Mograph, Motion Graphics, Motion Design, Animation Business help. What is the industry standard in terms of working overtime? What is considered crossing a line? What is acceptable and when is it ok for me to raise a flag if at all that this shouldn’t be happening? How should I market myself if I want to be booked directly by a client versus an agency? What are the pros/cons to working with one over the other? Would you suggest I try to work with one over the other? What are you looking for in a motion designer? A demo reel? Project breakdowns? A Behance portfolio? Dribbble? Instagram? — 00:00:29 – Topic Summary 00:01:00 – Futur Intro 00:01:12 – Guest Introduction 00:03:10 – What is an agency looking for when hiring a motion design freelancer? 00:11:30 – How to structure a successful demo reel? 00:14:30 – How do I market myself as a freelancer that wants to take animation end-to-end? 00:20:15 – Worklpace expectations – How to manage overtime as a freelancer? 00:22:20 – Roleplay 00:26:15 – Roleplay 2: Real Life 00:42:00 – Workplace conversations – How to talk about career goals to your boss? 00:47:00 – What should I be focusing on in soft and hard skills when looking to move up? 00:55:25 – 3 Things to focus on to transition from in-house to going solo 01:05:00 – How to work with clients with weak projects? 01:14:45 – How to deal with late paying clients? 01:20:20 – How to approach mentors and ask for guidance? 01:25:16 – Should you mentor others? 01:30:50 – When and how to pull the plug on business relationships? 01:37:11 – What is a “capability-stack”? 01:40:56 – What do you think about the School Of Motion Alumni culture on Facebook? 01:43:30 – Wrap-Up 01:44:38 – Outro & Credits This is the Futur of Education— Disrupting the design education paradigm. Want a deeper dive? We have courses on Typography, Lettering, Sales & Marketing, Social Media and The Business of Design here: https://goo.gl/bRt5qd — Keep the content flowing. We need your support today! Our goal is to get 20k fans to become a sustaining member for $5/mo by Jan 31, 2018. https://goo.gl/uKcJ3N 🚀 Futur Accelerator The step-by-step blueprint and coaching program designed to get your creative business off the ground: https://thefutur.com/accelerator 🥇 Futur Pro The professional creative community designed to grow your personal brand, your business, and your network: https://thefutur.com/pro ✍️ Other Courses, Templates, and Tools: https://thefutur.com/shop 🎙 The Futur Podcast: https://thefutur.com/podcast Recommended books, tools, music, resources, typefaces & more: https://thefutur.com/recommendations Music by Epidemic Sound: http://share.epidemicsound.com/thefutur Shorts Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@thefutur/shorts We love getting your letters. Send them here: The Futur c/o Chris Do 1702 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 *By making a purchase through any of our affiliate links, we receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us on our mission to provide quality education to you. Thank you. — 🎙 Futur Podcast: https://thefutur.com/podcast/ ✍️ Futur Blog: https://thefutur.com/blog/ — Credits: Executive Producer– Chris Do Host– Chris Do Cinematography– Aaron Szekely, Mark Contreras Editor– Erica Pead Futur Theme Music – Adam Sanborne http://www.adamsanborne.com Annotations– Aleksander Adamkiewicz Typefaces: Futura, Din, Helvetica Futur theme song— Adam Sanborne === *By making a purchase through any of our affiliate links, we receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us on our mission to provide quality education to you. Thank you.