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✍🏻 Copywriter and content designer. Specialise in financial services, SaaS and tech startups. Available for contracts and freelance projects 📆

Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined September 2010
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📢 I’m available for content design, UX writing and copywriting projects. Ideally looking for day-rate contracts or freelance gigs, but more than happy to discuss other options. Drop me a DM and let’s see how I can help 🤝🏻
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be nice care respect your colleagues and your competitors and your community probably the only things that actual matter i remember when we'd have to keep the most toxic person in the team because of their knowledge/context these days are practically over now
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💡 Introducing Onlight A native menu bar app for macOS that makes it easy to control your Philips Hue lights. Download it for free here: → onlig.ht
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Excited to open up the diary (how is it almost March already?). We have availability to take on one new project starting in March. Let's talk. ↓
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✨ Just a friendly reminder: @wireframe will soon be available for new web projects. Specifically, I'd like to work with founders who want to take their entire website to the next level. ○ DM, or send me an email. → wireframe.co
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🫸🏻🫷🏻 I'm still available to take on one new project. Ideally, looking to sink my teeth into a new marketing site project or work on some product UI. If this is you, you can send me a DM or email. → wireframe.co
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✨ Availability has opened up for one new project! DM, or send an email if you’re interested in getting some design help. wireframe.co
✨ Available for new projects ✨ After taking a break from freelance projects over the last couple of months, I am now ready to dive into something exciting and new. If you need a fresh approach for your marketing site or need help refining your product UI - DMs are open!
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Any content designers based in EU (ideally Berlin or Ams, but remote possible) looking for a full-time gig in a Growth team? Please ping me.
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👋🏻 Due to a project falling through, I may soon have some availability for a new project. I would love to work with a company on their marketing site or product UI. Send me an email to talk about your project ✨ wireframe.co
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🤝 I'm on the hunt for a developer to collaborate on a marketing site I've been working on. Specifically, someone who is proficient with animation. If you, or someone you know, fits the bill, please slide into my DMs with some examples or reply to this tweet.
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🫶🏼 I’m still looking to add one more project to start in May! DM/email if you’re a company looking to define your brand and visual design. ✨ wireframe.co
🤝 In April, I'll have room for one or two additional freelance projects. Ideally, I’m looking to help startups establish their visual design and help with their marketing sites/landing pages. Let’s talk in my DM’s! 🪄
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✍️ Announcing writeout.ai – transcribe and translate any audio files! 10+ languages available (including Klingon 🤓) It's entirely free AND open source. writeout.ai
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Our @beyondcode Black Friday sale is live and valid for a whole week! Get a massive discount on all of our products – or get the Beyond Code mega bundle including all of our apps and courses! You won't get a discount like this anytime soon again. beyondco.de/cyber-week
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🎉 My availability has opened up! I’m looking to take on new projects starting next month. If you’re looking for design help for the web/mobile, I’d love to help you out. → wirefr.am 🤍
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Illustrators, Art directors 👋 I'm looking for a Full-Time Art Director Help me manage our new illustrations packs projects: lab.streamlineicons.com/ - Define graphic guidelines for the next sets - Review illustrators work and manage projects ✉️[email protected]
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First KFC. Then this. Is this the renaissance of the decent press ad? #oldskool
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It's mind-blowing how many startups want great copy and then aren't willing to pay for it. Soon, copywriters will get the same respect as designers (remember 10 years go when no one valued design?). 🤯✍️
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"In advertising today it seems there are more people and more processes to manage creatives than there are creatives. We are scrummed, and stand up-meeting’d, and Trello’ed and Slacked and Agile’d to within an inch of our lives." adaged.blogspot.com.au/2018/…)
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🚨 OPEN FOR NEW WORK 🚨 I’ve recently finished a few projects and looking to take on some new work. If you need help with landing/marketing pages, icons or UI for the web/iOS – sling me a DM or email! — dribbble.com/james — enthusiastic.co
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"Despite its apparent simplicity, this literally humble @kfc ad represented a marketing masterclass on several levels" says @Dr_Draper marketingweek.com/?p=706013
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