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I wanted to let you know that your template Dark Alantica is SUPER AMAZING! The functions are very easy to use, the template is user friendly and I'm not even a true PHP & CSS expert. I would like to see more of your work.

Everything sounds reasonable, I realized things I already knew but the reading made myself completelly conscient about it.

So, in my case, since I have no too human power (Im just a one person) I should aiming to design agencies instead final costumers. That´s a good point.

Would be very interesting if you post a list of big agencies and advice at time to contact them. How to write a email, how to select the portfolio pieces, how to showcase them…

I would define myself as a graphic artist, more an illustrator than a graphic designer, I would like to do illustrated logos, illustration and possibly webdesign with heavy graphic load (in this field Im not too experimented yet, but Im improving latelly) for companies with young target audience (videogames, films, apparel and cloting, toys…) on top would be Disney, Coca-Cola, Mcdonadls, Nike, Marvel, Mattel, Sony…

Cheers.
Sergio

First – all of the studios that I happen to work for are extremely open-minded about working remotely. The primary group that I’ve been working with for the past year or so, shaneandpeter.com, actually runs their entire business remotely, with contractors from the States to Australia and all over.

I’ll write a post pretty soon about how remote design & project management works, but in short: the workflow remains the same – you just work on your own time and place… as long as you meet deadlines and are available for meetings, everything works as you’d expect. In 99% of cases, the end client (say, Microsoft) won’t actually be contracting you – it’ll be a studio that has the contract and they’ll in effect be ‘subcontracting’ it out to you as a remote freelancer. Some larger studios like this might include the KDU and Ars Thenea, but having not worked with them personally, I can’t say too much about them specifically. You can also hunt around on the typical Job Boards – including Krop, Freelance Switch, etc. – the boards that charge the client for posting a project usually work to filter out all but the significant projects. This isn’t the most ‘personal’ way to hunt down big gigs, but you never know who you’ll meet through these.

Second – how do you get in touch with the “big guys”. Well, in all honesty, I think the use of the term “big guys” is unwarranted. It infers that there are a few key people with suits in the industry that hand out all of the good gigs and that they’re highly selective… when in actuality, there’s thousands of thousands of people who would be able to send you a gig and usually, they need you as much or more than you need them. That isn’t to say that you can push them around or anything silly like that… it’s just that the meeting up of a designer and a client is mutually beneficial. It’s just two people with needs that match up – they have a need for work – you have a need for money – deal!

So, to be more specific. I know lots and lots of designers/programmers/creatives that simply hunt around for the blogs of people they want to work for, and fire out comments and emails inquiring about work. The fact is that there’s people behind each studio blog, and the simple act of starting an online dialogue with someone can turn into contract work. The studio’s themselves are always seeking to grow and take on more projects, so it doesn’t hurt to add your name to their freelance roster. I’d recommend hunting around first for work that’s out in the industry that you like and then see if you can’t track down what studios worked on it – then start a dialogue with several of the project managers at various studios and followup with some samples of recent work. It doesn’t have to be super formal or anything, but just starting some of these dialogues can be the first step towards getting bigger projects.

I’ll also note that I’ll be writing more about a lot of these topics in depth over the next couple of months… so while my answer skims the surface of things that you can do to succeed remotely, the upcoming articles will digg a lot deeper into actionable items.

Anyways – so, my question back to you would be: What kind of work do you want to be doing? What clients are you interested in seeking out? I might not have direct contacts since I’m more on the UI side of things, but I’d be happy to help ya with a bit of strategy from a superficial level.

But lets say I have a good portfolio and a good working attitude but you live in the opposite side of the world.

How do you get in touch with the important people? I know what to do, just getting exposure and a good reputation, what I mean is how to approach them yourself instead waiting for their call.

That big guys are open minded about working trough internet? In my case I live in Spain and I have work trough internet all the time, it works, but not sure if that kind of companies always require you being working locally.

Also, sometimes I find that bigger is the company, smaller is the budget, they know you would kill to work for them (and they are right ). Its usual in that level too?

Cheers.
Sergio

PS: thanks for your kind words in my last PSDTuts article, its much appreciated

I will come back soon to see what´s happening on, at and with this site/project.

Thanks, Ronny