July 28, 2021

Freelancers should ASK for what they want | with Sara Feio (Illustrator)

Timestamps

[00:00:59] Sara's life overview
[00:03:40] The education years
[00:05:06] Getting an internship in a big posters company in the States
[00:09:59] Her experience in a London university (starting in the wrong course!)
[00:11:55] Working to survive as a student in London
[00:15:10] Beginning of freelancing
[00:16:05] Developing her illustration style
[00:18:27] Getting jobs... where no position was avaiable
[00:20:54] Moving from random freelancing gigs to a full-time career
[00:22:52]Should you do work for free?
[00:29:39] Looking for more: workshops and freelance work
[00:32:42] Starting to teach in a school (and creating a course from scratch)
[00:36:21] Finding stability and turning down bad gigs
[00:41:15] What kind of work does she mostly do now?
[00:42:52] Going from low-paying to high-paying gigs
[00:46:17] The importance of collaboration for freelancers
[00:47:48] Her way of getting in touch with people
[00:53:47] The bulk of her freelancing work (she got tired of musicians)
[00:58:10] Pricing strategies (plus her smart trick for handing competing bids)
[01:11:07] Her approach with revisions
[01:15:49] Two more words about finding work
[01:24:24] Biggest lessons you should take from her experience

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