We're here with Bejan from Artisan Talent and we're talking about freelance tips
You guys live and breath freelancers what are some sort of generic tips that you've
got for freelancers
I think a freelancer if you do choose to go down that path is they really need to be flexible
There has to be that element of flexibility and go with the flow especially if you're
being sent to a new environment
Yes you are a extremely good designer but you may be given a project that's a little
bit I don't want to say is beneath you but it may be a little bit more basic
You really want to be open and be flexible and if you do have that attitude and that
personality you actually will do a lot better than being just very rigid
Okay cool
Now you've mentioned a freelance designer but that's not the only kind of freelancer
that I want to talk about today
Sure
Talk to me about some tips
Give me some freelance writing tips
Freelance writing tips I would say absolutely being flexible
I'd say you really have to have a good ability to I would say be an intuitive listener
And if you're not a good listener you really aren't going to be able to write you may be
creative and you're just coming up with headlines but again being a freelancer you really have
to be in the moment and listen to what's happening so that you can really give the client back
what they're looking for
Okay that makes a lot of sense to me
And I want to come backwards again I'm going keep asking you these questions
Right
Trying and stump you if I can
Freelance designer tips
Well freelance as a designer you're either a designer or you aren't
I mean there are a lot of people out there who claim to be designers
And I'm not trying to set ourselves apart but we really are looking for people that
are actually talented and that we want to represent
And so as a designer you really have to be cognizant of your abilities
I mean really maybe one should look at what's good design what isn't good design and we
are a good buffer for that to give our viewpoint as to where you can fit in in a job
I think that's actually a really good point because if you're a freelance designer
Right
even a freelance writer freelance artist freelance 3-D model of whom I know
Sure Right
You're often so kind of existing in a vacuum on your own
It's very hard to kind of get a sense of what you're up to
Right
You guys obviously run a talent agency here called Artisan
Right
And you have literally hundreds of thousands of jobs pass through this place over the course
of decades
So let me ask you this from a freelance point of view what is the Artisan experience feel
like
I think if when one comes here to register with us we say that actually bring everything
that you've done
Bring everything that you've done not necessarily just not school work hopefully but anything
beyond that so we can get a gauge as to what your range of skill is
And then we can try to narrow it down as to where you want to go specifically
But it's good for us to see what you can and cannot do but what is it you like or you don't
like
So for us it's good to be very open and to come in and be real
It's difficult for us to place someone that's telling us one thing and then it doesn't look
good to have egg on your face afterwards
So showing you something else
Yeah exactly
Let's say you do this process and you kind of sign up with an agency like Artisan
Yeah
They give you that feedback and they kind of position you and lock you in what kind
of freelance work is available
We go across the board in terms of freelance work
We have positions that are maybe they're requiring someone that's on a production level and then
we even go all the way up to a creative director we'll go to a copywriter we'll go to a marketing
executive
We do project managers web designers developers
So it really depends on what they client is looking for and we have that talent we can
go to for those specific needs
Okay cool and if you want to move out of freelancing to full-time do you have any opportunities
in that space
Yeah absolutely we do that
We have clients that actually like to contract to hire where they will let's say test someone
out for it could be thirty days sixty days or maybe a shorter period of time
It's good for both itt's good for the client as well as the freelancer so that they can
get a gauge as to if there's a cultural fit
So we'll do that and we do direct hire where a client is looking to hire someone directly
and we will place them on full-time
Okay cool
So wrapping up our freelance tips obviously we're going to be recommending to people to
join an agency like Artisan Talent
Right
which is a really great tip because it takes so much pain out of the process
Right right
So what would be a reasonable first step for someone wanting to talk to you guys and see
if it's a good fit
First step is just to come to our website artisantalent.com register with us
There are social media aspects as well where you can go on Twitter Facebook or LinkedIn
and or send us an email and yes the telephone still does work so you can do that as well
Actual real human interaction
And we prefer that because that is what we are as an agency
We are talent advocates we want to build a personal relationship with someone
We do understand it's a digital world but we really do feel that it is a human connection
That makes a lot of sense
Thanks for your freelance tips appreciate it
Yeah thank you