Archive for December, 2009

FreelanceStudents: What Would You Like to See?

freelancestudents_icons_feedbackFirstly, we would like to wish our many readers a very merry Christmas! Believe it or not FreelanceStudents is almost 6 months old. Back in July 2009, we launched with a vague business plan that would have been savaged by the Dragons. Since then we’ve been featured in the Metro, startups.co.uk, killerstartups.com, and we’re in discussions to be part of a network run by the Guardian. However, we know this site could be much better! So, we’ve been covertly plotting an upgrade fresh for the New Year and to mark the 6 months, and we thought it would be a good idea to get some community feedback.

So if you have a spare minute, here are a few questions you might have some thoughts on:

  • If you’re a job board user, is there anything you’d like improved or added there?
  • Would you like to see anything done differently with the blog itself e.g. more frequent posts?
  • Are there any services you’d like to see offered here?
  • Are there any resources or tools you’d like?

And of course any other feedback is welcome. You can either contact us via our feedback form here or leave a comment below.

We’re committed to making FreelanceStudents the best it can be!

Careers Corner Interview: Steph Pomphrey, Selling Creativity

steph_pomphreyAs promised in The Secrets of Success: Introducing Careers Corner post, we would like to introduce the very first of our featured monthly interviews with freelancers and professionals who haven taken time out of their busy schedules to talk to us about their careers.

First up is Steph, 37, who works for the hot creative agency – The Church Of London, who publish the Little White Lies and HUCK magazines. As Ad Director, he is responsible for most of the revenue and has been involved since the beginning. He has been in publishing for 6 years and sales for 8 years.

Interestingly, Steph used to help run a private nudist beach near St. Tropez!

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