Welcome to the Designers & Creatives group at Upwork!

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This is a place for you to collaborate, share your knowledge, and talk about advances and trending topics in the industry. Please take some time to look around, get acquainted with some of your peers, and let us know how we can help. As you explore the group, be sure to read through the Community Group FAQ, designed to help you with your success and safety on the platform.

Remember, this is a community created by and for Upwork members, where you can ask questions, share experiences, and explore opportunities. If you have any questions feel free to start a new topic.

We’re excited to have you with us!

[dklebanow]

Hi Bethany, 

When did you start this community.  What a great idea.

Danielle Klebanow

[VladimirG]

Hi Danielle, welcome and thanks for the shout-out!

We recently created this group and moved the existing Designers & Creatives content here. Feel free to look around and let us know if you have any feedback, suggestion or information you'd like to share with everyone!

[alexander_kuliev]

Hello everyone!
Thank you, Bethany, for this thread.

I'll gladly share my experience with colleagues!

[ba7563af]

I would like to network with you

[a6725df3]

Yes for sure

[1ef1891b]

appreciated

[subrata47]

Hello Bethany, Thanks for sharing this. I am new at Upwork! 

I would always love to read FAQs,  share my knowledge, and learn from other colleagues. 

Many thanks, Subrata

[digitalartistb]

This is great news, and finally a community to connect with fellow professionals. I've always wanted a community and people of the same field to connect to for years now, thanks for this!

[f1785f8c]

Nice work.

[ankash]

Thank you, Bethany!

This is a fantastic initiative that I'm truly excited about, and I can't wait to meet all of you like-minded people here. Thanks!

[d_gebeyehu]

Great step, Bethany.

And glad I joined with similar professionals also. Definitely will share what comes to mind.

[dahlquist_karen]

Thanks, Upwork for creating this! I've been on this platform since 2017? 2016? Can't remember, but it's been a while! I was super skeptical at first... but Upwork has surprised me and has been one of the BEST decisions I had ever made as a freelance graphic designer. I've been working in the design industry full-time since 1996 and at this point, I knew I was ready to shift my focus niche, so I joined Upwork. We all know that we can't do 'everything,' so I'm excited to start making trustworthy connections and network with others who have skills that I lack and help refer one another!

Excited to get to know you all!

Karen

[shaunrml]

Bethany,

Thanks for putting this together for us all. I'm super excited about the ability to communicate and network with peers in a designated and organized space.

Looking forward to it; 

[rcionline]

This is wonderful! Thanks Bethany! 😀

[muntahaesl]

It's really inspiring step for interested fellow. Hope for the best

Muntaha

[muntahaesl]

Nice to meet you. 

[ad32e3dd]

THANKS COMMUNITY MANAGER 

[nav_designer]

Really!!! nice great initiative. 

[a6a63c69]

It's been  5 months since I joined upwork, I found it very helpful in terms of starting a freelancing career. It's an wonderful initiative from Upwork to keep freelancers under an umbrella to discuss various present trends and opportunities in the market.

[mnjprsnn]

This is great. Appreciate this.

[daniel-qin]

Hi Bethany,

This is Daniel and I am very happy to join the group.

I can offer product design, prototyping, manufacturing support. Our goal is to provide our clients one stop shop from design to mass production. We are a product design & engineering firm with a focus on contract manufacturing for industrial, medical, consumer electronics customers and startups. 

**Edited for Community Guidelines**

[kc001]

hello everyone, im Kate from South Africa. im a retoucher ive been on Upwork for a year i havnt used it for a while but now im here trying to get some work. its taking a while though. ive applied for about 20 jobs in the last week and nothing yet. any advice to land my first job on Upwork? kind regards

[0141cd3b]

Following. I’m in the same boat with 20+ proposals. I’ve been reading
articles to make my profile & cover letter standout but still nothing yet.
I’ve only been on a couple of months though.

[kc001]

to update this, i recieved my first job on here in April once i complete the job they give me a new milestone im now on my 4th milestone. im looking for more work though to add to this. always looking for more work.

[a0bac256]

Now we are big family.😍

[raykilic]

Hello to everyone.. I am a newbie too.  Still no job, sure still hoping and struggleing. Take care all!

[muhammad_umairq]

Hello, I completed 4 jobs on Upwork, I have 4 five star reviews but I am not getting any offers, any suggestions on how to get any attention at all?

[8f521c43]

Hi Muhammad!  Your work is really great!  I think it would be great if you could add a portfolio video to your page.  Something that runs through all of your work, with labels so clients can quickly see the breadth of services you offer and see how beautiful your work is.

[muhammad_umairq]

Thank you for the tip Mercy, I will upload a video ASAP.

[muhammad_umairq]

also thank you for keeping me in mind for your client's design needs.

[168d993f]

Hi, congratulations on the initiative. I'm excited to make connections with fellow professionals and so contribute to each other. I work with Design but lately I'm focused on illustration.

Diego Fernando Pereira, Brazil.

[e2a2255f]

Hi Bethany,
I am super excited about this great initiative. My name is Samson; I have been on Upwork since June 22, 2022.
Anticipating!
Great job, Community Manager!
Great job, Upwork!
Great job, Friends!

[9e2367c2]

Hello everyone.  Can anyone give me advice on why my three consecutive clients just faded away when I asked them to provide a contract after we discuss the work's detail? I mean, is this a sign that there are a number of clients who just play these tricks to manipulate the freelancer for free? or a possibility my account was already stolen-  meaning the theft get the contract and continues to work without my knowledge? I feel someone is using my account because I am frequently receiving emails that someone away is trying to log in to my account.  I don't know if this is possible and happening already. 

[64d1ca03]

Hi Bethany
I am very happy to be in this group
I will share my experiences with my friends in the group and I hope we will all be successful in our business

[sunamenekse]

Hi Bethany, I'm Suna, Fashion designer.

I have many years of experience in the field of women's and men's ready-to-wear collection designs. I'm new to Upwork, but my success score is good in my work.
I am ready to cooperate and help in this field.

Best to all

[39b16025]

Hi! I'm Bente R. Graphic Designer.

I have many years of experience in this field. I am new to Upwork, but I am good in my field.

I am ready to cooperate and help in this field.

Best to all

[ddium]

Only what I need in this forum is support! I do I get clients to work with? For almost a year I have started Upwork I haven't got a client to work with. 

[d68e235d]

Hello Bethany

This is amazing, I'm excited to make connections and explore opportunities. 

[6be34f82]

Hi, Bethany 

I'm Expert Graphic Designer

 glad to meet you 🙂