“FREELANCER” RI Freelancers by Jayson Salvi Sign Painter & Designer
It doesn’t mean financial freedom, or free from worry, or free from deadlines. To me it means free to chose my projects. Free from the constraints of a traditional workplace and from the limits of the 9-5 work day.
Our success as Freelancers is determined by what we do and don’t do for ourselves. As a Freelance Sign Painter and designer, I see my successes all around Providence. It reminds me to work harder and stay the course when projects stop coming in.
Freelancing is being able to put your name on something and be proud of the work you’ve done for your client. It doesn’t matter what field you’re in, whether you’re in the Creative field or the administrative field, or doing underwater basket weaving.
Be proud of the work you do. Be decisive and stand strong when quoting a price. I know we all want the gig, but once you start letting a client dictate your worth, it’s like being back in an environment where you’re punching a time clock as an hourly employee. As a friend of mine says “be bold, be wild and be free.”
Photo of Kendra Morales, a 2010 graduate of NEIT’s Bachelor of Science Degree program in Interior Design Technology.
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