Over the past couple of weeks I've been working for my friend Beth, a Creative Advertising Student, to produce some mock ups for her WWF brief entry in D&AD.
I was really sceptical of working with Beth, as I didn't want to jeopardise a friendship by mixing it with a working relationship, as disagreements happen, as has been the case when I've done collaborative briefs in the past.
Despite this, there were no disagreements whatsoever and we got along really well throughout the process.
The difference in this case was because I was working for Beth, not with her, which meant that the concept had already been dictated to me, and I didn't have to negotiate it with anyone, which allows less room for arguments. On the reverse side of this, when it came to making decisions regarding the design elements of the project, Beth had little reason to disagree with me, because I was more much knowledgable and experienced with these things than she was, which hasn't been the case in the past.
After this experience I would have no hesitations when asked to work for someone again rather than working with them, despite the loss of influence that comes with it. This isn't something I see as a problem as long as I'm continuing to do individual work.
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