Our Story

We are freelancers. We also teach how to freelance.

A few years back an agency hired us to work together on a new business pitch. Over our lunch breaks we realized we were both getting asked out over and over for a coffee or a beer to give advice on how to successfully freelance. And were each sharing similar advice.

We created Mt. Freelance to put everything we have learned over three decades of combined freelancing in one place. Everything from how to make a website that gets you the work you want, to how to change, what charge and how to effectively negotiate so you get it.

We also know freelance can be lonely. We don’t have co-workers we can turn to, much less a boss to give to us a raise or a project manager to keep track of deadlines and invoices. So we created the Mt. Freelance community to help our members support each other with advice, website feedback and yes, even work.

So far we’ve helped thousands of freelancers make more money, get the work they really want and change the way they freelance for the better. We’d love to help you too.
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The Mt. Freelance Community

When you join Mt. Freelance you’ll be invited to our Private Facebook group where you’ll have access to the experience, advice and support of an awesome community of designer, writers, photographer, producers and more. Best of all it’s become a great place to find work as members often post gigs or need to hire fellow freelancers.

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Mt. Freelance is everything we've learned while freelancing at the best agencies and companies around.

Andrew Dickson

FREELANCER

Andrew Dickson is a freelance copywriter and creative consultant who’s written Old Spice ads, came up with the 7 Wonders of Oregon and was a director of the WK12 experimental ad school. He’s also hosts storytelling shows for the Moth and is an semi-professional auctioneer. He’s been freelancing since leaving a 7 year stint at Wieden+Kennedy Portland in 2014.

Aaron James

FREELANCER

Aaron James is a freelance art and creative director that has had the pleasure of freelancing for W+K, CPB+, Kamp Grizzly, TBWA Chiat Day, Publicis, AKQA, Ogilvy, BBDO and others. He’s recently created digital projects and films for Adidas, Patagonia, TOMS and Nike. He is co-owner of a soccer magazine called Howler and an instructional baseball coaching site called The Hitting Vault.

We have the experience...

ACME, Afterall, AKQA, Adidas, American Express, American Express OPEN, Anomaly, Apple, Atmosphere Proximity, BBDO Chicago, BBDO Shanghai, BBDO Toronto, CP+B LA, Caldera, Camp + King, Careerbuilder.com, Champion, Chrysler, City of Seaside, Coca-Cola, Converse, Coors, Danner Boots, Dodge, Dropbox, Eastern Oregon, ElliQ, Energizer, Evolve, Facebook, Farm League

Feast Food Festival, Ford, Gap, Gillette, Goldfront, Google, Grant’s Pass, Grey, Harley Davidson, Heineken, Helix, Howler Magazine, HubSF, IKEA, Imago Dei Community, Instrument, Intel, Kamp Grizzly, Linkedin, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Dolphins, New Seasons, Nike, Old Spice, Olympia Provisions, Opinionated, Oregon Coast Visitor’s Association, Oregon Public Broadcast, Patagonia,

People Footwear, Proctor and Gamble, Publicis, Raen Optics, Riney, Roku, Salt & Straw, Samsung, Sea Shepherd, Simple, Skylab Architecture, Stand Up 2 Cancer, Starbucks, TOMS, T-Mobile, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Target, The Moth, Travel Oregon, Travel Portland, UNICEF, Union Wine in a Can, United Nations Council on Climate Change, West, Wieden+Kennedy, Ziba...