set up as a freelancer
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- jox0
Okay. Our firm has a couple of freelancers coming in whenever the situation requires reinforcement, and as always - the best way to grab their attention is to know you exist and that you're really great at what you do.
Send them a personal letter (or email) but don't make it look like there are 932 copies of that exact same letter going to their competition.
Give them a call a week later, explain that you would love to work for them, and -why- you'd love to. I think we receive like 100 job applications each month and the ones we even bother to contact for future gigs are the ones that seem really interested in us and what we do. Not someone who will jump on the first shite that answers his or her mass-mailing.
But the portfolio is still 95%, so make it rock! And explain your work, not just pics, explain how you did it, what the project involved, your role... basically any relevant info.
Whew, that's pretty much what I can think of now.