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Working with a brand is also an option for a beginner, as you can also find a mentor here. However, usually working for one brand improves your skills in only one narrow direction.

But I don't recommend starting with freelancing at all for junior digital specialists. belarus rcs data If in an agency or working for a brand they will point out your mistakes and give you advice on how to improve your skills, in freelancing a client can simply leave a specialist whose work they are not satisfied with. And you won't even know why the client didn't like it, and you will continue to make the same mistakes.



Reduce your expectations to zero
PS One last piece of advice. Don't have unrealistic expectations about your first digital job. You won't immediately get a job at an agency with dozens of Effies behind you, and you won't immediately receive a salary of $1,000. But everything is ahead!
Natalia Ustimenko , Head of Direct Marketing at eSputnik, lecturer and curator of the WebPromoExperts Academy, held a seminar where she explained using examples how to properly build a relationship with a buyer in e-commerce.