The Hunger Games is movie about a dystopian ‘game’ where players fend for themselves to survive. ‘May the odds be ever in your favour’ is a classic line from the film, because being alive in this game is based on luck as much as it is on skill. This could very well have been the…
One of my favorite films is Devil Wears Prada, because that kind of highly intense workplace always seemed so unreal. I’d watch that film, and feel instantly relieved that as a professional project manager, I had never taken the big creative agency route in my career. I was relieved because this meant I avoided those…
Like most freelancers, I chose to freelance for the flexibility and freedom. For me, that flexibility and freedom comes with a price of isolation, loneliness and disconnection from people. While there are great online communities for freelancers to bounce ideas off each other, ask for advice and ‘hang out’, there is a part of me…
Co-working spaces are emerging as a bit of a secret weapon for Australia’s creative freelancers. Each day, these creative types venture out into an office-like environment near their home to rub shoulders with others, get some creative inspiration, pick up new freelance projects, get an instant social life, be motivated by others, find new ideas…
Freelancers absolutely must be able to work anywhere. Everywhere. Anytime. It’s one of the reasons we’re freelance, right? Location is irrelevant to the service you can provide. As a project manager just outside of Sydney, I’ve been on 5-way Skype calls sitting in a carpark from my car. I’ve accessed client files while at the…
I accidentally fell into freelancing before I even knew that’s what it was called. It happened after the life-changing event that’s called ‘motherhood’. I was looking for something to keep my brain active while on maternity leave. I always loved to write and used to moan the lack of time and my partner goes, “Why…
It’s a pretty isolating gig being a freelancer. The water cooler conversations are few and far between given most days you’re in a home office space, where many freelance writers and other creatives tend to sit at a desk. Alone. Work does not come pouring through that laptop screen by osmosis, sad to say. Being…
Once upon a time I used to have a manageable capacity of freelance work while working a full-time job. Then, after having a baby I decided I wasn’t going to go back to a 9-5 job and I traded it in for an amazing life of freelancing with considerably more clients. Now, if you’ve being…
So many creative freelancers work alone, either tucked away in a cafe, home office, an agency surrounded by people they don’t really know, or a co-working space with people working on unrelated projects. It can be isolating. So, we felt a confidence boost might be in order, so asked an expert what might help bolster…
When a client is making a decision about who to work with on a creative project, many things come into play. Such as: Portfolio of work on your website – Whether they like your style of work. Previous client list – Are they impressed with this? Personality – Whether they feel a connection with you…
