Ash Thorp on working with clients and managing your time as a freelancer

Being a freelancer is tough. Speaking at Digital Design Days in Milan, designer and director Ash Thorp offered some words of advice for managing deadlines, building good relationships with clients and achieving a better work/life balance

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Ash Thorp is a designer, concept artist and director. He has worked on UI graphics for Total Recall and Call of Duty as well as motion graphics for Ghost in the Shell and Assassin’s Creed. He also directs short films and runs The Collective Podcast, where he interviews creatives about their work and achieving a good work/life balance.

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