A New Dawn

First of all apologies for my lack of posts since September. It was a ridiculously crazy final few months of the decade.

In short I decided to leave Clinic and go full-time freelance, I had an amazing two years there and have a lot of love for those guys but I felt I was going stagnant and needed a new challenge.

For those of you are considering doing something similar i’ve made a short checklist of what you need to be doing.

* Get yourself a recruitment agent, preferably through a recommendation.

* Find your first brief with help from your agent, preferably at an agency with ambition to match yours.

* Find an accountant, one that enjoys meetings at the pub, again preferably through a recommendation.

* Come up with a company name, again, at the pub with a few of your closest mates.

* Set up that Limited Company, the accountants job.

* Set up a business bank account, this takes a lot longer than you’d think.

* Then be set to Invoice, Invoice Invoice!!

* Once you’re in a stable position it’s time to begin the promotion of your creations.

Create & Breathe was born out of this process with the dev help of Marc Hibbins.

In terms of self-promotion i’ve made a few changes to how things work here, gleeding is my general homepage, Create & Breathe shows all of my portfolio work and my blog will continue to be a place of insight, inspiration and general musings.

If anybody wants any help or my personal recommendations on how to begin as a freelancer i’d more than willing to lend a hand.

As for what i’ve been up to for the past few months I guess I’ve been quite lucky as the original week-long contract at Elvis Communications turned into a three month stay as their supply of Virgin Media ads that needed completing was never-ending.

Anyway, Happy New Year to you all.