Showcase Ready: Costing and Pricing Your Creative Work and Beyond

Overview

How much should you charge for your creative products & services? Getting it right is essential to build a financial, sustainable business or creative practice. This workshop will look at costing and pricing

The session will cover:

· What’s so challenging about costing & pricing your work?

· Learn how to calculate your cost price, wholesale & retail price and your daily rate.

· The 12 most common pricing strategies, incl. licensing and retainers.

· How to get more confident charging what you are worth.

· How to grow your career and create a financial forecast & plan.

Speaker bio

Patricia van den Akker is the Director of The Design Trust, the online business school for designers, makers and other creative professionals. Over the last 20 years she has worked with 1,000s of creatives as a creative business adviser, trainer and coach.

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This event is organised by Careers and Employability and ispart of 'Showcase Ready' - a free programme of careers events where final year students can get the most from their UAL Showcase.

Taking place on campus and online, these events and activities support the preparation, presentation and professional skills final year students need to make a success of their final show. Sessions are delivered by creative industry professionals, expert advisers and UAL Careers and Employability staff.

Visit our webpage for more events and information.

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Please note that, given the topic, this event is for final year UAL students ONLY.

If you believe there are any barriers to your participation in this event or you have any access requirements you wish to discuss, we would be happy to talk to you. Please contact careersevents@arts.ac.uk in advance.

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Image Credit: Zoe Zanon Rives in the studio, Fashion: Buying and Merchandising, London College of Fashion | Photograph: Alys Tomlinson