Motion designer — Season 9

Curate your career - Motion Designer Hayley Akins

Hayley went freelance after working in-house at Google, and she’s since worked with the Bill Gates Foundation and the United Nations. She felt trapped when she first started out, but now she’s learnt how to curate a career she can be proud of.

Her side project, Motion Hatch, is an online learning hub for freelance motion designers and animators. Hayley chats to Steve about finding clients, building a community, taking part in masterminds and trying to get good at prioritising.

Motion designerSteve Folland27 October 2019networking, work-life balance, connections, pricing, motion design, freelance motion designer, building a community, podcast, podcasting, mastermindsComment

That first taste of bacon - Motion Designer Devon Moodley

Devon was hooked from the beginning. He worked full-time for several years while freelancing on the side, but eventually, the FOMO got too much.

When a friend’s mum told him “You can always make money, but you can’t always make memories,” Devon was convinced. He gave up his full-time job at Xero, moved to another country, and set out on his own. This is his story so far.

Motion designerSteve Folland8 September 2019travel, design, animation, motion design, freelance motion designer, work-life balance, finding clients, videographerComment