For creators and freelancers
More clients and open calls. More time for the work.
Pitching, applying and chasing replies can take more hours than the work itself. Drop in your portfolio: we find clients who buy what you make, brand programs, residencies, grants and open calls, and prepare each pitch from your real credits.
What you’re after
The goals we work on with you.
Find clients
Companies and publications that commission your kind of work, one tailored email each with the pieces that fit them. Marketplace briefs come as handoffs because they need your account.
Land brand partnerships
Creator programs and sponsorships, pitched with a media kit built from numbers you can stand behind.
Residencies, grants and open calls
Calls matched to your medium and stage, with artist statements drafted from how you describe your own work.
Get signed or licensed
Agencies, publishers, platforms and stock libraries that take on creators like you.
What we chase for you
The opportunities we look for.
- Direct client leadsCompanies that buy what you make, approached one at a time.
- Freelance projectsMarketplace briefs, prepared as handoffs.
- Brand partnershipsCreator programs and sponsorships that fit your audience.
- ResidenciesTime and space to make work, with their real deadlines.
- Open callsExhibitions, anthologies, festivals and showcases.
- GrantsCreative grants and micro-grants.
- CompetitionsDesign, writing, photography and music prizes.
- Agencies and platform programsAgencies, networks and platforms that sign talent.
- Licensing and stock marketplacesStock libraries and licensing marketplaces.
- Publishers and literary agentsPublishers and agents accepting proposals.
A worked example
ExampleAn independent illustrator who wants steadier editorial work
An illustration, not a real person or a real posting
1Drops in
A portfolio PDF and a link to her website.
2Profile
Illustrator; clients, published pieces and exhibitions listed with their sources; style tags she can change in a tap.
3Goal
Two recurring editorial clients and one residency this year.
4This week's picks
Two residencies, one open call and five art directors at publications that commission illustration.
5Prepared and submitted
The residency and open-call forms are filled, with an artist statement drafted from her own descriptions, and submitted after her tap. Each art director gets one email with three relevant pieces, sent from her Gmail once she approves it.
6Handoff
A brief on a freelance marketplace needs her account, so the proposal arrives ready to paste. Any submission fee is shown before she decides.
What you upload
Start with what you already have.
Portfolio
A PDF, or links to the pieces you want to lead with.
Media kit
Audience numbers you can stand behind, for brand programs.
Links
Your site and public profiles.
Rates
Only if you want them used in proposals.
Every week
What happens while you get on with your life.
- New clients, programs and calls that fit your medium
- Approved pitches sent from your Gmail within daily limits
- Follow-ups on pitches that haven't been answered
- Your pipeline: pitched, replied, commissioned
Stays with you
The steps that are yours.
- Contracts, invoices and rights negotiations
- Marketplace accounts and their proposals, prepared as handoffs
- Submission fees, which we always show up front
- The work itself
Questions
What people in your position ask.
Do you publish my portfolio anywhere?
No. Your work is only sent as part of a pitch or an application you approved, to the person or organisation you chose.
Can I pitch brands with the audience I have?
Yes, as long as the numbers are true. They come from your media kit or your confirmation, and we never round them up.
Also built for
Start with what you have.
Drop in your documents, see what you can go after, and decide later. Free, and nothing is sent until you tap.