freelancing
Independent professional work
Freelancing is working independently for various clients rather than as an employee of a single company.
A freelancer takes on projects, sets their own rates, and manages their own schedule: She's been freelancing as a graphic designer for three years.
The term spans creative fields, consulting, and contract work generally.
To freelance is to work this way; as an adjective, freelance describes the arrangement: freelance writer, freelance gig.
Short-term paid work
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
- moonlightingCovert additional employment
- 1099Non-employee income document
- taskWork to be done
assignment · platform · Upwork · Fiverr · marketplace · bidding · rating · review
One who hires professionals
- invoiceItemized billing statement
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- deliverablesContracted work products owed
- scopeExtent or range
payment · terms · timeline · milestones · negotiation · agreement · retainer · proposal
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-employmentWorking for yourself
- solopreneurSelf-employed business owner
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
self-starter · self-directed · ownership · bootstrapping · solo · unbossed · self-sufficient · initiative
Work away from office
- virtualExisting in effect, not fact
- coworkingShared professional space rental
- asynchronousNot happening together
- timezoneLongitudinal time region
distributed · laptop · Zoom · Slack · online · cloud-based · anywhere · nomadic
Planned, effortful task
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- deliverableRequired project result
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- briefShort in duration
scope · timeline · phase · iteration · prototype · completion · turnaround · workflow
gig
Short-term paid work
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
- moonlightingCovert additional employment
- 1099Non-employee income document
task · assignment · platform · Upwork · Fiverr · marketplace · bidding · rating · review · portfolio
client
One who hires professionals
- invoiceItemized billing statement
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- deliverablesContracted work products owed
scope · payment · terms · timeline · milestones · negotiation · agreement · retainer · proposal · quote
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-employmentWorking for yourself
- solopreneurSelf-employed business owner
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
entrepreneurship · self-starter · self-directed · ownership · bootstrapping · solo · unbossed · self-sufficient · initiative · empowerment
telecommute
Work away from office
- virtualExisting in effect, not fact
- coworkingShared professional space rental
- asynchronousNot happening together
timezone · distributed · laptop · Zoom · Slack · online · cloud-based · anywhere · nomadic · workation
project
Planned, effortful task
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- deliverableRequired project result
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
brief · scope · timeline · phase · iteration · prototype · completion · turnaround · workflow · sprint
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- extra incomeside hustle, side job, gig work, moonlighting, part-time job
- twentiestwenties, young adult, early adulthood, emerging adulthood, college grad
- labor economicsjob market, labor supply, labor demand, employment rates, unemployment rates
- digital nomad lifedigital nomad, remote work, telecommuting, mobile office, coworking
- informal workgig work, side hustle, odd jobs, moonlighting, day labor
freelancingfull-time employment
Steady, complete-schedule work
permanent employment · tenure · civil service · lifetime employment · unionized labor
free, lance, freelance, freelancer, freelances, freelanced, freelancers