For Hire
18 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsA podcast about freelancers who are making it work.
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Planning For A Baby & Shedding Negotiating Guilt With Erika Velazquez Alpern
June 25, 2019 12:21 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBThis week’s episode features someone who I basically met right before our interview, but she’s become someone I still go to for advice (and sometimes commiseration): Erika Velazquez Alpern, the CEO & Founder of Tactile, an agency that supports underrepresented founders by leading brand marketing and communications for media companies, tech startups, and lifestyle brands. Prior to launching her business, she was the VP of Marketing & Communications for The New Republic. She’s also worked at T...
Getting Your "Amazon MBA" & "Faking It" With Kiki Von Glinow
May 28, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBFor this week’s episode, I talked to Kiki Von Glinow. She’s the co-founder of Toast Media Group, a Brooklyn-based digital marketing collective, and she works with clients from startups to legacy media companies to help them tell their stories and connect their brands to their audience or customers. And before Kiki did all this, we actually worked together at The Huffington Post, so it was really great to catch up with her back in December when we recorded the episode, and hear about all of t...
A Compelling Argument For Hourly Rates & Doing The Math With Puno
May 07, 2019 10:30 - 1 hour - 108 MBI’m so excited about this week’s guest — she’s basically a For Hire celebrity. I’m talking about web designer and digital entrepreneur Puno, who you might remember from Casey Zhang’s episode. Casey told me to check out Puno and her Do The Math spreadsheet, and I couldn’t be more glad that I did. I’ve been sending that spreadsheet to any new freelancers I know or any freelancers who want to learn how to work smarter not harder (don’t we all?). Of course, Puno is much, much more than the crea...
A Quick Update From Rebecca
April 23, 2019 11:01 - 2 minutes - 2.83 MBIn lieu of my normal programming, I have a quick update on the podcast. Follow For Hire on Instagram: @forhirepodcast Sign up for the For Hire newsletter: www.forhirepodcast.com Send me an email: [email protected]
Writer Contracts & Asking For More On Principle With Doree Shafrir
April 16, 2019 11:08 - 54 minutes - 74.6 MBThis week, I talk to Doree Shafrir, a fellow writer, editor, and podcast host, and author of the novel Startup. Doree co-hosts Matt & Doree’s Eggcellent Adventure and the Forever35 podcast, and I’ve been such a huge fan of her podcasts, so I was excited to talk to her. Doree’s had a really interesting path that’s involved two master’s degrees; freelancing during the recession; working on staff at places like Buzzfeed, Gawker, and Rolling Stone; writing a novel; and launching not one, but two...
Making It As A Photographer With No Connections Or Money With Frankie Marin
April 09, 2019 11:07 - 1 hour - 98.8 MBThis week, I talk to Frankie Marin, a photographer who shoots for major brands like Kenneth Cole, Levis, and Rebecca Minkoff. We’ve actually been friends since college when he hired me to be a copy editor for our college newspaper The Daily Texan. If you’re not familiar with his work, I suggest you open up Instagram, like right now, and see for yourself how talented he is. (Frankie also very kindly took my headshot for the For Hire website.) What a lot of people don’t know about Frankie is ...
Drawing The Line Between Free Labor & Marketing With Minaa B
April 02, 2019 11:10 - 1 hour - 95.3 MBThis week, I talk to Minaa B. She’s a licensed social worker, creative expressive coach, and author of the book Rivers Are Coming, a collection of essays and poems about healing from emotional trauma. You might know her for her Instagram account or her newsletter, but she’s just an incredible resource for therapy and mental health, and she’s helping to redefine what it means to use your degree in social work today. We talked a lot about what it’s like to put herself out there on Instagram as...
"How To Freelance With Small Brands & The Power Of “No, But…” With Emily Schildt "
March 26, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBOn today’s show, I talk to Emily Schildt, a brand communications and marketing consultant based in New York City. If you’re looking for news you can use, this episode is beyond inspiring and useful for anyone considering doing any sort of brand consulting. Emily is one of the most organized, disciplined humans I’ve ever met. She’s on top of her finances, her daily routine, and her client protocol, and somehow, she makes time for multiple large-scale passion projects on the side. On top of al...
"How To Freelance With Small Brands & The Power Of “No, But…” With Emily Schildt "
March 26, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBOn today’s show, I talk to Emily Schildt, a brand communications and marketing consultant based in New York City. If you’re looking for news you can use, this episode is beyond inspiring and useful for anyone considering doing any sort of brand consulting. Emily is one of the most organized, disciplined humans I’ve ever met. She’s on top of her finances, her daily routine, and her client protocol, and somehow, she makes time for multiple large-scale passion projects on the side. On top of al...
How To Pivot From Freelancing To Your *Dream* Staff Job With Sean Santiago
March 19, 2019 12:00 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MBOn today’s show, I talk to Sean Santiago. Funny story: When I asked him to be on the show, he had been a freelance art director and creative consultant, and had worked with companies like Converse, Target, Architectural Digest and Refinery29 (though we actually didn’t cross paths at Refinery29). He’s also the founder of Cakeboy, an independent LGBTQ+ zine. But, by the time we were able to sit down for this interview, he had JUST started his first staff job in three years, like that week. So,...
Being A One-Person Show & Creative Consulting With Casey Zhang
March 12, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBOn today’s show, I talk to creative consultant Casey Zhang. I had been casually social media-stalking Casey for a few months before I reached out, so I already knew how talented she is and what a great eye she has before I arrived at her dreamily minimalist apartment. She got her start on staff at brands like Urban Outfitters, Etsy, and Glossier, and now she mostly works with small independent brands like Peet Rivko and some larger brands like Blue Bottle. She does everything from social med...
Being A One-Person Show & Creative Consulting With Casey Zhang
March 12, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBOn today’s show, I talk to creative consultant Casey Zhang. I had been casually social media-stalking Casey for a few months before I reached out, so I already knew how talented she is and what a great eye she has before I arrived at her dreamily minimalist apartment. She got her start on staff at brands like Urban Outfitters, Etsy, and Glossier, and now she mostly works with small independent brands like Peet Rivko and some larger brands like Blue Bottle. She does everything from social med...
The Vulnerability Of Freelancing & Saying "No" To Ketchup With Alison Roman
March 05, 2019 11:20 - 1 hour - 96 MBOn today’s show, I talk to Alison Roman. She’s a cook, NYTimes columnist, contributor to Bon Appétit, and author of Dining In. If you don’t know her name, you probably know her Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies—otherwise known as “the cookies.” That recipe went viral last year, and just before we recorded, Alison had another recipe that was basically everywhere: her chickpea stew, a.k.a. “the stew,” which I definitely made and ate for lunch on the days leading up to our interview. Re...
The Vulnerability Of Freelancing & Saying "No" To Ketchup With Alison Roman
March 05, 2019 11:20 - 1 hour - 96 MBOn today’s show, I talk to Alison Roman. She’s a cook, NYTimes columnist, contributor to Bon Appétit, and author of Dining In. If you don’t know her name, you probably know her Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies—otherwise known as “the cookies.” That recipe went viral last year, and just before we recorded, Alison had another recipe that was basically everywhere: her chickpea stew, a.k.a. “the stew,” which I definitely made and ate for lunch on the days leading up to our interview. Re...
Payment Plans With The IRS & A Buzzfeed "Blood Feud" With Akilah Hughes
February 26, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBThis week, I was lucky enough to talk to Akilah Hughes, the funny, smart human that some of you might know from YouTube or Twitter or any of her various TV appearances. She was so honest about money and the nobility of asking for it—which is definitely something I struggle with—so it was awesome to hear how she psyches herself up to get the money she deserves. Other stuff we talked about: -The importance of mentors/champions (Akilah happens to be mentored by John Green—yes, The Fault In Our...
Payment Plans With The IRS & A Buzzfeed "Blood Feud" With Akilah Hughes
February 26, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBThis week, I was lucky enough to talk to Akilah Hughes, the funny, smart human that some of you might know from YouTube or Twitter or any of her various TV appearances. She was so honest about money and the nobility of asking for it—which is definitely something I struggle with—so it was awesome to hear how she psyches herself up to get the money she deserves. Other stuff we talked about: -The importance of mentors/champions (Akilah happens to be mentored by John Green—yes, The Fault In Our...
Book Advances & Asking "Stupid" Questions With Kelsey Miller
February 14, 2019 03:12 - 1 hour - 107 MBThis week, I talked to Kelsey Miller, a writer, editor, and speaker based in Brooklyn. She’s the author of the new book I’ll Be There For You, a fascinating historical deep dive on the show “Friends.” She also launched the Anti-Diet Project at Refinery29 and subsequently wrote a memoir, Big Girl: How I Gave Up Dieting & Got A Life. She’s written for publications like Glamour, Vulture, Cup of Jo, and Entertainment Weekly, and on the show she talks about: -Fighting the urge to say yes to ever...
Book Advances & Asking "Stupid" Questions With Kelsey Miller
February 14, 2019 03:12 - 1 hour - 107 MBThis week, I talked to Kelsey Miller, a writer, editor, and speaker based in Brooklyn. She’s the author of the new book I’ll Be There For You, a fascinating historical deep dive on the show “Friends.” She also launched the Anti-Diet Project at Refinery29 and subsequently wrote a memoir, Big Girl: How I Gave Up Dieting & Got A Life. She’s written for publications like Glamour, Vulture, Cup of Jo, and Entertainment Weekly, and on the show she talks about: -Fighting the urge to say yes to ever...