Description
100₺
WHAT THIS TRAINING WILL BRING YOU
Are you thinking about working as a freelancer? Maybe you have already started freelancing and you are looking for practical information to gain a little more experience. From a graphic designer’s point of view, a 5-hour lesson is waiting for you, where we will talk about the points where the freelancing world and the design world meet, with examples that you can transfer to your working life.
You can get all this information from Polin Kuyumciyan, who has worked in both advertising agencies and corporate companies, has been doing freelance graphic design since 2014 and owns a brand, in exchange for an online certificate.
Training Hours: Tuesday-Wednesday : 18:30 – 21:00
Course Program
LESSON 1
General Introduction
Who is Polin? A brief overview of the journey of graphic design, freelancing and brand building.
Examples from Polin’s Portfolio
Introduction of the media under the title of graphic design, practical information that can be used to choose the appropriate media, and an examination of which tools a freelance designer uses in 3 different projects belonging to different clients, following a process.
Becoming a Freelancer: How? Why?
The process before you start working as a freelancer, do’s and don’ts, tactics to position yourself, stories, examples and personal advice from graphic designers around the world
Time Management
Here are 5 important steps and tips to make time management, one of the most important steps of freelancing, easier and more accessible.
What Do Organized People Do?
From the organization of the workspace to the organization of time, place and agenda that comes from knowing oneself, 5 important steps and tips.
LESSON 2
Self-Marketing
To get to know oneself first and then to promote oneself, both personally and through examples from the world.
Customer Finding / Selection / Screening
Information for freelance designers about finding and convincing clients and building a sustainable relationship. As the designer gains experience, the process of selecting and eliminating clients suitable for the designer’s time management and preferred branches; detailed and exemplified expression.
Money? Prestige?
To be able to prioritize freelance jobs and choose the ones that will help one’s professional development as well as one’s needs.
Building a Brand
Supported by personal examples, how was PK Design founded in addition to freelancing? Finding an idea for building a brand, the steps to be followed in its establishment, product production, follow-up and balancing freelance work and the brand.
Certificate
At the end of the online training, you will receive a certificate of participation from Kolektif Academy.
Prerequisites & Requirements
There are no prerequisites other than being curious about freelancing or just starting out.
Who is Polin Kouyumjian?
Polin graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Graphic Design program in 2011. After returning to Istanbul, he worked at Ogilvy & Mather and later at İKSV, adapting to the pace of work in Turkey. Following these, he established his own studio in 2014 and started freelancing. Since then, he has been providing design services to local and global companies and brands such as Güçlü Kırtasiye, Tarko Kozmetik, Hacı Bekir, Assan Gayrimenkul, Keskin Color, İKSV, Epsilon Publishing House, BUGECE, Tepta Aydınlatma and Apple. In 2015, she turned her love for paper into a brand, which had always been her dream, and founded a stationery brand called PK Design.
Polin, who is currently running two businesses at the same time, will share with you all the points he has learned and continues to learn from his business life.
