Managing a communications department for a small charity, Eman learnt a lot but the commute was a killer. Out of the house from 8am - 8pm, she was exhausted and missing her young son.
These days, freelancing, life for Eman looks very different. “I’m being the parent that I wanted to be,” she says. Listen to her talk about how she made it happen.
Read MoreWhen Christian set out freelance for the third time, he was determined to bring in his own clients rather than set up in the corner of an agency.
He chats to Steve about how he’s made that happen, what working at home with his wife (a fellow freelancer) is like, and why he spends his Fridays playing on tractors at the local nature reserve.
Read MoreLina began freelancing in college, where she founded a feminist communications agency with a friend, and she’s worked independently since then.
She chats to Steve about the speaking gigs that make her anxious for weeks, the time she nearly hit a wall from working too much, and the community she created for women and non-binaries within the creative industry.
Read MoreSkiing photographer Reuben graduated during the 2008 financial crash and he’s found his own way since then, learning as he went along, without a staff job or an apprenticeship.
He talks about managing the seasonality of his business and how he finds work, including networking, pitching, making a film and forming a production company with other freelancers.
Read MoreKingsley’s had a few different starts at being freelance but that hasn’t stopped him working for dream clients like Nike and the BBC.
He chats about finding those high profile clients, working from home, making time for his own work, and shares his personal motto: to give 100% on everything he’s working on and “double the outcome” each time he does something new.
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