Envato is committed to helping people earn and learn online. We provide a wealth of educational material through Tuts+ and Tuts+ Premium, alongside the Envato Marketplaces to help you benefit from the creative skills you learn.

Tuts+ Jobs furthers this vision perfectly. With Tuts+ you can learn the skills you need to become a creative professional, and with Tuts+ Jobs you can find an amazing job that uses those skills. Our goal here is to take the hassle out of finding a job, so we’ve made the process as simple as can be!

Finding a Job

With Tuts+ Jobs we’re committed to making every step of the job-finding process more intuitive, simpler and more efficient. We don’t want to stand between you and a great opportunity.

It’s totally free to sign up and start applying for jobs, and if nothing matches your initial search you can receive notifications when jobs come up that match your criteria. We will have full time, part time and casual listings from all around the world. Check the listing to find out where the job is based, as some jobs may offer remote opportunities.

Posting a Job

Posting a job is now free!

If you have a position that you need to fill, or a great part/full-time opportunity, then Tuts+ Jobs is the best way to find a talented and creative individual to do that job. Each 30-day listing is completely free, regardless of the type of job you’re posting.

Your job listing will be promoted across the entire Tuts+ network. With exposure to our ten million visitors over the course of 30 days, it’s a brilliant way to reach exactly the type of audience you’re looking for.

Sign Up, Explore, and Subscribe

There are already more than 35 great opportunities on Tuts+ Jobs, and we’ll be posting even more exciting job positions over the next few weeks, so now is the best time to head over to the site and subscribe to a job search that interests you. That way you’ll be the first to know when any new listings show up that match your skill set and requirements.

Check out Tuts+ Jobs.

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When I’m baking a cake for a special occasion, I try to make sure that everything is perfect. I add the correct ingredients to the mixture, and I ensure that what I’ve made is not only the best it can be, but also the most original it can be.

When I create items to sell on the Envato Marketplaces, I use the same principles. I aim for the right number of features in my files, and always try to make something original. It’s really not so different from baking!

 Ingredients

Here’s some stuff you’ll need to make a killer Marketplace cake. The goal is to make something useful, original and exciting!

• 3 spoonfuls of commitment. We’re all here to get better at what we do, don’t give up!
• 1 cup of originality, so that no two items on the Marketplaces are the same.
• 5 handfuls of usefulness. This is the main filling of your item: unique, well-made features, to craft a useful and desirable final product.
• Eye-catching visuals, to taste. It’s important that your product looks good, no matter what it is.
• A hearty pinch of documentation, when required.

 Method

Now let’s take a look at what to do with all these ingredients and how to advertise your item.

1. Add all ingredients, bake until ready, and serve fresh. Don’t rush it, but keep your eye on the clock—it’s important to keep up with trends, and be on the ball.
2. Garnish your products so that they’re well presented. Take care to make your item page look attractive by adding small pictures, snapshots or other details. Describe your item well, so that buyers know it’s what they’re looking for.
3. Never give up, even if at first your item is rejected. Nobody becomes a master overnight—it takes practice and patience.
4. Ask clients/buyers for a testimonial, if they’re happy with your product.
5. Be willing to help if someone has a problem with their purchase.

 Hazards in the Kitchen

• Beware of posting big adverts on your item page saying things like “Buy now, it’s cheap.” This can make your item seem tacky.
• Never be rude on the comment pages, even if someone doesn’t like your item.
• Never rush ahead with something, when you should have first checked with Envato Support.
• Don’t treat your fellow authors like they’re your enemies. It’s ok to feel motivated by your competition, but remember that collaboration can be the key to making great products, and we all want to work in a friendly atmosphere.

 Serving Suggestions

One final thing that cakes and Marketplaces items have in common is that good authors and bakers are always trying something different. They’re committed to improving their craft, and it shows in their work. And now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to get back to the kitchen!

This post was written by Samberson, an author on the Envato Marketplaces with a diverse portfolio spanning motion graphics, photography, code and Photoshop actions. The views expressed here belong to the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of Envato.

Join me in congratulating team Sara_p, who have reached Power Elite status by selling an amazing one million dollars worth of items. Since joining ThemeForest in January 2009 they have amassed over 25,000 sales and 1,514 followers. They achieved this recognising ThemeForest as a great business opportunity, learning from feedback, and rising above distractions. Awesome work!

Happy Sara_p Day!

We asked the Sara_p team a few questions about the journey to the $1,000,000 milestone. Read on to find out where they find their design inspiration, what it’s like working with a baby in the house, and how it feels to reach a million dollars worth of sales!

Congratulations on becoming Power Elite authors. Can you tell us a little bit about the history of Sara_p?

Thanks, it’s a real honor for us to have reached this milestone. In just a few years we’ve been able to become the first Italians among the top sellers of ThemeForest, and obviously this makes us really proud.

We would like to introduce ourselves. We’re Nando Pappalardo and Sara Presenti, partners at work and in life, parents of Noemi (a small pest of nine months), web designers, and founders of Your Inspiration Web, a blog/community for many Italian web designers.

We started this adventure just for fun. We landed on ThemeForest by clicking on a banner and smelling a good business opportunity. We decided to make the big jump. We had no idea where to begin, and we had never worked with WordPress before. But we said, “Why not?”

In early 2011 we transformed our blog theme development activity into a  company, Your Inspiration. Things have been changing ever since. We’ve grown a lot in two years. We hired and trained new collaborators to help us with the activities necessary to further improve the quality of our work, from the development phase to after-sale support.

In June 2012 we signed for a partnership with an international company that now manages all the commercial/marketing aspects of the company. We want to avoid this kind of management ourselves—it would get in the way of our growth as designers and developers.

How does it feel to have sold over $1,000,000 of items?

OMG! A milion dollars? How come we haven’t moved to a tropical island yet?

Seriously, we feel blessed. With the global economic crisis of recent years—and we live in a country deeply affected by the crisis—only a few have the privilege of achieving numbers like this. Ours is not a job, it’s a visceral passion, a way of life. And when you can earn more than you could ever imagine by doing something that you deeply love, it makes you proud of what you’ve achieved.

What does this milestone mean for you as authors and designers?

It’s an incredible milestone, and we’re extremely grateful for all those small “coincidences” that led us to where we are today. We often like to quote the words of a book that has, for many reasons, changed our lives:

Nothing happens by chance. Everyone is the reverberation of the other in the flow of the universe.

We strongly believe that we should thank someone, or something, that has made all this possible, giving us the right intuition, and guiding us along the path.

How many hours do you spend on the themes that you sell on the Envato Marketplaces?

As we said, we started this adventure just for fun. But when we realized the volume of business possible to generate with ThemeForest, we decided to roll up our sleeve and improve ourselves in terms of graphics and aesthetics.

We’re two perfectionists. We like things done well, so it’s wasn’t hard to figure out how to create a striking design, offer advanced features, and provide our clients with a good support service.

We studied our competitors’ themes, and analyzed common and advanced features. We read books on usability, observed trends and most-used graphic styles, and designed thousands of layouts searching for inspiration. It’s impossible for us to quantify how many hours we spent on this process—neither of us wear watches, and we’re reluctant to use schedules and log hours. But we can assure you that it took a lot of hours before we felt we were finally ready to “be serious”.

We believe that the quality of our work and the success of many of our themes is an example of what you can achieve when you’re really motivated and willing to do well.

Have you had any designs rejected?

In the beginning, all of our themes were systematically rejected, for reasons we often didn’t understand. The rejection emails we received made us want to take up Voodoo.

When our themes were finally approved, the number of sales was still low—our best theme peaked at 240 sales. That’s a long way from the number of sales that our themes generate today.

It was easy to lose motivation during that period. In fact, we stopped for a while, and turned our attention elsewhere, convinced that it wasn’t worth it. It felt like we were getting hurt for nothing.

Then we returned, stronger and more motivated than before. We’re stubborn as well as perfectionists! We made the most of the feedback we received, and fixed all the errors.

We created our own design style, looked for inspiration, and engaged with others on the ThemeForest forum. We wanted to understand what other users thought of our themes. Then we started to expand our team, because it was impossible for us to continue to do things by ourselves.

With hindsight, we should thank all the reviewers—in particular Ivor, who always gave us good advice. It was because of their feedback that we came to understand how to improve our projects.

What words of encouragement do you have to any budding authors who want to make Power Elite level?

We recommend everyone to be open to criticism—even to when it is difficult. Start from the assumption that things can be improved, even when you’re convinced that it is impossible to do better.

We notice that many authors react with arrogance when their themes are first rejected. They don’t have the slightest doubt in the quality of their work. We believe that a bit of irony and self-criticism are great qualities for a designer, because thanks to the criticism of others you can grow professionally.

What is your office space like?

Like many other authors, until a few months ago, we were both working from home, in a small office created in a corner of our apartment, telecommuting with our developers. Now we have a real office, with modern black and white furniture, 10 workstations, a conference table, a sitting area, a coffee maker, and all the rest. Well, we’re doing things seriously now.

We realized that working altogether in the same place allows us to be more productive. It limits distractions, and helps us to be more motivated.

In the end, our work is teamwork, and our team is a small family. Growing and working side by side one another on every project is really exciting.

How do you get inspiration for your designs?

Our slogan is:

Inspiration is all around us.

All designers have good days and bad days. On bad days, you’re better off shutting down the whole shebang and going fishing. On good days, everything is source of inspiration: a billboard spotted on the street, an ad, a website you’ve recently visited.

Mayashop and Bazar were designed in two good days: an instant idea, a quick sketch, and after half an hour the homepage was ready. If you follow the right intuition, the design process becomes easier and more enjoyable. Somehow you “feel” that you’re on the right track, and you know that what you’re doing today will have a positive response tomorrow.

What is the best thing about your job?

The most pleasant aspect of a creative job is that it’s practically impossible to get bored. Every project is unique, every phase is an end in itself, and every day is different.

This is true during the design phase, when trying to find the right color, visual harmony, a particular font. It’s also true during the development phase, where forgetting a small point can make a big difference, and you can watch what was once a fixed image come to life.

The great thing about not having a “boss” is obvious… freedom. For example, no office hours—you can work at night, on Sundays, and have Monday off. It can also motivate us to do more, and to give one’s best because, as we say in Italy, “The master’s eye fattens the horse.”

What is the hardest part about your job?

Working from home is a dream for many web designers. But it’s almost impossible with a baby girl of nine months, who rightfully demands our attention.

Interruptions and distractions are practically endless, and maintaining concentration with the theme song of a cartoon in your ears all day is quite a challenge. Not to mention emails, social networks, phone calls. Sometimes it seems as if the entire universe is conspiring against you, so that you can’t design a good theme.

Moreover, our work is in constant evolution. When you think you’ve read the latest news on responsive design and you’re ready to put it into practice, it’s already time to review it; otherwise you risk becoming obsolete. Shortcodes manager, layout builder, retina ready, there’s always something new to learn. But if you slow down the pace and don’t update frequently, you risk being left behind.

Is there anything else you would like to say or add?

Remember, “nothing happens by chance.” If you’re reading this interview, there must be a reason. It’s up to you to figure out what it is, and how to treasure it.

Many congratulations to the following authors who took part in our Envato’s Most Wanted event, where we invited authors to submit Kinetic Typography – Apple Motion to VideoHive:

• robertojorge - $100 for submitting 1 item
• SebicheArgentino - $200 for submitting 2 items 1, 2

All authors will be receiving cash (PayPal/Skrill) payments within the next couple of weeks and will also receive an Envato’s Most Wanted badge! Meanwhile, you can see all the entries to the contest within our Apple Motion Titles category.

The Best Submission

The $500 BONUS for best submission during event period as voted by Envato staff goes to:

Circle Typo by SebicheArgentino

Congratulations once again and keep an eye out for future Envato’s Most Wanted events across all our Marketplaces!

In our recent Envato’s Most Wanted event we invited authors to submit After Effects Kinetic Typography items to VideoHive with a chance to win cash prizes. Thanks to the VideoHive review team we’ve finally picked our winners!

Congratulations

Before the winners are revealed, I want to thank and congratulate every participant. Most items were excellent quality and the response to participate was overwelming. It’s a shame we could only pick four winners. Nonetheless, many of these items will be featured on VideoHive collection soon.

1st Prize: $1000

Made With Pride by SmallScreen

2nd Prize: $750

Kinetic Typography, Vintage Retro Style by xFxDesigns

3rd Prize: $250

Kinetic Typo Promotion by zhenjueyimen

Bonus Prize: $500

This prize was for the author who submits the most new Kinetic Typography items during the contest period. We have 3 winners who each submitted 2 items, so we will be sharing the winnings on this one. Congratulations to FireKDragon, EnchantedStudios & motionweeknight.

Congratulations once again and keep an eye out for future Envato competitions across all our Marketplaces!

Still want more? Check out this all items in our titles category which includes Kinetic Typography After Effects items.

What outstanding items have been arriving on the Marketplaces? Here are a handful that have caught our attention.

The image above is a CodeCanyon item called iMapper – jQuery/HTML5/CSS3 Image Mapper by Br0, an intuitive plugin that allows you to pin things on images.

Read on to explore more awesome new items.

CodeCanyon: Slider Revolution Responsive Concrete5 Add-On

This slider add-on is from our new Concrete5 Plugin category. It features tons of unique transition effects, an image preloader, video embedding, autoplay that stops on user interaction and lots of easy to set options to create your own effects.

CodeCanyon: Blades 3D Responsive & Retina Ready Banner Rotator

This JavaScript banner rotator is responsive, retina-ready, and uses touch-swipe on mobile devices. It includes six different flip rotations, and supports multiple slogans, multiple lines and multiple hyperlinks.

CodeCanyon: Funny Facebook Pop-up – Facebook Dislike Button

Add a pop-up to your WordPress blog that lets users like or dislike your site. If they click “like”, it’s shared with their Facebook friends, and they can proceed to browse your blog. But if they try to click “dislike”, the button moves so they can’t. After all, your blog is for fans only.

CodeCanyon: LivIcons – 303 Truly Animated Vector Icons

Break the stereotype on your site with LivIcons. They’re cross-browser vector icons built with JavaScript that have individual mini animations. Why look like every other site out there?

CodeCanyon: jQuery Responsive Quote Rotator

A jQuery plugin help you to display quote of the day or customer testimonial with CSS3 transtion support.

AudioJungle: Orchestral Theme 1

Classical music with requiem color.

AudioJungle: Corporate Strategy

A positive and uplifting motivational track.

AudioJungle: Clear Sky

“Clear Sky” has an inspirational arrangement, and features ambient, funky guitars and straight-ahead drumming.

AudioJungle: Grimrock Escape

An orchestral epic adventure track with changing tension.

AudioJungle: Hang Ten Surf Rock Anthem

It’s time to hit the beach and hang ten in the hot summer sun with this uptempo, classic sounding surf rock track.

ThemeForest: Red Sky – One Page Multi-Purpose Theme

A customizable single-page WordPress theme for creative blogs.

ThemeForest: iCarus Fullscreen Studio for WordPress

A fullscreen responsive studio theme for WordPress with a variety of fullscreen posts. It provides fullscreen homepage with service/product blocks for customers to present their products with biggest impact.

ThemeForest: PrimeTime – Clean, Responsive WP Magazine

A clean responsive news, magazine and blog theme. It’s easily usable with any mobile device like tablet or mobile phone, without removing any content.

ThemeForest: Scroller – Parallax, Scroll & Responsive Theme

A clean, minimalistic WordPress theme with fully responsive layout. Theme is suited for photographers, creatives, businesses and portfolios.

ThemeForest: Diverso – Bootstrap Responsive Sliding Pages

A customizable responsive sliding pages template built with Bootstrap.

Many congratulations to the following authors who took part in our Envato’s Most Wanted event, where we invited authors to submit Real Estate Themes and Templates to ThemeForest:

Real Estate Themes

• BTOA - $350 for submitting 1 item
• Webbu - $350 for submitting 1 item
• bonsaished - $350 for submitting 1 item
• ThemesDepot - $350 for submitting 1 item
• pixelgeeklab - $350 for submitting 1 item
• aviators - $700 for submitting 2 items 1, 2
• bowthemes - $350 for submitting 1 item
• dasinfomedia - $350 for submitting 1 item
• Orbital_Themes - $350 for submitting 1 item

Real Estate Templates

• myTheme - $175 for submitting 1 item
• playlab - $175 for submitting 1 item
• owltemplates - $175 for submitting 1 item
• pixelgeeklab - $175 for submitting 1 item
• FinalDestiny - $175 for submitting 1 item
• imaginacionweb - $175 for submitting 1 item
• shmitacc - $175 for submitting 1 item

All authors will be receiving cash (PayPal/Skrill) payments within the next couple of weeks and will also receive an Envato’s Most Wanted badge! Meanwhile, you can see all the entries to the Real Estate Themes & Templates contest:

• Real Estate WordPress Themes: WordPress > Corporate > Business
• Real Estate Joomla Themes: CMS > Joomla > Corporate > Business
• Real Estate Drupal Themes: CMS > Drupal > Corporate > Business
• Real Estate Site Templates: Site Templates > Corporate > Business

Here are a few highlights:

Rent&Buy – Responsive Real Estate WordPress Theme

REMAP Real Estate Premium WordPress Template

RealEstast – Real Estate HTML Template

Congratulations once again, and keep an eye out for future Envato’s Most Wanted events across all our Marketplaces!

Many congratulations to the following authors who took part in our Envato’s Most Wanted event, where we invited authors to submit Ecwid Themes to ThemeForest:

• dasinfomedia - $600 for submitting 2 items 1, 2
• themehippo - $300 for submitting 1 item
• ThemeRox - $300 for submitting 1 item
• Webthemer - $300 for submitting 1 item
• 4GraFx - $300 for submitting 1 item
• h2theme - $300 for submitting 1 item
• bdthemes - $300 for submitting 1 item

All authors will be receiving cash (PayPal/Skrill) payments within the next couple of weeks and will also receive an Envato’s Most Wanted badge! Meanwhile, you can see all the entries to the contest: Ecwid Themes.

Here are a few highlights:

TouchM Responsive Multi-purpose Joomla Template

Maxwell – Joomla Multipurpose Template

Mj Cart – Responsive Virtuemart Template

Congratulations once again, and keep an eye out for future Envato’s Most Wanted events across all our Marketplaces!

Come behind the scenes with our newest bundle – the Video Production Bundle!

The community has helped to pick many of the items in this bundle, while others have been hand-picked by our team. The result is over $500 worth of items for $29 – a useful compilation of items to help any video producer!

We’ve got openers, kinetic typography, stock footage and animated infographics teamed up with some great sound effects and a sprinkling of sneaky web themes that will help to promote your latest endeavour!

You can check it out here.

If you want to share the love and earn some money while you do so (love may be all you need, but money does help), feel free to share the following banners on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or your own blog/website using your affiliate tag!

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If you want to take a look at previous bundles, check out envatobundles.com to see what bundles are all about.

Hurry! The Video Production Bundle only goes until Wednesday 26th June 12pm AEST.

We’re putting a $5,000 bounty on the heads of Envato’s most wanted file type – Hosting Templates & Themes on ThemeForest. The first five WordPress, Drupal or Joomla themes and 10 HTML templates uploaded (and subsequently approved) each get $400 for themes and $200 for site templates. There’s a maximum of two prizes per author, with any combination of themes or site templates.

There’s also a bonus prize of $1000 up for grabs for best item as voted for by staff. All items submitted in contest period (not just Envato’s Most Wanted winners) are eligible for the $1,000 grand prize.

Details

In short, it’s a race to see who can quickly submit quality content based on the following criteria:

• Date Posted: June 12, 2013
• Prizes: 15 winning files will get a share of $5,000 of prizes! 5 x $400 and 10 x $200 “cash” prizes are payable ONLY via either PayPal or Moneybookers/Skrill. Not only that, all winners will receive the much-desired Most Wanted Bounty Winner Badge.
• Bonus prize of $1000 for best item as voted for by staff. All items submitted in contest period are eligible for the $1,000 grand prize.
• Maximum Prizes per Author: 2
• Closing Date: Friday August 16 2013 (12 pm Central US Time).
• Post your entries in this thread, so we can keep track of all entries as they appear in each category.
• Winners will be announced 1-2 weeks after the event closes to ensure any late entries are processed. Prizes will be sent out 2-3 weeks after the winners have been announced. Make sure you have completed our authorization form. Please do not submit inquiries about prizes in the forums, via support or directly to staff—we promise we won’t forget your prize!

Files we are looking for:

• Cloud Hoster – Responsive Hosting Company Theme
• Elegant Hosting – HTML Hosting Template
• Rackhost Hosting WordPress Theme
• Alpha – Modern Hosting WordPress Theme
• WS-Minded – Responsive Joomla Template

File/Contest Requirements:

• Multiple submissions from the same author must all be different to one another.
• Normal ThemeForest upload instructions apply.
• By entering this contest, you must sign and agree to keep any winning entries online for a minimum of two years. See form for full details. This form must be completed once your item has been approved on ThemeForest if you wish your item(s) to be eligible for Envato’s Most Wanted.
• Post your entries in this thread, we will be keeping an eye on all entries as they appear in the category.

Where Files Should be Submitted:

• Site Templates: Site Templates > Technology > Hosting
• WordPress Themes: WordPress > Technology > Hosting
• Joomla Themes: Joomla > Technology > Hosting
• Drupal Themes: Drupal > Technology > Hosting

Simple Summary of How To Enter

1. Read our full Terms and Conditions.
2. Submit your item to :
   Site Templates: Site Templates > Technology > Hosting
   WordPress Themes: WordPress > Technology > Hosting
   Joomla Themes: Joomla > Technology > Hosting
   Drupal Themes: Drupal > Technology > Hosting
3. Complete the authorization form once your item has been approved. This form must be completed. Please take care entering your payment details! Your entry will be invalid if (a) the authorization form is not completed and/or (b) you did not provide the correct payment information on the authorization form. Please take care entering your details!
4. First 15 approved/published submissions with a completed authorization form will win!

It’s as simple as that! The first 15 files to be uploaded (and subsequently approved) based on the above requirements win!

Please note that we have some more specific rules to outline and clarify. Please read the full Terms and Conditions here.

Good luck!