Creatives have many causes to be optimistic in 2022. Incomes are anticipated to rise, they’re including extra expertise than ever to their resumes, they’re exercising extra selection over the sorts of shoppers they tackle, they usually’re reporting that businesses are extra open to hiring them remotely. All of this spells out elevated alternatives for this international workforce.
The query is, although: is company life nonetheless thought of aspirational for designers? Our report discovered that solely 15% of designers included being employed at an company as one among their 5 12 months targets.
As industries are hit by the tidal wave of the ‘Nice Resignation,’ designers are reconsidering their place within the conventional company panorama. One in 5 freelancers at present work at an company—and virtually half (45%) of them have thought of leaving prior to now 12 months. With the standard excessive strain related to company work, it might be no coincidence that this shift has occurred in a 12 months the place 60% of freelancers have created higher work-life stability.
Our 2022 Design With out Borders report dives deep into the collective struggles, triumphs and prospects of probably the most numerous and globally accessible industries so far. With insights and opinions from 10,000 freelancers from 144 international locations around the globe, see the 12 months via the eyes of creatives.
