Hi, I need your help!
This is the situation, because of many reasons, I am a stay at home dad, actively looking for a graphic remote job. This is my cover letter and is not working as i thought... And i believe the price is great! Probably is not working because is... too cheap? Do you have any ideas or any suggestions? Many Thanks!
Hi! My name is Al Flores, and I’m a freelance designer with 16 years of advertising agency experience as a Creative Director, Art Director and Senior Graphic Designer.
EXPERIENCE
I have worked remotely for several advertising agencies in the United States, UK, Spain and México.
Although I am not based in the U.S., my clients have been very satisfied with my work, because of the high quality service, reliability, and quick turnaround I provide them. I believe it's important to have the ability to make decision and solve problems, to plan, organize, prioritize work and to work in a team.
For the past few years, I have made it very easy for my clients to reach me through a variety of communication channels: Email, phone, Skype, WhatsApp, etc. I am available to you at a moment’s notice. I also make it easy for you to send payments for my services via PayPal.
SPECIAL OFFER
In an effort to demonstrate the quality of my work and services, I am willing to engage in a single pro bono project at no cost to you or your clients.
Please reach out to me to discuss this one-time offer.
Once you have confirmed how easy it is to work with me during this one-time project, I am delighted to offer you a very attractive rate of only $20 dlls/hr., a significant savings to the standard rate for art direction of $40/hr.
Or even more special! Working with a monthly payment of only $2.000 dlls. This is $12.5 dlls/hr!
Or by project. ¡I’m sure we can get a sweet deal!
VIEW MY WORK
You can find my portfolio for your review at my website, And my resume at Linkedin.
I would appreciate it if you would look it over and reach out to me for any questions about my work. I’ll be delighted to provide you with all the details from conceptualization to final execution.
I look forward to hearing back from you and hope we can work together soon.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Al Flores
Hi Al!
My name is Ben and I'm a designer here at Jobcase. The cover letter looks great but I have a couple suggestions. First off I'm really impressed. Speaking as a fellow designer I really latched on to your years of experience and the wide breadth of global clients you've had. I do however want to say that I think you are selling yourself short by offering to work pro bono. I believe that the perception you're giving to your potential employers by discounting your rates so dramatically doesn't match your experience. My recommendation to you would be to just include "contact me for a quote" that way you can adjust your rates and charge more for larger/more difficult clients. Also, there is a small grammatical error, you're going to want to change "ability to make decision" to "ability to make decisions". Lastly I would highly recommend including a link to your portfolio right in your cover letter, or at the very least, write out the shortened url. Other than that though the letter looks great Al. Just keep at it. Don't give up. The search for a new job is always tough, but we're all here for you!