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LEVEL UP: Your Freelance

This event happened on Tue, Sep 2, 2025 • Virtual
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Nicklongo 2024
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Nick Longo

Owner at Longo Designs.

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Nick Longo is the founder of Longo Designs, a studio specializing in bold branding and packaging for food, beverage, and restaurant brands. With 15+ years of experience, Nick blends creativity with strategy to build standout brands. In addition to running his studio, Nick is a design instructor at California State University, Northridge, and co-hosts the Deeply Graphic Designcast and Adobe Office Hours. Through education and industry experience, Nick empowers designers and brands to push creative boundaries and lead with purpose.

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About this FieldTrip

You don’t need a roster of clients to present yourself like a creative pro.

This FieldTrip is all about setting up your freelance presence, even if you haven’t gotten paid (yet).

We’ll explore how to build credibility, create a lightweight brand system, and show up with confidence on platforms like Instagram, LinkedIn, or your website.

You’ll leave with practical steps to look ready before the work comes in.

⭐️ This FieldTrip is part of our Level Up Series with Adobe!
This FieldTrip is a part of Level Up, a series of FieldTrips and resources designed to help you grow, gain confidence, and take meaningful next steps in your creative career. This series is made possible by CreativeMornings’ global partnership with Adobe . Learn more about the program and upcoming FieldTrips and check out more ways to Level Up

Agenda

  • Welcome & mindset reset: You are a business (5 min)

  • Building trust from Day One: What clients actually look for (10 min)

  • Outreach that works: How to introduce yourself & pitch your services (10 min)

  • Writing your first proposal: What to include (and what to leave out) (10 min)

  • Crafting a simple agreement or scope of work (even without a lawyer) (10 min)

  • Activity: Write your first outreach email or proposal intro (15 min)

  • Process = confidence: Walking clients through your creative flow (10 min)

  • Final thoughts & Q&A (10 min)

What to expect

Workshop format!

A hands-on session where participants get to build, craft, or create something tangible.

It will be recorded!

The recording will be shared within 24 hours in the follow up email for a 59-day window, and available at the top of this page. Make sure to register for access!

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Nicklongo 2024
Your Host

Nick Longo

Owner at Longo Designs.

Los Angeles, CA, USA
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About Nick Longo

Nick Longo is the founder of Longo Designs, a studio specializing in bold branding and packaging for food, beverage, and restaurant brands. With 15+ years of experience, Nick blends creativity with strategy to build standout brands. In addition to running his studio, Nick is a design instructor at California State University, Northridge, and co-hosts the Deeply Graphic Designcast and Adobe Office Hours. Through education and industry experience, Nick empowers designers and brands to push creative boundaries and lead with purpose.

Attendees

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Julie Rocco

Founder ; Co-Founder at What I Would Have Missed; The Third Place, Inc..

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Anita Shankar

Senior Director at Global Trauma Project .

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Bridget Herbig

Communications Manager at Blue Ridge National Heritage Area.

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How to make the most of FieldTrips

The FieldTrips experience is defined not only by what the host has to share, but also by how we show up individually and collectively. The way we show up impacts our capacity to be moved, inspired, and activated.

Show up fully

Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.

Stay curious

Wear your beginner’s hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going! 

Celebrate your host

Our hosts are members of the CreativeMornings community—just like you! Everyone comes to this with different backgrounds—a lot of our hosts have never done anything like this before! And we love that! Cheer them on when something goes awry and when it goes perfectly.

Support each other

We’re all figuring things out in real time. Celebrate, rather than critique emerging ideas. Cheer each other on as you try new things.  Try “Yes! And…” in conversation.

Not vibing?

It’s 100% okay when a FieldTrip does not resonate with you. Pop out quietly and try another experience later. Fill out the survey with your feedback (no dms to host or chat commentary, please.)

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