What are the secrets to becoming a successful freelancer? What skills do you need to navigate finances, clients, proposals, and pricing your work? It’s all in the details. In this workshop, you’ll get a bird’s eye view of freelancing alongside specific lessons on bookkeeping and pricing. You’ll come away with a clear picture of how best to manage your time across all of the areas you’ll need to cover: finding clients, working with the numbers, promoting your work and brand, and being your own boss. This workshop is perfect for anyone interested in starting or building their creative freelance career.
Workshop Timeline
- Milestone 1: In Be Your Own Boss: Strategies for Launching Your Creative Career, lettering artist and designer Martina Flor orients you to the world of freelancing. Martina explores why freelancing is a special opportunity to shape your personal brand from the ground up. She will help you understand how to build your reputation, create your portfolio, use social media, find clients, and more. This inspiring survey will empower you to commit to your own freelancing path. Submit your own piece of personal branding material to the project gallery by May 20th.
- Milestone 2: One of the biggest challenges for any enterprising creative is appropriately pricing their own work. In Pricing your Work: How to Value Your Work as a Freelancer, accomplished illustrator Peggy Dean will help you understand the factors that go into pricing, and how to make it fair for you and your clients. This class has a discussion-based project. Share your thoughts and takeaways in the discussion tab by May 28th.
- Milestone 3: Lastly, Emily Simcox, Training Team Lead at Bench, will demystify a notoriously intimidating topic in Bookkeeping for Freelancers, a Skillshare Original. Learn how to choose the right bookkeeping method for your business, how to categorize and track expenses, and how to stay organized. Emily’s easy-to-follow class will help you feel in-control and ready to make business decisions with confidence, so you can focus on the work you love. Consider your bookkeeping strategy and share it to the project gallery by June 10th.
What are the secrets to becoming a successful freelancer? What skills do you need to navigate finances, clients, proposals, and pricing your work? It’s all in the details. In this workshop, you’ll get a bird’s eye view of freelancing alongside specific lessons on bookkeeping and pricing. You’ll come away with a clear picture of how best to manage your time across all of the areas you’ll need to cover: finding clients, working with the numbers, promoting your work and brand, and being your own boss. This workshop is perfect for anyone interested in starting or building their creative freelance career.
Workshop Timeline
- Milestone 1: In Be Your Own Boss: Strategies for Launching Your Creative Career, lettering artist and designer Martina Flor orients you to the world of freelancing. Martina explores why freelancing is a special opportunity to shape your personal brand from the ground up. She will help you understand how to build your reputation, create your portfolio, use social media, find clients, and more. This inspiring survey will empower you to commit to your own freelancing path. Submit your own piece of personal branding material to the project gallery by May 20th.
- Milestone 2: One of the biggest challenges for any enterprising creative is appropriately pricing their own work. In Pricing your Work: How to Value Your Work as a Freelancer, accomplished illustrator Peggy Dean will help you understand the factors that go into pricing, and how to make it fair for you and your clients. This class has a discussion-based project. Share your thoughts and takeaways in the discussion tab by May 28th.
- Milestone 3: Lastly, Emily Simcox, Training Team Lead at Bench, will demystify a notoriously intimidating topic in Bookkeeping for Freelancers, a Skillshare Original. Learn how to choose the right bookkeeping method for your business, how to categorize and track expenses, and how to stay organized. Emily’s easy-to-follow class will help you feel in-control and ready to make business decisions with confidence, so you can focus on the work you love. Consider your bookkeeping strategy and share it to the project gallery by June 10th.
