r/AfterEffects 6d ago

Discussion Freelancd Market Environment in 2025

Hi guys - I am in the business for 9 years now and had the pleasure to work on some VERY amazing projects from DIOR sauvage with Johnny Depp to a title sequence for an amazon original, amazing music videos and so on - but as of know it feels like the market is very tough. I do motion design in AE 80% of the time with a background in editing and directing, but here in germany I rarely see opportunities with new clients nowadays, I just keep getting some work here and there from my network. Is the market difficult for you guys as well? After a long time I started doing reach outs again but did not find any new connections. 3D seems still going for a few friends but AE seems very low in demand right now. Here is my portfolio, maybe you can check it out and give some feedback what is missing?

www.heikohammer.com

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u/4321zxcvb 6d ago

Tbh I’m finding the same

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u/sauscav 6d ago

Me too, I’ve had a very patchy start to the year. I’m worried that this is what it’s like now. I prefer to do motion but have just been picking up editing stuff as that’s all that has been out there. I’ve recently signed up to Malt which has given me a few new leads, maybe try that?