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Apr 27, 2021

Be a pro

“It’s a small world after all.” The design and tech world might seem like a big place but it’s not. Silicon Valley is vast but people move around, you’ll definitely run into coworkers at future jobs. If you jump out to a smaller city that is only intensified. Throw social…

Design

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Be a pro
Be a pro
Design

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Published in The Startup

·Aug 18, 2020

Never Stop Learning

If you want to be a successful designer, you better be into learning new things. As a designer, you’ll never be bored. When you start out, there are so many fundamentals to learn like theory, color, and print. As you get into building software and apps you need to learn…

Design

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Never Stop Learning
Never Stop Learning
Design

5 min read


Mar 26, 2020

Growing your freelance design business

Once you’ve got your freelance design business off the ground you’ll want to work on growing it. The first year will be a rollercoaster while you build a client list and figure out what full-time freelancing entails. …

Freelance

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Freelance

14 min read


Mar 9, 2020

Running a freelance design business

The day-to-day running of a freelance business may not be super exciting but it’s just as important as finding new clients. If you aren’t tracking expenses and taking care of yourself, you’ll risk burning out and failing. In this post, I’ll cover some basics about setting up and running your…

Freelance

9 min read

Running a freelance design business
Running a freelance design business
Freelance

9 min read


Published in UX Collective

·Feb 26, 2020

Finding clients for your freelance design business

“I’m a designer, not a salesperson — so how do I get clients?” — Your freelance business will sink quickly if you don’t have great clients. For me, this has always been one of the toughest areas to navigate. “I’m a designer, not a salesperson — so how do I get clients?” This is one of the joys of freelance work, you have to…

Freelance

14 min read

Finding clients for your freelance design business
Finding clients for your freelance design business
Freelance

14 min read


Feb 19, 2020

Getting started with freelance design

For the past two decades, I’ve been working as a freelancer. From late 90’s Angelfire hosted client sites up to national web and print campaigns, I’ve pretty much done it all. Over that time I’ve learned that freelancing is a rollercoaster ride of freedom combined with pockets of poverty. …

Freelance

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Freelance

10 min read


Jan 31, 2020

Build your own design projects

“If you build it, they will come” Ok, they might not come if you don’t finish it but always keep building! One of the most important things you can do to continue improving as a designer is to build your own side projects. Do them to focus on areas you…

Design

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Design

5 min read


Jan 7, 2020

How to create passive income for designers

An intro to what Passive Income is for designers and how you can start making money while you sleep with your design skills. More about the Direct Design podcast https://linktr.ee/directdesign Other links mentioned in the video: Fonts, Logos & Icons from GraphicRiver All the designs you need. Vector images, print templates, flyers, logos, fonts, Photoshop actions... GraphicRiver's…graphicriver.net

Web Development

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Web Development

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Jan 7, 2020

Intro to agile for designers

In this episode, I cover the basics of the agile methodology and how they apply to designers. More Direct Design podcast episodes https://linktr.ee/directdesign

Agile

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Agile

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Jan 12, 2019

When design for everyone works

Never… Enjoy this meme instead

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When Design for everyone works
When Design for everyone works
Design

1 min read

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