How to be a Freelance Product Designer — Jared Erondu

Join the freelance community, newsletter, private Slack group, and also stay up-to-date on the release of FREELANCED, the documentary on freelancing I'm filming at http://freelance.tv *Huge thanks to Sony for the support on the gear. Highly recommend the gear if you're looking to get started in film http://geni.us/sonystuff * *Huge thanks to InVision App for the support documentary being filmed. A must have for sharing your design work http://geni.us/invision * -- Jared Erondu is a freelance Product Designer. http://erondu.com   / erondu   -- Subscribe for more videos on Freelancing & Design. -- A documentary on freelancing called FREELANCED is currently being filmed. For more information check out http://freelance.tv. -- Questions: [0:10] What does freelancing mean to you? I mean, what do you think when you hear that word, “freelance”? [0:34] Do you think freelancers need certain skills to become successful? [2:09] Tell me about how you got started and what led you into freelancing for the first time? [3:43] How did you land your first projects? Seems like it’s always the hardest thing to do. How did you get through this? [5:30] How do you charge your clients and how did you come up with that solution? [8:32] Do you think you can make a lot of money freelancing compared to full-time? [10:36] So, I noticed you don’t really use the term freelance when you talk about yourself publicly, you seem to always say contract instead. Why is that? [9:35] Will everyone succeed at it? -- Thank you for watching this video I'm Dann Petty, a freelance designer in San Francisco, CA with past clients like Google, Medium, National Geographic, Airbnb, Nixon, and many more.   / dannpetty   http://dribbble.com/dannpetty http://behance.net/dannpetty   / dannpetty   -- This video was shot by myself with the following gear: View all http://geni.us/selffilmmaker MAIN CAMERAS SONY A7SII http://geni.us/a7sii SONY A7RII http://geni.us/a7rii FAVORITE (epic photos + video) OTHER CAMERAS SONY RX100 V http://geni.us/rx100v GOPRO http://geni.us/smallcamera MAIN LENSES 24-70MM http://geni.us/2470mm 16-35MM http://geni.us/sony1635mm FAVORITE (always on) OTHER LENSES 55MM http://geni.us/sony55mm 85MM http://geni.us/sony85mm 90MM http://geni.us/sony90mm 70-200MM http://geni.us/sony70200mm AUDIO ON CAMERA MIC http://geni.us/sonymic LAVS http://geni.us/lavs OVERHEAD SHOTGUN http://geni.us/shotgunmic RECORDER http://geni.us/recorder TRIPODS MAIN http://geni.us/manfrotto290 FAVORITE (so easy to use) HEAVY DUTY http://geni.us/sachtler1001 (worst purchase) ACCESORIES BATTERY GRIP http://geni.us/sonybatterygrip FAVORITE (a must) EXTERNAL MONITORS FAVORITE (best investment yet) SMALL HD 502 http://geni.us/smallhd501 SMALL HD 702 http://geni.us/smallhd702 Edited in Adobe Premiere CC 2017