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There are many reasons why freelancing is an employment type which attracts early-career professionals and makes them highly employable. This webinar will give an overview of what freelancing as a student looks like and share best practice to do it successfully.
There were around 4.2 million self-employed professionals in the UK as of November 2022, despite a fall because of the covid-19 pandemic on the employment market. The majority age group within the self-employed remains those aged between 45-54 years old however with the development of technology and online communications, the democratisation of digital skills, and the rise of portfolio careers, self-employment is on the rise again.
When students work with clients on real projects on their own terms whilst continuously developing their technical skills on their university course, students build a solid foundation to launch their careers. Building a professional network and a personal brand for yourself are key components of a thriving career, and freelancing gives you the opportunity to do just that.
Saying that, freelancing does require determination, resilience, and self-confidence and sometimes will involve challenges and failure. In this session we will also cover practical tips to manage the transition to working for yourself successfully with the experience of a student freelancer.
Key learnings:
Speakers:
Clelia Bevillard, Senior Student Enterprise Manager, University of Westminster
Clelia is the Senior Student Enterprise Manager for the Westminster Enterprise Network at the University of Westminster. With a background in enterprise education, project management and coaching, Clelia has been working closely for 7+ years with university students and graduates in setting up businesses and freelance careers.
In her role at the University of Westminster, Clelia oversees a portfolio of extra-curricular initiatives including an incubator for established businesses, business development programmes, competitions, and mentoring. Westminster Enterprise Network supports students and graduates to launch and develop their freelancing and self-employment careers whether as part of a portfolio career or as a full-time activity, by providing tailored support to access initial funding, build up pitching and branding skills, and bringing together a community of beginner and established freelancers for support.
Kareena Ravaliya, student; Freelance Graphic Designer
A multi-disciplinary designer based in London who specialises in Branding and Graphic Design. With agency and client experiences, Kareena work/portfolio embraces a variety of different design disciplines that go from website to packaging design.
For this purpose, she works with businesses to create distilled design solutions that helps build authentic connections between their brand and consumer.