Why Creatives Should Always Work As Contractors.

This is a personal narrative about a time I worked full-time as an employee.

My adult life has always been split between working a full-time salaried position and working freelance. I prefer the flexibility of the freelance life-style, but I’m also addicted to stability, a normal paycheck, and the occasional spending on ASOS. It was during a dry work season that I decided to take on another full-time salaried position.

I’m confident in my work ethic and in my work strategy (work hard, but work smart). My skill set ranges over quite a few job titles, and because I’ve always worked in the startup world I’m very okay with wearing many hats.

For this particular position, I was hired as the Marketing Director for a chain of ice cream stores about to launch. Here are a few of the projects I took charge of:

• building and designing their entire website
• creating their company slogan
• building their brand which included a brand guide
• creative directing and executing their product photos and online content
• designing their employee uniforms
• building their influencer list (which included some of my personal contacts)