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32 affordable tools to keep costs down when you first go freelance

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Freelancing is great, but at the start money can be tight. Affinity Can't afford the high subscription cost of Adobe Creative Cloud? You won't get all the bells and whistles of Adobe's tools, but most people probably won't miss them either. Project management and organisation 21.

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9 handy resources to improve your work-life balance and manage stress

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock These practical tools and platforms can help you maintain a healthy work-life balance whilst managing the pressures of the creative industry. And it integrates with numerous project management tools, making it easy to incorporate into your existing work processes.

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Clients from hell: How to navigate nightmarish scenarios as a freelancer

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock The worst clients can turn your life into something out of a horror movie. The first step is to educate the client on why you are the professional, not them. This will help to keep the project on track and prevent any major surprises. The Solution: Step 1. The Solution Step 1.

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From Project Manager to Freelance Designer: Karina Aslikyan, Shillington Sydney Graduate

Shillington

You have a background in project management and web development. My first real job out of uni was at a tech startup where I got to work on everything from design, UX, web development and project management, teaching myself along the way. Design education was the perfect next step.

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What Employers Really Want – Readying Designers for the World of Work

Just Creative

To answer the modern graphic design student’s demand for return on their educational investment, university staff must make a deliberate effort to groom their students to be competitive job candidates with relevant skills and applicable competencies. Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat are expected.

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How to Become a Successful Web Designer in 2023?

Graphic Design Junction

Because you will first need to learn different technical skills (such as coding), you may think that becoming a web designer requires formal education. In this regard, experience rather than education may be more important for you as a web designer. One is through formal education and the other is through self-studying.

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25 Tools for Design Students: The Essential Toolkit

Inkbot Design

1 – Adobe Creative Cloud Ah! The never-beaten champion of Design Software Suites, Adobe Creative Cloud! With these guys in your arsenal, you can handle projects from photo editing and digital illustrations to layout designs and motion graphics. $3,499.95 That’s where these nifty productivity boosters come in handy.