Freelancing as a businessLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You understand the basics of running a freelance creative business.
You are able to manage contracts, pricing, and client communication professionally.
You can market your services and build a personal brand.
You are familiar with legal and financial responsibilities of freelancers.

Content

What are the key steps to starting and managing a freelance business?
How do you price your work and negotiate contracts?
What are effective strategies for finding and retaining clients?
How do you handle taxes, invoicing, and legal obligations as a freelancer?

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations
b. evaluate information sources critically
c. work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field
d. evaluate operations in customer, user and target group situations
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques and justify the choice

g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations