Introduction

In this article we will explain the paid test projects further, what is expected, and how to do well. You can only start this step once you have passed the application test, filled your profile details, have watched the onboarding video, and completed your first informal interview with an admin.

What is a test project?

The test project is where you can really experience what it is like to work with us. You will experience the Knowmore Platform in its entirety, you will see what a project is like, you will have live admins available to give you feedback and to guide you, you will learn about our expectations and you shall have access to all of its resources - link.

You can only initiate a test project on weekdays between 07:00 and 23:00 CET. Each test project has a deadline of 8 hours from the moment you start it. Make sure that you set aside enough time to be able to fully focus on it. Inside a test project you will have all the standard materials you need to complete it, client input, client guideline and client inspirations. To offer you further help, you will also find training documents inside them to read so you can do your best.

Expectations

In the test projects we observe not only your design skills but your professional behaviour, comprehension and communication skills as well. We expect you to design a PowerPoint deck following a given guideline perfectly, show us your creativit

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What are the steps of becoming a PowerPoint specialist for Knowmore?

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The image below shows the 7 steps you need to successfully pass before you can become a fully fledged freelance PowerPoint specialist for Knowmore Platform.

KnowMore Platform Application Process steps

You can read more about the most important steps below:

Step 2 Authenticate your Profile Step 5 Test projects: What is expected and how to do well Step 7 Assessment phase

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Internal resources of Knowmore Platform

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Knowmore Platform provides several resources internally to help work on projects go smoothly. These are only for available approved specialists allocated to projects.

What are these resources?

Icon search: Use the in platform icon search to quickly find suitable icons in SVG format from the icons8 website Inspiration tab: Our collection of inspiration slides are there to help boost your creativity Image search: The internal platform image search lets you find suitable pictures from unsplash.com quickly Content checker: Double check your files for content mistakes efficiently with this tool Clean up tool: This tool deletes the Content checker comment boxes from your file

These tools and resources are here to help you do better work, we trust you shall find them useful!

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Assessment phase

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What is the assessment phase?

To ease you into working and designing PowerPoint slides for KnowMore Platform and our clients, your first 10 live projects belong to the Assessment phase. During these projects we still take into account that you are new on the platform and require more guidance from the admins. This is where you will truly experience what it is to work with us.

The assessment phase has the following restrictions to enhance your learning curve, you will only be able to apply for tasks with the following characteristics:

Duration: Less than 3 hours long Type: PowerPoint (no Word or Excel tasks) Deadline: Projects will have a longer deadline compared to average projects on the platform Guidelines and inspiration: You will only work on projects that contain approved client guidelines and inspirational material, so you can see what your deliverable should look like

Once you have completed +10 projects you will get access to more kinds of projects, large ones, ones with shorter deadlines, not strictly PowerPoint and etc. If you do well here, you will seamlessly progress forward and become a fully fledged KnowMore PowerPoint freelancer specialist for us.

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What happens after you have passed the application test?

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Once you pass the application test, first you will get an e-mail with the good news! After this this notification, when you log in, your view of KnowMore Platform will be different.

You will need to complete all of the following steps to move on in the process of becoming a freelance PowerPoint specialist.

Fill your profile details
Set your notifications
Watch practice documents
Set up 2 factor authentication
Sign and upload our non-disclosure agreement
Link your verified PayPal account to our system
Watch the on-boarding video
Schedule your on-boarding call

Why is each step important?

Profile details are important so we know who you are
Notifications correctly filled tell us when you available to work so we only send you messages about projects in that time period
Practice documents will let you prepare even more for work on KnowMore Platform
2 factor authentication will keep your KnowMore profile safe
Signing the non-disclose so our clients may trust you with their confidential materials
Without a linked PayPal account we will not be able to pay you for your work
Watch the on-boarding video, it will answer most of your questions about working on KnowMore Platform
Schedule on-boarding call, so we can meet you and you can ask us your further questions directly

This step is in the application process is mainly bureaucratic, but everything needs to be clarified so the remaining parts will go smoothly.

Question 6

Sites to download icons

Accepted Answer

You can download icons to use in PowerPoint projects from the following sites

Icon Monstr - https://iconmonstr.com/ The Noun Project - https://thenounproject.com/ Flaticon - https://www.flaticon.com/ Icons8 - https://icons8.com/ Material design - https://material.io/tools/icons/?style=baseline

If you know of others, do let us know so we can update this list for the benefit of other designers like you.

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