Unit 24

Relevant contacts within the industry

• The contacts that are relevant in my industry are that the design/product this help design the work or product and who helps with this is the client/developer and this plans on how to make the product and they would make rough sketches before hand to make sure its what they want and what helps them with the money business and this is called client/finance and these help with paying for the equipment and if anything is destroyed so it can be replaced to keep on track.

• In the maintain established business the contacts are organised and have a very important role in working together playing their part by in the industry to keep you as part of the industry so nothing will happen when everybody plays their part right. And if there is something being produced everybody in the industry all business would like to know about just so they know what they could do to help them with what they need to do.

• To participate with relevant networks you are expanding your expertise and you had done a project for a business that is reliable and very successful with a verity of skills and the project was successful they would talk to other companies and they could trade ideas with in another type of business so then no one has to struggle with what they are doing and how they could help them on it if they have nothing to do them selves.

• By participating in networks and expert organisations to support being a freelancer will help yourself to be promoted within the industry. It will also allow you to attend different events that take place within the organisations. When going to these events it would be a great idea to being business cards or flyers with you to exchange with any other designers or new clients.

• Since i am finishing my job here at distinctive as an apprentice in design i have thought about ways to promote myself. One of then set ways is by using a lot of social media to show others the work i have produced. By linking my portfolio on my Facebook page which allows people to look at my work and if they enjoy it they could share that link from that page which would then lead to me getting more views and then could lead to more work being produced.

• There are a lot of different systems available to get in touch with you when there is new work available waiting to be produced by somebody. For example there are industries that you can sign up to within the creative media sites which they would then message you when work was available to apply for so you will have a chance to show u can actually do something useful for the company.

• In the last paragraph i talked about different websites that would message you when there was new work available. These sites can potentially be classed as agents as they find you work because they know how to sort things out and who to give the projects to. By signing up to these websites i am representing them by finding a job to help their company get more attention. Another way that i could find different agents would be to look for different creative media companies online in my area.

• Websites like design crowd have the feature to comment on your work this lets you know what negative and positive feedback that has been given to you. This means that on your work that you have posted on the site you will have to change the design or make a few changes to it if yo want to of course. Since i have posted a lot of my work on my Facebook page i am able to get feedback from there as well, people are able to comment and give feedback to any of the images that i have uploaded. This will give me the opportunity to see what i have did wrong and know how to change it for next time.

• As a freelance designer it is important to work flexibly to suit my hours. This means not to spend to much time working or spending to much time in your personal life which may or may not cause problems. Its about finding the right work to produce every so often in your work. But when work needs to be done it is better to get it out of the way. For example if i knew i had a project due in in 3 days i would organise my time so that i know i would have everything finished in time.