How to make money from your creativity

Build a portfolio

Your personal style Focus on your skills Why is your work unique? Course projects and work experience

Your personal style

Focus on your skills

Why is your work unique?

Course projects and

work experience

Getting clients

Who are they? Define them Self-promotion Business cards Website or online profile Word of mouth/networking

Who are they? Define them

Self-promotion

Business cards

Website or online profile

Word of mouth/networking

Submitting your work

Intellectual property © Understand the brief Research the client Make sure you can meet deadlines

Intellectual property ©

Understand the brief

Research the client

Make sure you can meet deadlines

Pricing your work

How much does it cost to do? How long does it take? What are others charging? What do you want to make?

How much does it cost to do?

How long does it take?

What are others charging?

What do you want to make?

Time management

Brainstorm all the elements Work backwards from deadline Plan in advance Involve others early on Be honest!

Brainstorm all the elements

Work backwards from deadline

Plan in advance

Involve others early on

Be honest!

Contracts

Get one! What work are you doing? By when? How much? Who owns the intellectual property?

Get one!

What work are you doing?

By when?

How much?

Who owns the

intellectual property?

Getting paid

Job numbers & references Invoice contents: you, your client, the work, terms Excel spreadsheets Keep receipts & records

Job numbers & references

Invoice contents: you, your client, the work, terms

Excel spreadsheets

Keep receipts & records

Legal stuff and tax

Type of company? Legal tax obligation www.hmrc.gov.uk Within 3 months Yearly records Self-assessment

Type of company?

Legal tax obligation

www.hmrc.gov.uk

Within 3 months

Yearly records

Self-assessment

Opportunities within the university

Student Union www.suarts.org ECCA web competition www.ecca- london.org/pathfinding Creative Careers www.arts.ac.uk/student/careers

Student Union

www.suarts.org

ECCA web competition

www.ecca- london.org/pathfinding

Creative Careers

www.arts.ac.uk/student/careers

Further help & advice

One-to-one advice sessions ECCA website Regular events Enterprise Week 12-16 Nov ALL FREE

One-to-one advice sessions

ECCA website

Regular events

Enterprise Week 12-16 Nov

ALL FREE

Funding

up to £5000 from UAL develop your project into a commercial offer long term loan written off if business not viable

up to £5000 from UAL

develop your project into a commercial offer

long term loan

written off if business not viable

How to find us: LCC, Elephant & Castle Student Hub, Davies St Innovation Centre, CSM

How to find us:

LCC, Elephant & Castle

Student Hub, Davies St

Innovation Centre, CSM

www.ecca-london.org [email_address]