I'm here with Bejan, from Artisan Talent.
We're talking about Web Freelancers, firstly what is a web freelancer, what do they even
do?
Well web freelancers, are web designers, are the guys or gals that you go to, to design
a website and more so on what it looks like on the front-end rather than just the back-end.
Okay.
Cool!
So more so the design and the coding of the front-end (right!) versus say the database
(exactly!) crazy technology stuff in the back.
(right, right!)
Alright, Cool!
So if I want to be a freelance web designer, what would be some tips, how can I kind of
get into the game?
Let's say, they get into the game initially, obviously you do want to have a good portfolio,
you want to have links that actually work, because there's a lot of times where people
will send us information and they send us links and they're dead links and that really
is, something that can actually lose your job even though you are a talented person,
that is the one thing that can really destroy something for you.
Do you find the people who are great designers, great web designers (right!) for example really
like being creative, sometimes lacking on the more left brain operation aspects like
operational links.
Yes, they are!
they do do that, and we would be a place that where you can go to to make sure that there's
another set of eyes that look at your resume, make sure that the links work, make sure there's
a good flow in your presentation.
And I think that was going to be my next question, because I imagine one of the big challenges
for freelance web designers, freelance web developers too, is kind of getting the gig
(right!)
Right!
Finding that next work, I know you, you've run a talent agency here, specializes in that
one thing (Yep!).
So tell me what it is to sign-up with an agency like Artisan, some of the benefits, like the
second pair of eyes, what is it to have that experience?
I think the benefit is really that you do find, once you do register with us, you have
someone that had becomes your talent rep.
And this is somebody that really understands who you are, understands your pluses and minuses,
your go to programs that you may work with and really understands where they can better
place you in the type of environment that you are looking for.
Okay.
Cool!
So you have almost like a, a family (Yeah!)
As a legitimate connection.
I know you guys actually talking of that, we use this word family lightly, but you consider
yourselves to be a web designer advocate.
What is it be an advocate, what does that mean day to day?
For us, and from, from a company such as ours, we really want to become talent advocates,
is that we really trying to listen to the person, what are they looking for, what are
their career aspirations, and we're following this person not only just for their first
job but really throughout their career.
And it does happen where this person that we may place him on a freelance job but then
they may become, we may place them full time, and they can become our client.
So just back to our freelance web designer, freelance web developer tips just for second
what should we do in the interview, what's a freelance interview look like what should
you look out for?
Well we are looking for not only if the person is talented, but what is their personality
like.
Look, are they client facing? is this someone that we can actually present to a client,
I mean there's some client that said that they don't mind if you come in with, you know,
tattoos and earrings, and everything like that, but there are some that are very sensitive.
So we have to cater to the cultural fit of the client and on the talents as well, they
want, they would tell us the type of working environment they are going to be best suited
so that's how we are able to make that match.
That make sense to me actually though, because, if I'm a freelance web designer or freelance
web developer and I want to get a job, I don't want to have to go and knock on a hundred
doors (right!) to find out if my gorgeous presentation, whatever that half is one of
my choices have been happen to be a match.
It makes sense to sign up for my point of view with an agency like this to kind of get
all that take all that guess work away (Yeah!)
So, what are my first steps here if I want to sign up with Artisan, what do I do?
The first step would really, is actually go through our website at artisantalent.com and
register there and once you registered, you will get an email within the first couple
of days, maybe even quicker than that and you'll be hooked up with a talent rep, who
will actually call you then bring you in for a face to face interview and once you do that
we will check your references and then we will put you in our database as a talent that
we can represent.
And then go find me a gig?
And then go find you work!
Alright!
Cool.
Thanks very much.
I appreciate your insight from this.
Sure!
No problem.