THE FREELANCER PODCAST

Freelancing is often quite a journey, even more so when you’re travelling the world whilst building a business.

It's not just her locations Rebecca's got mapped out. She’s strategic about her freelancing with quarterly 'CEO retreats' that put clients on hold whilst she works on her business. These days she's settling down for longer but as a freelancer she's still going places.

What if you could steer your career in any direction?
From being location independent, working from London, Lima and Barcelona.

Animating and illustrating for some of the world’s biggest media outlets and leading podcasts and having fun whilst doing it? Dave’s doing just that. Come along for the ride.

A near-death experience made Yolanda realise filling in KPI reports for her boss wasn't the life she wanted. Enter the world of freelancing.

Now she's her own boss; a purpose driven social media marketer. Building her connections, putting up boundaries and embracing other antsocial socialites.

Helen may have studied fashion illustration. But the idea of a career freelancing in it never occurred to her. So she waved goodbye to creativity and went to work for a decade in retail. It was the 2020 lockdown period that redrew her plans.

Now Helen's a successful live illustrator with brand collaborations, weddings, pet portraits, workshops and a retreat. Having fun being creative and sociable, whilst getting serious about her marketing and what's profitable.

Meet Xavier Buendia and his journey from Mexico to England, and more importantly from the world of hospitality as a sommelier to a career as a successful freelance photographer.

10 years of freelancing. A lot has changed. From building a business via Twitter to COVID & Brexit decimating the restaurant industry he’s was shooting for. A lot of food for thought.

Kate Taylor is a seasoned podcast producer, with 20 years of freelancing experience.

Hear how she founded the Feast Collective - a really interesting idea for the way freelancers can bond together as a community, but also work together as a production team. A way to combat the feast and famine of self employed life.

Plus we hear about dealing with rejection and the benefit of winning awards. Speaking of celebrating - this is the 10th anniversary of the Being Freelance podcast. Thanks for listening - come and join the Being Freelance Community to help us celebrate!