Freelance graphic designer | based in Kent | GregFindley.comFreelance graphic & web design in Kent

I received a nice e-mail this morning, with the news that one of my designs for an e-commerce site www.thesleepcentre.co.uk is going to be featured in my favourite magazine!

.net magazine is the leading magazine for web design in the UK and each month features a section for readers’ sites. I decided to e-mail them about the Sleep Centre site I recently completed, not really expecting to hear anything back, but to my surprise they replied to say they would like to feature it!!

I’ve sent in a small pic of myself with 100 words about the site which goes alongside a screenshot of the site, and should be in the June issue (on sale 29th April).

Competitive quotes – Freelancer designers are unlikely to have an expensive city or town studio location, as a result we have lower overheads than larger agencies. This means they can pass savings onto the clients with highly competitive quotes.

Speak to the designer – As is often the case with larger companies, various levels of staff become involved in your design project, whether that’s a creative director, a studio manager or a project manager. Its common practice that these members of the team will take down your design brief and relay this information to the designer working on the project. This can lead to fragmented information, or mis-interpreted design briefs, as the information needs to go through another level. If you use a freelancer you will be speaking direct to the designer.

Know who you’re working with – You know as a client that the freelance designer you have selected will be working on your project. If you were to use a larger agency, there is a chance that your work may be passed down to a junior designer or an office junior.

Quicker reaction times – Various levels of staff within an agency could mean that ‘red tape’ could slow down your project. Freelancers are usually able to react to client’s requirements a lot quicker, as they can make decisions and act upon them as soon as possible.

Accountability – Working with a freelancer you know who is accountable for your work, you will usually find that a freelancer cares a lot more about the work they do over some employees within large companies.

Please forgive the completely random nature of my first sketchbook post, I was looking for a new alarm clock on eBay, and found the following, which I couldn’t help but post on here;

Despite finding it very amusing that ‘be_quiet_i_am_asleep’ is bidding on this item, these new Philips alarm clocks actually look quite cool, they slowly brighten, like a sun rise to help you wake up easier!

Anyway enough randomness, I will be posting some serious updates soon so please check back.

Please bear with me whilst I complete the development of my new site design. I will be uploading past projects to my portfolio in the next few days, so please check back soon. In the meantime if you need to contact me please e-mail me at greg@gregfindley.com

Thanks, Greg