16/03/2020
For the creatives out there: what are y’all feeling right now? How are your clients feeling? How are you managing during this crazy time?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
We hear plenty about how the is affecting the airlines and larger industries but it feels like those of us running small design studios or freelancing are in a bit of a gray area. Lots of uncertainty out there and we’re all entering uncharted territory.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
What we’re doing: As best as we can we’re trying to operate business as usual, keeping a routine, maintaining schedules (as best as we can staying at home with a 7 year old!) We’re reaching out to clients and being transparent about the short-term and asking them to keep us in the loop. We’re anticipating a short-term disruption of incoming projects and work because of clients reassessing their investments in projects and reprioritizing as well as impacts to supply chains as industries hit the reset button after quarantine. Because of this anticipated disruption we’re reevaluating our 2020 budgets and seeing what we can pause or postpone until there’s more certainty. We’ll also be taking advantage of any quiet time not filled with client work to refine our website and take care of all those in-house projects that always get set aside. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Comment below with any tips or thoughts you might have that would help folks navigate this new normal. We’d love to hear how everyone is doing/feeling. Stay safe and help each other (from a distance.)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀