My Role.
Founder, Designer & Developer
I founded Portsmouth Freelancers Meet in 2010 to connect with other creatives in the local area. Since then, I’ve designed and developed the brand and website, run monthly meetups and larger community events, and handled all comms – from printed merch to social media.
Collaborators.
- Charlotte Simonsen - Branding
What I did.
Tools.
- WordPress
- ACF
- Figma
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Eventbrite
Check it out:
Visit Portsmouth Freelancers MeetAbout this project.
This is a project that I started in August 2010. I had moved to Portsmouth 2 years before and was struggling to meet anyone in my industry. So I started a networking evening called Portsmouth Freelancers Meet.
Since starting as a little meetup with 3-4 people, it’s grown to a have around 20-30 people attend every month, and I’ve also thrown annual Christmas and Summer parties where we have 50+ people attend. Over the years I’ve also put on quizzes, charity raffles, an evening of talks & doodling at our Dribbble meetup, and various other events!
It’s the project I’m most proud of. I’m very passionate about the world of freelancing, and it’s great to have a group of local people who you can lean on for support, or just meet up with for a casual drink once a month.
Project Showcase.
In August 2025 we launched the re-brand for PFMeet. The branding was done by the brilliant Charlotte Simonsen, and we have changed up the format of the meetup, as well as launching a brand new website and social strategy.
