business designer — Empathetic approach combining design thinking and hard business strategies. Focused on business plans, brands, and strategies including yearly goals and action plans for achieving them. Principle-oriented expert, facilitator and mentor.
web and graphic designer, UX consultant — I’m an efficient designer you can count on in for creating UI and websites. During my 22 years as a professional, I’ve been working with major brands like Coca-Cola, Toyota, 3M, Red Bull, or Bosch, and created over 450 websites.
German-Czech interpreter and translator — German-Czech and Czech-German translation and interpretation services for companies, institutions and individuals, including proofreading and text editing. University degree in language studies and extensive professional experience.
data governance manager and data consultant — Data governance manager, consultant, and project manager with over 25 years of professional experience. Data management, data compliance, data quality management, data governance, data architecture, and business intelligence.
illustrator, art director, and creative coach — Helping clients to stand out by using the power of comics, videos, and illustrations. Also a co-founder and team lead of the artBLOCK creative studio and coach for creatives. Working in the creative industry since 2007, on over 400 projects.
infrastructure solution architect and project manager — Senior engineer specialized in infrastructure systems architecture and development, as well as project management supported by a team of experienced IT professionals. Expert in high-availability data pipelines and private server clusters.
brand maker, certified brand strategist, and branding consultant — Brand strategist and consultant ready to help you develop an outstanding brand that outperforms competitors in most measurable aspects. Level C Certified Brand Strategist certificate as well as an award from a global branding expert Marty Neumeier.
How to price your work as a freelancer? Amelia Tait has prepared an excellent overview article in which she advocates for a more equitable and informed approach to freelance pricing — encouraging freelancers to openly discuss their rates with peers within the creative community to assess relevant rates.
"If you feel anxious about probing your peers, then you can look for guerrilla spreadsheets where creatives anonymously share their rates," writes Amelia and shares a few such spreadsheets for different disciplines like animators, journalists, and producers.
Why should you use core values in your creative business? Jessica Abel highlights the importance of incorporating core values, emphasizing its positive impact, such as improved decision-making, more effective marketing, and a stronger connection with like-minded clients.
She also discusses the challenges creative professionals face in balancing business demands with ethical standards and outlines a detailed activity designed to help you identify and integrate core values into your creative business.
"Building a successful, ethical business offers you a chance to do significant good in the world, and to counteract all those myths and assumptions. You need to see the power you hold, and then use it intentionally."