Overview : Freelance Project

Per EWU Finals schedule, Final presentations are live and in-person on THUR June 13 at 1pm

Overview

Your are to find Freelance Project. This is an opportunity to practice and apply what you have learned. These individual projects also aim to distinguish your portfolio from your Peers. Whether as an Employee, or Self-Employed company owner, you will need to:

Find and contact potential new business-projects
Pitch and establish contracts new business-projects
Present and collaborate with Clients
Track time and manage the Project
Track accounting of: payments, expenses, invoices, and other resources

Types of Projects

Ask yourself the following questions in selecting work. Good rule of thumb, if you answer yes to three of the five, it may be a good project to pursue.

Is this work I want in my portfolio?
Is is the type of work I want to do?
Do I have, or can learn the necessary skills for this project?
Does it pay well, or am I ok working for free-experience?
Is this a client I want to work with, versus — have to — work with?
Ultimately, can I realistically get this project?

Do

[ ] Find a Client Project or Design Competition
[ ] List who is your Client or Design Competition
[ ] Explain work will you do for them

Summary Questions

Answer the following questions:

Who is the Client? Describe the business of the Client in detail.
What did you - the Contractor - do for the Client? Describe your services in detail.
How many total hours were logged? Was it above or below the estimated hours?
Is this the type of Client (e.g. non profit) or type-of-work (e.g. branding); you’d like to have on your Portfolio? Why or why not?
Additional questions:
- Address the client, goals, challenges, and overall experiences.
- Were you compensated for your time, services, or expertise?
- How were compensated (e.g. $100)? If no compensation, how did the Project benefit you (e.g. volunteerism, Portfolio project, etc.)?