Just Creative

DECEMBER 1, 2020

With the government forming new protections for freelancers like the right to collect unemployment benefits, people are looking toward self-employment as a means to cut their ties to traditional corporate work more than ever. Your website is the perfect place to display them for prospective clients. Customize the Consultation.

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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

AUGUST 18, 2022

One living an inspiring way of life; connected to self, nature, community and clothes.". She works with advertising clients such as Apple and Meta. Hanna's passion for dance, movement and music is evident in the flowing shapes she employs to create bold yet delicate, illustrative design.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Based in Norwich, Alistair studied animation, but his stop-motion skills are largely self-taught. He has toiled for his art, which is time-consuming and meticulous, posting animations on Instagram and cold-contacting potential clients until eventually the commissions started coming through. "It

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Rafael has now been self-employed for just shy of four years, and his goal is to stay independent and continue to grow his practice. I honestly like the flexibility to move across industries and bring my expertise to them, as well as learning from different spaces, people, brands and clients," he says. I love it, I really do!"

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

For example, if you're freelance, clients will want to pay you peanuts. Basically, you have to get to a stage where you're confident you're producing good work that clients or your employer likes. Or," Jenny suggests, "you could say to the client that you'll go for that at the start but with a 'pay review' in six months or a year."

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 6, 2024

With a sluggish economy, shrinking client budgets, increased competition, and the looming competition from AI, getting enough commissions to pay the bills can be a real challenge, even for those who've been working for decades. In today's creative industry, standing out is more crucial than ever. That might sound counterintuitive.

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Creative Boom

MAY 8, 2022

cer and partner of Struck, Brent Watts has been creating brand experiences and helping clients such as Mattel, DreamWorks and Disney for more than 25 years. In my work, it's imperative that I employ illustrative storytelling by breathing life into tired brands. Creatives are hired because a client believes in what they can deliver.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 7, 2022

Her clients include global brands like Google, Twitter, Visa, and Microsoft and nonprofit organisations providing life-advancing support to vulnerable communities throughout the United States. Clients include IBM, World Community Grid and Tata Consultancy Services. Her clients include Sweetgreen, U.S. Charlotte Adorjan.

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Graphic Design Junction

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

When you are given a briefing, the first thing to do is read and understand it, exchange opinions with your clients if necessary, and fearlessly ask for what you don’t understand. Not Meeting The Clients. Not keeping in touch with your clients is one of the common mistakes amateur designers make. Having Low Self-confidence.

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Creative Boom

MAY 6, 2024

Need for honesty Simon is stating here something that feels self-evident to many of us, but few are brave enough to face the truth, even to ourselves. I don't think the big agencies or the big networks have been honest with their people, and they're not being honest to their clients here." No, he doesn't have a crystal ball.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

That presents a great opportunity for artists, designers, photographers, writers, and digital dreamers to embark on a journey of self-improvement and skill refinement. 3D & animation: a comprehensive guide via Udemy 3D skills are increasingly in demand from employers and freelance clients today.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 21, 2022

Once you've really spent some time studying graphic design and honing your skills, you'll be confident enough to start applying for jobs or seeking freelance clients. Alternatively, you're self-teaching, then one approach could be to tackle an imaginary brief, just as if you were doing so for a real client. Create a portfolio.

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Creative Boom

JULY 14, 2024

Here are some key findings so far: Work status: Most of you are self-employed or freelancers (46.3%), with a significant portion working full-time (38.5%). Top concerns include job security (28.4%) and lower sales or client interest (22.5%). Of these, 61.2% work in small companies with 1-10 employees. Education: 54.3%

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Creative Boom

MAY 14, 2024

We work hard on creating what we think is great work, only for our managers or clients to send us back to the drawing board. As a positive way to deal with your feelings, she suggests you try the 70:20:10 innovation rule employed by Coke, Google and many others. In contrast, however hard we work, our own efforts often end in failure.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 31, 2024

Changing direction After slogging it out as an in-house graphic designer for five years while freelancing for private clients at night, Nikos felt burnt out. Practical jokes were a way of maintaining our sanity or perhaps employing our underused creativity." Everything is kind of different about Marlon," adds Nikos.

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Moo

AUGUST 16, 2022

Whether you’re self-employed or starting a company, client acquisition is a must-have skill. If you’re wondering how to find clients, you’re in the right place. We’ve put together 14 ideas to help you connect with new clients – and keep the ones you’ve got. How to find clients online. Use freelancing sites.

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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. As a result, you will have a better chance to be noticed by an HR manager.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 31, 2024

Employees and clients alike circulate through the historic halls and up 30 floors in an homage to decades of progress that allow for newer institutions, like theirs, to take up residence high above the stone expanses, vaulted volumes, and gold-coffered ceilings below.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It’s an incredibly exciting time to work with clients on architecting new solutions for their homes and lives. Clients who might have been ambivalent about their homes prior to the pandemic, are opinionated and motivated, and they have a set of very real post-pandemic needs that need timely attention. Can you explain what that means?

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Design Milk

MARCH 27, 2024

It’s important to offer our clients options, and the pieces maintained their gravitas with finishes of ebony and white gesso. Echo Bench, Natural What type of clients do you imagine these pieces speaking to? Echo Long Bench, White Gesso How do you hope clients style and live with these? However they want!

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Just Creative

AUGUST 31, 2020

That being said, reaching full-time self-employment is not always a simple feat. From securing each new client to chasing down late invoices, the world of design freelancing is a challenging one to handle without the right preparations. Test The Waters. The designer’s toolkit , however, is rarely as small or simple.

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

On the other hand, if you have a freelance agency that employs other people, consider giving it a unique name. While freelance platforms and self-promotion websites like Dribbble are a must for sharing your portfolio, your own website is definitely the best. Short and to the point. Build Your Own, Unique Online Presence. Your story.

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We And The Color

DECEMBER 30, 2024

We’re talking about two main paths: employed designers and freelance designers. Employed Designers: The Steady Paycheck These are the folks who work for companies, agencies, or organizations. Client: Big clients with big budgets often pay more. It relies on self-reported data from employees.

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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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Creative Market

JUNE 16, 2020

Are you speaking to potential clients or employers? As a graphic designer looking for work, this will also go a long way in building credibility with clients or employers—because you clearly know what you’re doing! This is critical for attracting the client work you want. Know your audience. Craft a narrative around your work.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As the boundaries between work and personal life continue to blur, self-employed designers are at the forefront of creating innovative spaces that reflect their unique approach to both living and working. This creative sanctuary operates independently from the residential quarters above.

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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

JUNE 1, 2024

Surviving in this dog-eat-dog world of self-employed people requires hard work, discipline, and insider knowledge. Instead, we should be ready for self-reliance like never before experienced by humanity while working hard towards becoming financially independent. But let's face it— freelancing is not all sunshine and rainbows.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 21, 2024

As Camilla puts it: "It's a jungle for people to navigate, and it's an even greater battle for us brand-folk, who, let's be honest, are putting more fuel on the fire to this self-fulfilling prophesy of fake it 'til you make it." Ete Davies Ete Davies is the EMEA chief operating officer at Dentsu Creative in London.

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SpeckyBoy

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Self Promotion CV (Free). When you download this resume template, you’ll get a complete package needed to impress your clients. Potential employers are busy people. They have the time-consuming task of reading many applications and resumes before finally selecting the perfect person. The template can be edited in Illustrator.

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Inkbot Design

MAY 13, 2022

There are no limits to the number of clients an agency can take on. Freelancers are Self-Motivated. In my experience, freelancers are self-motivated, but they don’t always understand what motivates them. But they don’t always come recommended by their clients. An agency, however, is a bit different.

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Inkbot Design

MAY 13, 2023

Mastering Self-Branding: Unleashing the Power of Personal Identity Step aside, corporate giants—a new brand on the scene is grabbing everyone's attention, and it's the person in your mirror. This is why it's so essential to master the art of self-branding to unleash the power of your personal identity. How do you solve problems?

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

When you’re starting out as a graphic designer, you may spend a lot of time perfecting the logo that portrays your brand to prospective clients, but what about the typography on your website or business card? What is that telling your clients about not only your business but about you as well?

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Design Milk

JANUARY 30, 2024

Within nine months, and a range of similar hands-on experiences, the finished building is turnkey for the client. What’s more is his subversion of the cookie-cutter, postwar suburbia seared into American consciousness.

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Lisa Maltby

DECEMBER 10, 2024

What does 150/day work out at as a yearly self-employed income? However, as we all know the self-employed dont get paid holiday so we need to deduct this time. less time may be spent on self promotion and more on communication once you have a reputation and more enquiries). US rates are usually much higher.

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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?

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