Lauren Deakin – with a creative degree, what happens next? Working for free, feeling undervalued to starting her own creative business

Creativity Found: finding creativity later in life

07/11/21 • 23 min

When you leave university with a creative degree, what do you do next? Trying to forge a career in creative arts can involve working for free and hopping from placement to placement. Then as you start earning money and gain more responsibility your role becomes more about managing and coordinating than actually creating.
In this bonus episode I’m talking with Lauren Deakin, who has found her place in the creative marketplace now, but only after a good deal of exploration.
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07/11/21 • 23 min

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Creativity Found: finding creativity later in life - Lauren Deakin – with a creative degree, what happens next? Working for free, feeling undervalued to starting her own creative business

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Claire Waite Brown00:00:22.280

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Claire Waite Brown00:00:34.579

When you leave University with a creative degree, what do you do next? Trying to forge a career in creative arts can involve working for free and hopping from placement to placement. Then, as you start earning money and gain more responsibility, your role becomes more about managing and co