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The assignment is yours! – tools for better dialogue and negotiation
As a freelance visual creator, you live in a world full of clients and opportunities. But talking about value, terms, and money is perceived, even by experienced freelancers, as difficult and something to be avoided.
Over six course sessions, we will identify your obstacles and find ways to improve dialogue with the client. The goal is to give you a stronger position and a clearer voice at the negotiating table.
The course is completely digital, free of charge, and is a collaboration between Kulturakademien, Centrum för Fotografi, and Göteborgs Bildverkstad. The course leader is Maria Steen.
Maria Steén has worked as a freelance photojournalist since 1997. She has been a reporter, picture editor, run a photography agency, and been the head teacher at YRGO’s photography program in Gothenburg. Between 2008 and 2017, she was a board member of the Swedish Union of Journalists and the Swedish Association of Professional Photographers. The conditions in the freelance market have always been a concern. The first courses “Copyright, contracts and negotiation” and “Business development for freelancers” were held under the auspices of the Swedish Union of Journalists. In recent years, she has trained over 300 aspiring creators, picture buyers, and self-employed individuals through the courses “Photography for picture buyers” and “Entrepreneurship for creators”. Maria is educated at ICP in New York.
Before each session, participants receive a video lecture and instructions on preparations. Free of charge.
Read more about how to register and the course structure.
Apply by September 8th at the latest.
