From the course: Managing Your Design Career
Join today to access over 22,600 courses taught by industry experts or purchase this course individually.
Considering alternative routes
From the course: Managing Your Design Career
Considering alternative routes
- Compared to other fields, many creative professionals choose to start their own business at some point in their career. Individuals may crave freedom of choosing their own projects. Self-employment tends to come in three different forms for creatives. Number one, freelancing or building your own freelance business. Second of all, possibility of working with a staffing agency or a consulting firm. And third, running a full-fledged business. If you're thinking of going out on your own, you may want to consider those three options. But many will also include a blend of those scenarios. As an example, freelancing or doing contract work may be a stepping stone toward running a business, or you could do it on the side while you start your business or while you're building a staff to work with you. There's no right or wrong route, but you'll want to make sure that you evaluate the following. You want to evaluate, of course, what you bring to the table, your accomplishments. Your areas of…
Practice while you learn with exercise files
Download the files the instructor uses to teach the course. Follow along and learn by watching, listening and practicing.
Download courses and learn on the go
Watch courses on your mobile device without an internet connection. Download courses using your iOS or Android LinkedIn Learning app.