I became a freelancer when COVID restrictions set place, as a result I lost my work but now I earn way more than I used to with hard work and God's help.
I just got a promotion last week at my agency as an Associate Director of Multimedia Design (traditional branding and UI development). Thank you for your content! It really has helped me elevate my game! :)
Hi Ahmaad, I'm doing masters in ICT for internet and Multimedia at University of padova, Italy. I'm interesting in web designer( front end design). Can you suggest me, Where should I start from? Help me to find the way.
Agency, Company, Freelance and one more.... Entrepreneur. That is when you are a successful freelancer that is able to scale, hire more designers, incorporate and expand.
Absolutely Mario. That’s the stage where I am in right gratefully :) having my own team offering many services. It’s much better than going solo on every project
@@Ali.webflow I have artistic soul and hate harsh competitive environment but when left alone I can create best designs. I think I should design my own plan for agency. I can create Ideas and struggling with customers will be on the shoulders of someone else...
Traditional jobs seem to be appealing because it’s guaranteed pay from day one. Not usually big pay but it seems risk free. Freelancing has no guarantee and you probably won’t make a lot early on. But your ceiling is WAY higher. Ran is spot on saying you are the “master of your own destiny”. I am a big believer is going freelance if you are willing to put in the work. For me, the traditional job now seems like the risky option. Thanks Ran
💯 But there are times where having a full-time or a part-time job it's important. If you don't have a buffer in case you don't have clients for a while, it's ok to consider a part-time job or finding retainer clients.
When we talk about salary it's important how many hours in a month you work. Because someone can say his/her big salary and everybody like: "Wow, cool, you're so successful!" But maybe this person works 6 days in week, 12 hours a day😀
Super helpful and insightful content, as ever sir! Thanks so much 👍 I'm currently in the position of working nearly full time for a design agency, and also running my own freelance brand identity side hustle. Would love to be making the soft of income you're talking about here, but it feels like a world away from where I'm at!
Hey man. Many ppl work in a agency and have their side hustle as well. Which is great. But don’t feel overwhelmed. The soft income is good. It takes time to build up but you have to start
Helpful video. I’ll get my degree in design and informatics in a couple of weeks. I’ve worked on different projects while studying and always find it hard to answer when clients ask how much money my service will cost. But I’ll probably do what you did and start in a team after my exam.
Hey Ran, thank you for providing quality content all the time :) I've been into UI / Landing page design since 2010 and I use WebFlow for the past three years or so, but all the projects I had done were for my own business. My business isn't at its best these days so I'd like to freelance part-time, but I don't know how to market myself to big clients who are willing to pay accordingly to my skill set and experience. Could you please give a bit of advice on where to start? Thanks in advance!
That’s a great question David. Many people struggle win marketing themselves. I feel having your social media presence on insta and LinkedIn is absolutely crucial. So make your account if you haven’t already, and post about your work process, show behind the scenes and engage with ppl who are web designers as well. Hope this helps. Sorry if I went too fast and not in detail
Really cool to hear these options together like this! I started as freelance then moved to a company. I’m good at wearing the other hats of freelance and I loved making my own schedule but got sooo annoyed working with clients directly. I had some great ones but the bad ones just made it not worth it to me. The only downside to working for a company is that I’m the only designer and the projects I work on are hush hush till release so I can’t really get fresh designer eyes on what I’m working on, even out of network. I definitely agree that working for an agency when getting into it is the way to go. Having a team of other designers can expedite learning vs having to mostly learn on your own time by yourself.
Absolutely agree with you. I’ve started alone in freelancing ambit then just recently I build a team that offer other services as well. So now I work in a team instead of individually and it has taught me so much like how to sell, how to manage teams and more
Thing about me is, I want a boring, low stress job. That’s why I’ve ditched working in these hip ‘fast paced’ agencies where you have to wear a million hats and get paid one salary. Now I work in house for a SaaS company. Specialised role, a singular focus, no longer spread out thin and dealing with annoying clients. Yes it’s what most others find boring, but for me I can perform better, and be less stressed!
I have a so called steady job and after work I am freelancer. For now my marketing is just saying to my friends and colleagues what I do and what I am working on right now. I am planning to build a portfolio site - as I don't have one yet, sheeesh. Any suggestions for self-marketing and portfolio or should I just go through your videos (great work, love your channel!)
Hey Mikey. Build your social presence on Insta and LinkedIn. Create content that your potential clients would want to see before hiring you And building a portfolio when you’re a newbie is super easy. Copy the design of other websites ! In this way you’ll learn design that actually works and you’ll be building your portfolio. Make sure you mention that it’s a mock-up design.
It takes time and effort to build a network of ppl. The network is where the money is. The stronger the network, the more you’ll get referrals. So don’t give up
I work in advertising company in Rishon le Zion as a designer. I make social, after effects, elementor websites, managing all web stuff and taking care about computers.. Gues my salary?! 40shekels per hour and becouse of coronavirus my boss cut my position to 80 hours a mounth. So 3-4K shekels is salary of desinger who can implement everything in photoshop,illuatrator,after effects,figma,html,css, alitle bit js ,elementor ect.... What can I do in my situation? couse I know that 40shekels per hour is a very good price for designer in israel.
Dont even try i finish 2 yrs program in web design and currently un employed and might go back to warehouse job. These youtubers never tells the hardship of finding stable jobs when you are a beginner. ANd they want you to be expert at everything with entry level salary i think freelance is the way but Goodluck with that its not my thing and i regret going into this industry. I should have gone business program.
thanks but idk went back to warehouse jobs as bills pilling up. Industry don't have place for entry levels and newly grads like me and its sad and I don't want to freelance. OH well another wasted diploma is should have taken trades with job placements.
Designers can develop, developers can design. Anything not in your wheelhouse you just farm out. Honestly, it's about how much time you can budget to a project as an individual.
I became a freelancer when COVID restrictions set place, as a result I lost my work but now I earn way more than I used to with hard work and God's help.
Glad to see someone unafraid to acknowledge God.
@@joshcostello5278 amen!
Hey please can you guide me.. I'm a sophomore year student from India. I really need to have freelance job in web dev.. I know html css js mern stack.
@@sumaiyasafdar6845 you should register on upwork site and try it.
@@ezradamie2836 thank you so much for helping I'll try it.. Then tell you
I just got a promotion last week at my agency as an Associate Director of Multimedia Design (traditional branding and UI development). Thank you for your content! It really has helped me elevate my game! :)
Congrats!!!
Hi Ahmaad, I'm doing masters in ICT for internet and Multimedia at University of padova, Italy. I'm interesting in web designer( front end design). Can you suggest me, Where should I start from? Help me to find the way.
How much did you earn?
Agency, Company, Freelance and one more.... Entrepreneur. That is when you are a successful freelancer that is able to scale, hire more designers, incorporate and expand.
Absolutely Mario. That’s the stage where I am in right gratefully :) having my own team offering many services. It’s much better than going solo on every project
@@Ali.webflow not for introverts
I thought agency is same as entrepreneur
@@neel6978 you wont grow as an introvert
@@Ali.webflow I have artistic soul and hate harsh competitive environment but when left alone I can create best designs. I think I should design my own plan for agency. I can create Ideas and struggling with customers will be on the shoulders of someone else...
Traditional jobs seem to be appealing because it’s guaranteed pay from day one. Not usually big pay but it seems risk free.
Freelancing has no guarantee and you probably won’t make a lot early on. But your ceiling is WAY higher. Ran is spot on saying you are the “master of your own destiny”.
I am a big believer is going freelance if you are willing to put in the work. For me, the traditional job now seems like the risky option.
Thanks Ran
💯 But there are times where having a full-time or a part-time job it's important. If you don't have a buffer in case you don't have clients for a while, it's ok to consider a part-time job or finding retainer clients.
Love the straight forward barebones format of this video. Very helpful thanks!
I appreciate that Daniel!
This is gold for us freelance designers for sure
When we talk about salary it's important how many hours in a month you work. Because someone can say his/her big salary and everybody like: "Wow, cool, you're so successful!" But maybe this person works 6 days in week, 12 hours a day😀
But if you invested your money right, you could retire way faster.
Thanks for that WONDERFUL information ran !
This is literally gold for us designers
Superb content as always
❤️❤️❤️
Super helpful and insightful content, as ever sir! Thanks so much 👍 I'm currently in the position of working nearly full time for a design agency, and also running my own freelance brand identity side hustle. Would love to be making the soft of income you're talking about here, but it feels like a world away from where I'm at!
Hey man. Many ppl work in a agency and have their side hustle as well. Which is great. But don’t feel overwhelmed. The soft income is good. It takes time to build up but you have to start
thank alot this was great
Helpful video. I’ll get my degree in design and informatics in a couple of weeks. I’ve worked on different projects while studying and always find it hard to answer when clients ask how much money my service will cost.
But I’ll probably do what you did and start in a team after my exam.
Thanks for sharing with us your vast experiences! Really needed this!
Glad you enjoyed this Fabian!
This is gold for us freelancers
Hey Ran, thank you for providing quality content all the time :)
I've been into UI / Landing page design since 2010 and I use WebFlow for the past three years or so, but all the projects I had done were for my own business.
My business isn't at its best these days so I'd like to freelance part-time, but I don't know how to market myself to big clients who are willing to pay accordingly to my skill set and experience.
Could you please give a bit of advice on where to start? Thanks in advance!
That’s a great question David. Many people struggle win marketing themselves. I feel having your social media presence on insta and LinkedIn is absolutely crucial.
So make your account if you haven’t already, and post about your work process, show behind the scenes and engage with ppl who are web designers as well.
Hope this helps. Sorry if I went too fast and not in detail
You are unstoppable ♥️
That’s why I love him
Thanks man, it really help me.
Really cool to hear these options together like this! I started as freelance then moved to a company. I’m good at wearing the other hats of freelance and I loved making my own schedule but got sooo annoyed working with clients directly. I had some great ones but the bad ones just made it not worth it to me. The only downside to working for a company is that I’m the only designer and the projects I work on are hush hush till release so I can’t really get fresh designer eyes on what I’m working on, even out of network. I definitely agree that working for an agency when getting into it is the way to go. Having a team of other designers can expedite learning vs having to mostly learn on your own time by yourself.
Absolutely agree with you. I’ve started alone in freelancing ambit then just recently I build a team that offer other services as well. So now I work in a team instead of individually and it has taught me so much like how to sell, how to manage teams and more
Thing about me is, I want a boring, low stress job. That’s why I’ve ditched working in these hip ‘fast paced’ agencies where you have to wear a million hats and get paid one salary.
Now I work in house for a SaaS company. Specialised role, a singular focus, no longer spread out thin and dealing with annoying clients.
Yes it’s what most others find boring, but for me I can perform better, and be less stressed!
very informative!!!
As a freelancer in web design, do you work as a full stack developer?
I have a so called steady job and after work I am freelancer. For now my marketing is just saying to my friends and colleagues what I do and what I am working on right now. I am planning to build a portfolio site - as I don't have one yet, sheeesh. Any suggestions for self-marketing and portfolio or should I just go through your videos (great work, love your channel!)
Hey Mikey. Build your social presence on Insta and LinkedIn. Create content that your potential clients would want to see before hiring you
And building a portfolio when you’re a newbie is super easy. Copy the design of other websites ! In this way you’ll learn design that actually works and you’ll be building your portfolio. Make sure you mention that it’s a mock-up design.
@@Ali.webflow Actually, that's a great tip! Thanks Ali!
@@mikey8912 glad I could help :)
the links aren't working
When you worked for the company and the agency did you use webflow there, or something else?
Definitely doing something wrong 😒. I'm spending more hours and making less freelancing. Feel like I am handcuffed to my computer.
What are you charging for a website and where you are living? Are you outsourcing some parts?
It takes time and effort to build a network of ppl. The network is where the money is. The stronger the network, the more you’ll get referrals. So don’t give up
Learn. Freelance. Apprentice college kids. Start a co. Easy as hell. Call your local college for free labor.
Subscribed! Got questions to ask
let's hear them! (also -thanks!)
What other responsibilities are there working as a freelancer?
Random useless info....totally not accurate
I work in advertising company in Rishon le Zion as a designer. I make social, after effects, elementor websites, managing all web stuff and taking care about computers.. Gues my salary?! 40shekels per hour and becouse of coronavirus my boss cut my position to 80 hours a mounth. So 3-4K shekels is salary of desinger who can implement everything in photoshop,illuatrator,after effects,figma,html,css, alitle bit js ,elementor ect.... What can I do in my situation? couse I know that 40shekels per hour is a very good price for designer in israel.
When can i say that i am ready to work as a web designer??
You are ready when you have started learning the skill and practicing it daily
@@Ali.webflow thanks for your reply
@@kholoudahmed3340 Absolutely. Happy to help :)
What is the best course you can recommend to really learn Web Design?
Lol, wut? You need to be good at like 10 different things. Keep looking for that easy out, i'll be here to clean up your mess.
Dont even try i finish 2 yrs program in web design and currently un employed and might go back to warehouse job. These youtubers never tells the hardship of finding stable jobs when you are a beginner. ANd they want you to be expert at everything with entry level salary i think freelance is the way but Goodluck with that its not my thing and i regret going into this industry. I should have gone business program.
@@knives26 Don't give up, an opportunity may be around the corner, you never know. 🙏🏾
thanks but idk went back to warehouse jobs as bills pilling up. Industry don't have place for entry levels and newly grads like me and its sad and I don't want to freelance. OH well another wasted diploma is should have taken trades with job placements.
@@knives26 How’s it going? Did you ever break into the industry?
Do Multinational Advertising Agencies Offer Web Design Work ?
I'm not sure.
Does this salary affect remote?
I love you😁
I have a question, do web designers develop?
No. Unless you have experience in that and you go to development
Designers can develop, developers can design. Anything not in your wheelhouse you just farm out. Honestly, it's about how much time you can budget to a project as an individual.
I have a laptop that contains "AMD A6-9225 (2.6 GHz - 3.0 GHZ ) Processor". What kinds of freelance work I can do with my laptop?
What skills do u have?? U can web designing & web development by installing required software easily on 2gb/4gb smoothly...
I am earning avg 2k usd as a front end developer :(
Why your dp is dream 11
@@johncj6068 i had earned 10 k usd from dream11
monthly?
@@dareemmanuel6079 yeah.buddy
@AM A blogging , affiliate marketing and freelancing
Minus the 0 in my country