Reflection and Future Plans

Over the past year I’ve gained most of my clients through Instagram so my plan moving forward is to use it more frequently for freelance work whilst working in a design studio as my main job (once things start to get back to normal after Covid-19). Social media is going to play a big part in the way I get work for the next year or so, as well as being a great way for me to have my own voice and express my interests.

As well being a Graphic Designer, I would also love to explore areas of design which include art direction, marketing and social content design. My work experience at Cohorted allowed me to collaborate with the marketing and social teams which I really enjoyed so I would definitely take up opportunities in that area.

Doing a number of different collaborative projects across the past year has made me realise my passion for collaboration as I love meeting new people and sharing ideas, especially if they are in different creative fields to me (Illustrators, Photographers, Writers). I also want to travel and work abroad in the future so collaboration and networking will play a big part in this.

I’ve also realised that as well having great work (obviously) it’s just as important to have a good relationship with clients and people that I work with as it leads to further opportunities and new connections. I’ve also realised the importance of having a contract in place which includes deadlines, deposits and additional charges, this is important as clients can often take advantage of your talents and projects can end up going on forever if a deadline isn’t set in place.