Stella Pelagatti - Visual Designer

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• Stella Pelagatti Visual Designer

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Stella Pelagatti

• Former clients recommend and praise our
  freelancer of the week. And the resume of Stella
  Pelagatti, who is a visual designer with more
  than ten years of experience, speaks for itself.
  Stella has worked for brands like Nike, Nestlé,
  General Motors, Samsung and many more. Why she
  quit working full time for an agency? Read the
  whole interview and see why she is absolutely
  happy about her decision

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• 1) First off, can you tell us a bit about
  yourself?
• My name is Stella Pelagatti, Im a freelance
  visual designer from Buenos Aires (Argentina).
• I have been freelancing since 2003, Ive
  developed designs for brands like Nestlé,
  General Motors, Procter Gamble, Samsung, Nike,
  Barcelona Futbol Club, Museo de Bellas Artes de
  Bilbao and Randstad.
• This past year Ive worked on numerous responsive
  websites, mobile apps and online campaigns for
  global brands collaborating with agencies in
  USA, Canada, Spain, Australia and Switzerland.

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• 2) If you would search for your profile on
  Google, which are the three keywords you would
  type in the search bar?
• UI Designer, Mobile Designer, Responsive Web
  Designer

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• 3) What was your inspiration and when did you
  actually decide to become a freelancer?
• In 2003 I was working for an Interactive Agency
  from Buenos Aires when a friend who used to work
  at the same agency and had moved to Italy
  proposed that I work with him for his clients.
• He was my first outsourcing client.
• Since then I have worked with many agencies and
  companies from many countries such as Australia,
  Canada, USA, Switzerland and Spain.

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• 4) What kind of services have your clients asked
  you to provide?
• Visual Design, Mobile Design, iWatch design and
  Responsive Design. I provide them with the PSD or
  Sketch files. Usually they have their own
  developers.

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• 5) Do you use other freelancers or companies to
  provide skills that you dont possess?
• I did in the past when I worked with an agency
  from Spain that required a full service. I have
  put together and I have managed the developers
  team. At present Im not interested in that. For
  this reason I only provide PSD files for my
  clients.

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• 6) Now tell us, how do you find new clients that
  are interested in your services?
• I find my clients through Business Networks (such
  as LinkedIn) and e-mails.
• I have never had success through websites such as
  freelancermap.
• Maybe my luck will change now! )

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• 7) What about freelancermap.com? Can you tell us
  a little bit about your experience with our
  IT-network?
• I created my profile this week, but freelancermap
  looks very interesting for me because it has a
  lot of remote projects that other websites dont
  have.

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• 8) How do you set yourself apart from your
  competitors? What makes you special?
• When you work remotely you need to provide on
  time and on budget work. That is what sets me
  apart from my competitors.
• My goal is for my clients to be happy with my
  work. Their testimonials show when they are
  satisfied. So I aim to receive good testimonials.
  For example this testimonial from a client on
  LinkedIn "Stella Maris is an amazing designer,
  assertive, detail-oriented, creative and focused
  on the concept and guidelines provided to submit
  a great final product and a timely service.
  Highly recommended. She is straightforward,
  honest and a hard-working professional indeed."

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• 9) What are the top three books, blogs or
  magazines you read to stay up to date in the
  IT-market?
• Smashing Magazine, Mashable and Codrops.
• I also attend the Adobe Seminars online.

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• 10) Freestyle! Is there anything you would like
  to tell our readers?
• I want to encourage all the part-time freelancers
  who want to start to freelance full-time to do
  it. You wont regret it.
• Working remotely you can work from wherever you
  want to live. I moved from my city to a smaller
  city to have a better quality of life.
• I will never go back to work in an agency! )

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