As described in the previous post, in the past years I've been hired by clients from different parts of the world to work on their projects, more than 250 to this day, and generally involving various tasks inherent the multimedia field. This open-minded and "willing to not be limited to just one discipline" approach, allowed me to catch more opportunities and to develop different skills that, together, gave me more power on providing related and, sometimes, connected services (e.g. music production and audio engineering [mixing and mastering]).

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A concrete example of experience I would like to reflect on is a project I've been hired to work for that involves designing and creating the sound effects and Foley for entertainment videos which, in a second phase, I have to edit, mix and master with the additional provided original music, in order to deliver the final product to the director, that will be exported with the completed video to be released. 

This experience marks an important point of my journey for different reasons : 

• I've achieved the goal of working in a serious environment with a high charge-per-hour, considering my effort and the value I give to my job, having so the chance to enhance my ease concerning income, and basically financial independence - considering I'm living abroad alone.

• This opportunity came to me via my hard work and consistency in one of the marketplace platforms I spent the last five years on providing services (www.freelancer.com),  raising enough credibility and credits to be elected as elite "freelancer", and because of this high ranking position, I was selected by the website support team for it.

I wasn't new to the involved tasks required to complete the job, but as every new project, there are different variables and elements that it's always safe to recognize and consider.

One of this, and probably the one I retain the most important (moreover because working in remote) is communication. It changes from person to person, and starting a new work-relationship with someone means getting to know him, his expectations, creating a productive plan and work-flow, with the intent to always achieve a positive final result, work and social-wise, as the goal is to keep the contact and continue the collaboration as much as possible.

The first project of this collaboration required a strong effort as it had a very tight deadline, but as I really cared about satisfying the client, I've dedicated my full-time to it until perfect completion.

As in past I've happened to work with few "not really ideal" clients, I've learnt to make a very detailed and precise deal and discussion with the other part before starting to work, as I think it is the best way to avoid as much as possible any problem and uncomfortable situation during the process.