Freelancing in the Creative Industries

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Karen Le Rossignol (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin Univeristy) Claire Wilson

Freelancing in the Creative Industries

Karen Le Rossignol (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin Univeristy), Claire Wilson

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OUP Australia and New Zealand
20 November 2015

The Arts: General & Reference; Art: financial aspects; Media studies; Small businesses & self-employed

What are the most challenging aspects of freelancing in the creative Industries? Freelancing requires a breadth of skills across managing projects and timelines, having the space and energy to maintain a creative practice and knowing how to get work into the marketplace.

Freelancing in the Creative Industries is a reference that will guide you through your journey as an emerging freelancer in the arts. With an emphasis on creative thinking and problem solving through diverse case studies, this book will help you to become an adaptable freelancer who is able to think strategically in an ever-changing arts sector. It encourages emerging freelance practitioners to open their minds to diverse ways of practicing, such as exploring cross-disciplinary practices or developing creative online marketing strategies. And although it has a strong focus on freelancing skills across creative arts areas, it also takes examples and references from various sectors including: visual arts, writing, performing arts, music, new media arts and cross-disciplinary arts.

Key FeaturesBuild up a freelance portfolio with reflective learning activities in each chapter. These activities help apply the content of the chapters to individual practice. They accumulate throughout the book so that by the end emerging or student creative artists will have a portfolio that is directly related to their field of practice.

Case studies of creative freelancers focus on the core practice/business skills. This helps guide the learning through concrete examples of how others have shaped their career and solved problems, illustrating how readers can adapt ideas to their own practices.

Includes examples from a range of industries. By focusing on core skills (effective communication tools, networking, project management), it is possible to draw from a range of industries with application to any creative freelancer.

Each chapter lists further tools that can assist freelancers.

By: Karen Le Rossignol (Senior Lecturer Senior Lecturer Faculty of Arts and Education Deakin Univeristy), Claire Wilson
Imprint: OUP Australia and New Zealand
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 456g
ISBN: 9780195598261
ISBN 10: 0195598261
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 20 November 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Karen Le Rossignol is a Senior Lecturer, School of Communication & Creative Arts, Deakin University. Claire Wilson is a freelance non-fiction writer and poet who has worked with various international and non-profit organisations both in Australia and overseas.