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Everyone knows that preparing and filing your annual Self Assessment return is stressful. Between grappling with HMRC’s rules, putting together your evidence of income and allowances and racing against the 31st January deadline, it can feel like an...
Posted by: Crunch
So - how are your business finances? Do you know how you’re going to make an even greater success of them? Could you be paying less in tax? And what about those bits you just wish someone else could take care of, so you could get back to doing what...
Posted by: Crunch
No-one really enjoys filing their Self Assessment. It’s that unwanted chore that you put off until the last minute, before flying into a mad January panic when you realise time’s almost up. It might not surprise you to know that, historically,...
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The freelance economy has seen significant growth over the past decade, with millions of independent workers across various industries choosing freelancing as their preferred mode of employment. I joined the freelance workforce over a decade ago now...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Freelancing has become an increasingly popular choice for creative professionals in recent years, particularly in the years following the pandemic. I’ve been freelancing for over a decade now and the freedom to work on diverse projects, set...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A freelance graphic designer and illustrator with project management and art direction experience, Florentyna Butler (Flo to her friends) has worked with many brands over the years and on projects including packaging, art prints, social media posts...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
You may have heard some horror stories from around the industry about bad client-freelancer relationships and how disastrous they were for both parties. Clients paying late or not paying at all, sending back work which they’d previously signed...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
In 2015, nearly 40% of the UK’s self-employed workforce did not file their taxes by the HMRC deadline. That accounts for over 890,000 freelancers in the UK, who all faced a £100 late fee. The mere thought of taxes is often nightmare fuel...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Working as a freelancer in the creative industry is highly rewarding, but it can also be a daunting process to keep on top of your finances being out on your own. There’s lots to think about including whether the rules of operating as a sole...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Sponsored Post As a creative freelancer, you’ll often have more choice over projects and freedom in the way you work compared to people who work full-time for one company. But you’ll also have more paperwork to handle - something that is...
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How did you get into the industry? I visited AFDA, a Film school in Johannesburg, South Africa, when I was scouting out colleges after High School. For some reason, the animation department really attracted me. It might have been because I was...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? I started on the corporate side of things many years ago, working on events and marketing activation campaigns. But I always wanted to be hands-on and combine my communications degree with the more creative side of...
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How did you get into the industry? From watching too many cartoons as a kid, honestly! As a teenager, I saved up for a Wacom tablet and started experimenting with making my own animation in Flash and Photoshop. Later, when I studied animation at the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? Hmm, so long ago now… I got into ‘editing stuff on a timeline to manipulate emotions’ from doing music production on an Amiga in my bedroom as a teenager and transferred that idea to video when...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
How did you get into the industry? I got into the industry through university where I had my first photography classes. Before that, taking pictures was just my hobby. In 2020 I left my hometown and I moved into London, where the whole story...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As someone who has been freelancing for the best part of two decades now, I noticed a definite sea change in the weeks and months following the dawn of the pandemic back in 2020. Little by little, friends that had been “company men”...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
How did you get into the industry? I knew from when I was around 14 I wanted to be a graphic designer, someone came into my school and did a graphic design class, based on drawing in perspective, after that class I knew that’s what I wanted to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As a freelance furniture designer, determining your rates is a crucial aspect of running a successful business. Setting the right pricing ensures that you are compensated fairly for your creative skills, time, and effort. However, it can be a...
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With the hustle of the growing gig economy, freelancing has become the go-to avenue for many professionals. It’s that enticing dance between work-life balance and chasing one's passion. But every dance has its missteps, and freelancing is no...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In today's increasingly digital landscape, where online visibility is crucial for businesses, freelance SEO copywriters play a vital role in helping companies optimize their content for search engines. As a freelance SEO copywriter, it's essential to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? After almost 30 years as a graphic designer and art director I needed a change. I went to Portugal and began working on a photo book about the country; which was subsequently published, kickstarting my photographic...
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How did you get into the industry? A combination of both luck and being in the right place at the right time! Having taught myself HTML and a bit of Photoshop 4 (plus the fact I could draw/illustrate which came in handy - I think that was the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The life of a freelancer is a nomadic one by design. You’re constantly moving from client to client and opportunity to opportunity and if you stop moving for even a second, implosion seems almost a given. That’s why, as freelancers, we...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
How did you get into the industry? When I was 18, I was lucky enough to meet someone working in the industry while on vacation in Portugal. We were driving around town and he pointed to a poster he had designed, and I was drawn to the idea of...
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How did you get into the industry? Prior to coming to London, I studied Communication Design in Stuttgart, Germany. Before that, I did an apprenticeship and trained as a fine art silkscreen printer. I got into branding and visual identity design...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Packaging design is a critical aspect of product development, and it plays a vital role in the success of any brand. A skilled packaging designer has the ability to create packaging that is not only aesthetically pleasing but also functional and...
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How did you get into the industry? I had a fascination with drumming as a child, bought my first kit when I was 14 and formed a local band the following year. I turned professional with The Meteors in ‘87 and spent a couple of years touring...
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How did you get into the industry? Movies played a big part in my childhood. I would have Disney marathons with my sister and watch the classics on TCM with my dad. As a kid it was a big deal to go to the cinema, so I never took the experience for...
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How did you get into the industry? As soon as I could hold a pencil I started drawing on every surface. All my studbook, walls of my parental home, tables… nothing was safe. I never wanted to do anything else. They were therefore happy when I...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? Creativity and image making pulls at me like a magnet. I’ve tried out other paths but it’s the only thing that I feel like I truly connect with. When I was a kid I was obsessed with all the illustrated...
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How did you get into the industry? Soon after finishing college I was lucky enough to be hired by one of the most successful UK ad agencies outside London. They had a great list of clients including Jaguar Land Rover and Hyundai. I worked alongside...
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As creative filmmakers and video producers expand both their imaginations and their budgets for impressive technology and design, skilled motion graphics designers are essential. Motion graphics designers, sometimes just called motion designers,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In fashion, money talks. Indeed, there is literally millions to be made if you know the right people or are somebody’s son or daughter. But for the rest of us starting out in a fashion career from the very bottom with no real guidelines to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Film making is perhaps one of the most eclectic of creative pursuits. Because a film maker is not just on thing. A film maker is a director, producer, writer, and manager rolled into one and those kinds of skills require a certain kind of creative...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Are you visually creative, and tempted to work remotely for yourself? And do you have a brain that’s equal parts creative and mathematic? Do you also consider yourself something of a natural touch when it comes to design work? Then you might be...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In a rapidly competitive environment, every brand looks to set themselves apart. They want to create an unmistakable image to achieve the highest possible brand recognition among consumers. A branding designer or brand manager is responsible not...
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