28th October 2023
Animated Freelancers Guide Adobe's Character Animator software was used to create this 14 minute animated guide to becoming a freelance practitioner in the creative industries. The video is based upon Chapter 2 of the Freelancers Handbook: A Survive and Thrive…
29th April 2023
Workrooms With Emily Olman and Peter Simcoe
Over the last few months Emily Olman and I have been exploring Meta’s Horizon Workrooms in terms of capability and potential for use as a creative tool for graphic designers, product developers and for business development in general. So what…
8th March 2023
Freelancer’s Guide To Surviving A Recession
Good times, bad times. Every so often on a global or national scale we experience what is described as a recession and having technically narrowly escaped one in the UK (with 0% growth in the last quarter), it would be…
4th October 2022
Freelancer’s Handbook Book Launch
Simcoemedia has just published Freelancer’s Handbook: A Survive And Thrive Guide For Beginners In Creative Industries, a 130 page full colour paperback written and designed by Peter Simcoe. It is available on the Amazon bookstore website at http://mybook.to/freelance. The book…
30th August 2022
The Curse Of Social Media
According to reknowned author, computer scientist, technologist and futurist Jaron Lanier, social media has had a significant impact upon the political landscape, social cohesion and our personal relationships. Lanier states that the algorithms used by websites, such as Facebook, were…
25th July 2022
The Importance Of Personal Projects
The importance of experimentation during a creative person's career should not be underestimated. It is often up to the designer, video producer, animator or photographer to challenge themselves and flex creative muscle with their own project. A personal project...self funded…
28th April 2022
5 Ways To Attract New Clients
Generating new business as a freelance designer can be tough, so here are five ways of attracting new clients: Create Examples Creating project examples independently of clients (self funded) similar to the type of work you are looking for can…
31st March 2022
Simcoemedia 20th Anniversary
In February 2022, Simcoemedia celebrated its 20th year in business. The company was created in 2002 by Peter Simcoe and functions on a freelance / sole trader basis. From those early days designing posters, flyers and creating photographs for Joogleberry…
25th January 2022
CV Design For Designers
Creating a Curriculum Vitae (CV) (or a resume as it is also called in some countries such as the USA), as a designer presents two key issues: Writing about yourself can be difficult in terms of objectivity. Ensuring that you…