Calling All Freelance Designers
by Cathy Fishel
“Freelance Design in Practice,” to be published in Spring 2009 by RotoVision, will be a book for freelance graphic designers who are in it for the long run. I’d like to invite experienced, full-time freelance designers from anywhere in the world to contact me directly for possible interviews. Please contact me at cathy@fishel.com if you have advice, anecdotes and insights to share with peers. Design work will also be shown in the book.
Chapters will include succinct advice and real-life case studies on subjects including:
-Evaluating your personal vision and making yourself stand out
-Establishing a business plan, workspace, accounting system, legal back-up, advertising and even your business name
-Setting fees, bidding, billing, dealing with non-payment, tax concerns, how to know if you’re making money, and trade-outs and pro-bono work
-Legal responsibilities, including contracts, insurance and liability
-Self-promotion of all types
-Finding the best clients and the best mix of clients, and turning them into repeat customers
-Managing workflow and maintaining your sanity
-Achieving a healthy life/work balance
-Periodic self-evaluations and other touchstones
-An entire chapter on solving common freelance frustrations
April 18th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Hi, i´m a freelancer from Argentina.
July 25th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Hi, i´m a freelancer from Argentina.
July 30th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Hello there, I am a freelance designer/art director based in Santa Monica, CA.
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:09 am
There is a nice Freelancing Job openings aggregator site where you can search through several job postings from different freelancing sites – http://www.softmarket.ro
October 21st, 2008 at 9:58 am
I’m a freelancer for the last 4 years in Ireland. Sounds like an interesting project.
David
January 13th, 2009 at 4:17 am
Jafar Rizvi a Creative Graphic/Brand/Logo Designer working in this field for the last 8 years, Creative sense served many famous organizations and earned an experience, awards, clientage of reputed companies work as a Freelancer and Designed a variety of Brands/Logo Design. Looking forward to work with famous companies and grow the level of creativity among all.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Hi,
Although my company does some great creative design work at the moment, there seems to be a shortage of quality graphic artists around. Any thoughts on this?
August 5th, 2009 at 2:18 am
I’m a freelancer for the last 4 years in Ireland. Sounds like an interesting project.
November 15th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Hey I’m a freelancer from Montreal, Quebec. Been at it “officially” for a year, but unofficially for about 5. Love sharing my passion for the work.
good luck,
Eric
December 29th, 2009 at 4:35 am
I’m a freelancer for the last 4 years in Ireland. Sounds like an interesting project.
February 26th, 2010 at 4:51 am
I’m a freelancer for the last 4 years in Ireland. Sounds like an interesting project.
March 4th, 2010 at 10:50 am
em also a freelance designer, Love to serve my clients. Its very good to keep engage yourself in that thing which u like to do.
Thanks !