Tips for working with agencies

Rewatch the live stream from our meetup in Wellington on July 29.

Our host Alex interviewed Ryan about his journey from being a student hustling up his first few marketing gigs through Student Job Search to running a successful marketing agency in Wellington.

Unicorn Factory and Startup Garage are putting on a monthly event series for the Wellington freelance community. We created this event to make it easy for local businesses and freelancers to network and to learn from each other.

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Getting to know - Stephanie Okane

I specialize in branding. I studied at both Youbee and Massey after taking a gap year before I officially entered the industry. I’m based in Wellington and have worked in two (I would call very small/boutique) design studios in the city before I went out on my own. I’m from Wellington and have firm roots here, so while many of my peers jumped the ditch and chased opportunities at larger cities and abroad, I’ve stuck to the area where I’m from. I think this is something that makes my story a little unique.