not margaret asked:


I currently work in marketing/PR and am planning on quitting my full-time job in a few months to go back to school and earn a second bachelor’s in civil engineering (and thus change careers). While I’m in school, I’ll need to earn some money, and I figure a good option for me would be doing freelance marketing/PR projects - flexible hours and hopefully better pay per hour than waiting tables. For those of you that currently do freelance marketing/PR, do you have any tips for finding work? I’ve browsed craigslist, but that isn’t always reliable (I don’t want those work-for-free-but-build-your-portfolio jobs). I’m in the Chicago area if it makes a difference.

Also, if I create an online portfolio of my work, does anyone know if I can I feature work I’ve done for my current employer (now or after I leave)? I don’t want to get in any copyright trouble. I’m not sure how to approach my boss with that question just yet.

Johanna

3 Responses to “How can I find freelance marketing/PR work?”

1. Teri on April 21st, 2009 11:24 pm

   You may want to check out and to see if there are any projects out there.

2. hudoosheh on April 23rd, 2009 7:27 pm

   well dear check this site :https://www.scriptlance.com
   it is a freelancing site,you can get alot of work from it good luck

3. Ralph M on April 25th, 2009 7:44 pm

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