. These emblems are far more than marketing tools – they represent inspirational ideals of glamour, self-assurance, and sophistication.

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Inkbot Design

DECEMBER 6, 2023

How to Attract Clients: 11 Tips for Getting Customers Attracting clients is essential for any business. With more clients, you can grow your revenue, impact more people with your products or services, and build the foundation for long-term success. Data from your existing client base can inform these personas.

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Shillington

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

We create beautiful, meaningful design for our clients. And if the client is passionate, then so are we. In your opinion, what are the joys of self-initiated passion projects? Self-initiated projects give you the opportunity to practice for real-life scenarios, for example, I give myself a deadline and try to stick to it.

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Shillington

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

At Shillington, we teach our students how to listen to client needs and how to research and develop concepts to find a balance between functionality and aesthetics. If your branding team promises a professional and compassionate experience, your product designer ensures that your clients get it. Editorial/Publishing.

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Inkbot Design

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

When you have a clear and consistent brand, it signals competence, expertise, and self-assuredness. Crafting Your Personal Branding Statement Self-Discovery Crafting an effective personal branding statement begins with self-discovery. Start by conducting a thorough self-assessment. Make it count.

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Shillington

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Gaining a certificate in graphic design can be really beneficial to your career as it is the only way to show that you are a fully fledged designer—and provides official documentation that you have the skills to start your career in the design world, usually as a junior designer in a design studio or agency.

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Shillington

JANUARY 4, 2023

As a freelance designer, you get to work for yourself creating work for clients that you have chosen and, on top of all that, you’ll be doing fantastically satisfying creative work for those clients. Well, graphic designers can work for companies, either a design studio or agency or in-house for a company or they can freelance.

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Template Monster

MAY 5, 2021

Mr. Johnston is a self-taught letterer and designer from Canada. Some of his most famous clients using his artworks are Disney, Audi, GM Motors, Shell, Virgin, and others. Dima AbraKadabra is a self-employed graphic designer and lettering artist from Russia. Here are a few of his cool writing fonts for Instagram.

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Creative Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Self-promotion is now part of the portfolio game, made easy with new technology and social media. Focusing too much on side projects, however, can cause creatives to spread themselves thin and under-perform in their agency work. Below are some of my observations and suggestions from, literally, days of portfolio reviews.

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Shillington

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As a freelance designer, you get to work for yourself creating work for clients that you have chosen and, on top of all that, you’ll be doing fantastically satisfying creative work for those clients. Well, graphic designers can work for companies, either a design studio or agency or in-house for a company or they can freelance.

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