I'm proud to say that with an ambitious challenge of creating 15 articles in 15 days, I've released a 'Freelance Success' series on Medium giving you condensed tips on themes like pricing, negotiating, how to handle sales objections, how to market yourself and everything inbetween. Read our series here.

How to succeed at solo trading next year, whether you’re new to freelancing or a self-employment veteran. 

We spoke about how Nick got started in the industry, his passion, stories, advice-for anyone looking to break into the media industry and much more. So, keep reading!

We met with Nick Kyriakides, Senior Post-Production Artist to discuss how best to go about hiring a Motion freelancer and the kind of questions you should be asking to get the most out of your kick off conversations.

I’ve always been drawn to Barcelona since I was 18 when I first visited and had the chance to take the leap when my partner had the opportunity to be a journalist over here, so it made perfect sense. Plus, I love croquetas.

Joining us in this week's episode is award-winning Freelance Post-Production Artist and YunoJuno's top freelancer of 2020 Nick Kyriakides! 

Although we have it within us all to make drastic changes at any moment, there’s something about a fresh start. We’re done and dusted with 2020 and we can now enter 2021 in the right direction:

I quickly found Nick Kyriakides, booked him and began the process of getting this project delivered — writing the brief, delivering storyboards, scheduling the kick-off meeting to discuss creative direction, deliverables and schedule — all virtually — again, thank you COVID.

With Christmas around the corner, I wanted to share my simple and effective quick tips for freelancers, to help you have a stress-free (and productive) Christmas. 

Well, I was really surprised that during the COVID crisis that there were many freelancers and friends of mine that didn’t qualify for furlough pay. They were forgotten and I wanted to help.

I think the greatest challenge all freelancers face and especially myself is, how to get work and meet the right clients. So I had the challenge of figuring out 3 things: where do I find clients? How can I add value to them?

This is the reason you get out of bed in the morning, the reason you persevere through those tough times when clients are throwing all kinds of challenges at you. 

Do you want to decipher in your purpose?

Modelling knowledge from post-production experts has shortcut my career.

Without tailoring the best education for me applying experts best practices, I wouldn't be where I am today.

Do you ever find yourself struggling to split yourself between your work and your hobby? We then need to define which is which.

Imagination and thoughts are where it all starts, although what makes those sparks really powerful, is applying the action.

We all have the same 86,400 seconds in the day and value of that outcome is how you manage your time.

We've all heard "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." I'm all too guilty of doing intense visual fx sessions till the early hours of the morning and watching the sun come up without realising it. 

Urgh networking. I know the feeling. Already you may be nervous at the idea of going out there and mingling with 'strangers'. But have no fear, I'm here to help. 

It's the difference between clients choosing you over your competitors.

Because we want to work with those we trust and respect.

Here’s the thing. We tend to focus on doing what we do best - being creative. However, if we don’t focus on the business side, we may hinder the opportunity to be creative. Because a business that just goes with the flow, won’t survive. 

There's no doubt that finances have a huge impact on the decisions you make personally and professionally.

Us creatives at times need to invest in equipment, education, software and tools to services to serve our business. 

During this unprecedented time, most of us have been subjected to working from home. Everyone I’ve Skyped, Zoomed and Facetimed over the last few weeks keep asking me “Nick, why are you so calm?”.