Q&A with Dan Mall: How to make $1mm a year as a freelancer, plus dinner with Framer
AIGA NY & Designer Friends present:
An evening conversation with Dan Mall + Dinner with Framer
Join AIGA NY and Designer Friends for an intimate, advanced Q&A with creative director and business coach Dan Mall, followed by a complimentary dinner at Leland courtesy of the Framer team.
Bring your thorniest business questions about pricing, positioning, pitching, and process. In turn, Dan will leverage hard-won insights from over a decade of running a 7-figure design studio to provide results-driven and actionable answers on what it takes to level up your practice.
This round table is designed specifically for established freelance designers and small agency founders looking to scale from $200K/year to $1M/year in the next 12 months. This is not an introductory session, it's a space for those already deep in the work and ready to grow.
Afterwards, we head to Leland, a Chinese-inspired Mediterranean restaurant, for a family style dinner courtesy of the Framer team. Please note Dan will not be joining us for this portion of the night.
Registration
Registration will close for review on Wednesday, September 10th.
Format
6:00 PM – Doors open, mingle over finger foods & drinks
6:30 PM – Conversation (Q&A) with Dan
7:45 PM – More mingling time
8:15 PM – Walk to restaurant
8:30 PM – Dinner at Leland
Who This Is For
Full-time freelance designers, small agency founders, and independent creatives earning $200K+/year and ready to scale toward $1M.
Space is limited to 35 attendees. Applications will be reviewed to ensure this event is the right fit.
About Dan
Dan Mall helps designers make more money and get their flowers. His mission is to create opportunities for creative people who wouldn’t have them otherwise.
Dan has built and run seven different businesses, including SuperFriendly, a 7-figure design system consultancy acquired after working with world-class clients like Nike, Disney, Pfizer, The New York Times, United Airlines, Google, Apple, and more.
Dan runs Make More Money, a 3-month group coaching program for freelancers and agency owners ready to niche down, raise prices, and build a design business that runs on purpose.
Our event partners
Framer
Framer is the all-in-one web design platform trusted by top designers, agencies, and fast-growing businesses. Build stunning, high-performance websites for your clients without writing code. From quick startup launches to enterprise-ready builds, Framer is fast, flexible, and designed to scale with your business.
Ready to take your skills further? Join Framer Experts, our network of verified professionals. Get featured in the Experts directory, connect with high-value clients, access projects at no cost, and earn up to 50% revenue share on client hand-offs. Apply today.
CHOMP
CHOMP is building the next social game platform that reveals what people really think and believe, rather than the public narrative pushed by current social media algorithms. You can check out the job description here.
Venue: Industrious
We'll be hosting this event at "Industrious".
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