Being Freelance

Me vs. Me - Graphic Designer and Illustrator Kingsley Nebechi

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When Kingsley landed a job as a creative director, he learned the business skills he’d need to make full-time freelancing work the next time around.

After two and a half years, the freelance work he’d continued to do on the side was taking over.

The second time Kingsley freelanced for Nike, a dream client, he realised “I can’t stay in this job any longer. I just want to be home, focusing all my energy on creating the best artwork I can for things like this.”

Kingsley talks about the organic way his business grew through Instagram and word of mouth, the solo exhibition he hosted in 2017 that got him the gig with Nike, and how he landed the BBC as a client.

He chats about enjoying client relationships, working from home, making time for his own work, and shares his personal motto: to give 100% on everything he’s working on and “double the outcome” each time he does something new.

 

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