Learn new strategies for finding freelance fashion design clients, charging a retainer for consistent income, and growing your freelance fashion business even when it seems like there’s no work out there.
Sophia is a full-time fashion freelancer who moved from NYC to Texas and grew her freelance business–during Covid! If you’ve been struggling to find clients for your freelance fashion business, this episode is a must listen.
In the interview (which you’ll love), we will cover:
- How Sophia got started freelancing in fashion
- What freelance services she offers
- The time managers laughed at her for suggesting people could work remotely (before the pandemic proved them SO wrong)
- Why she stayed on Fiverr–even when she was working full time in the NYC garment district
- How she moved away from New York, but stayed in the fashion industry
- The strategies Sophia has used to find new clients (even during Covid)
- The creative way she’s planning to grow her client base
- How she charges a retainer for her services
- And more!
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Loved this episode? Check out episode 79, Three Years as a Freelance Fashion Designer, for another story of success on UpWork!
Sophia’s Bio:
My name is Sophia Naz Shah and I left my full time job in the NY garment district to become a Remote Apparel Designer … During the pandemic. I am passionate about helping clients through the process of getting their design ideas all the way through to a finished product. Building my business has given me the freedom to work with very different types of wearable innovations and listen to the unique stories that hind those endeavors. The 8 years of working my way up the corporate ladder in the fashion industry gave me the insight, tools and really the motivation I needed to become a fashion entrepreneur and pursue a way to do the work I love and create my own schedule and freedom to travel (once that can happen again)!
Resources & People Mentioned
- Free resources for SFD Podcast listeners!
- Connect with Sophia online:
- Sophia’s website: Seam Culture
- Instagram @seamculture
- Fiverr