Creative Mailer

Once of my freelancers sent me this mailer.

I love it :-)

Evil freelancer

Third week back after the holidays and the first day of snow in London.

So what does one of my freelancers send me while informing me of their availability?

Evil lol.

5 must do freelancer tips for 2013

It is 2013 and the festive decorations should now be long gone. Get the recycling done and spark up the mac; it’s time to get back to work.
You might have been wondering where all your clients are and why the bookings have slowed down – usually NY hang over but these handy tips should help to get you back on track and start the year with a burst of productivity!

5 tips a freelancer should be doing for Jan.

Update your cv and folio – you have some down time so now is the time to allocate a few days updating your cv, folio, ipad presentation, blog or website.

Review your financial set up – work out your daily, monthly and yearly budgets / costings. Are you better off setting up your own LTD company as appose you another year of PAYE or Umbrella? Do the research and adjust accordingly.

Focus on an area you want to specialize in or develop – do you want to pick up more integrated projects, more pure play agency work or step up in seniority? Set your goals and work towards them 1 day at a time.

Update your clients – maybe a mail shot followed up by a call or a follow on email? Get pitching and networking.

Update your online profile / brand – Your career is for life so you must constantly be adding to your online professional networks. Have you added any new skills? For example HTML / CSS? Any new brands that you have worked on? Achievements or industry related activities you can now add to your LinktedIn, Twitter and G+ accounts?

I hope these tips help and feel free to add your comments below or contact me if you would like further professional career advise.

Dean.

2013 Logo competition

Logo competition

Hey everyone,
I am holding a competition to design a logo that will be published on an online forum / network of industry professionals.
If you would like to enter simply follow these instructions:
Copy: M-Commerce Network
2 or 3 colours only
100 x 50 pixels 

Please email your entry to dean@creativerecruitment.co.uk
I will announce the winner at the end of the competition. Good luck!

For me this has to be the best e-card I have been sent over NY and Xmas.

Thanks to photographer Merve Hasman.

Cake sale

I got in from work to find my other half and my son had been busy getting ready for a school cake sale.

Will have to sample for quality control obviously ;-)

Application of the week

Here is a covering application I was sent for one of my roles. 

Had to blog it for uniqueness.

Dear Mr. Dean Cousin,

Here I am,
there you are.
I have the dream,
you have the job.

More than four
are the years
where design
has been my life,
smile and tears.

Illustrator, Illustration
Quarkexpress, Photoshop
Corel Draw, Macintosh
Super Flash, Actionscript
Print Production and
are you worried?
Take a look
you will not be sorry: http://hjpo.carbonmade.com/

Enter will be pressed
with an automatic answer
ready to be sent.
Wouldn´t that be easy
escape the format
and have a Skype chat?

Yes I´m Portuguese
and I live in Lisbon,
but by airplane, boat or car
I will be where my dreams are.