Freelancer Community Mixer
🚀 Freelancer Community Mixer
Open to all students — whatever you study, wherever you’re starting from.
Freelance-curious? Already building your portfolio? This is your space.
Join us for a relaxed, high-energy mixer where you’ll connect with fellow students and meet some of Manchester’s most exciting freelancers.
✨ Meet freelancers in Marketing, Translation, Consultancy and Tutoring
✨ Share your portfolio and get supportive, practical feedback
✨ Build real connections through round-tables and 1-2-1 chats
✨ Ask your questions in an open Q&A shaped by you
Whether you’re exploring ideas or already taking on paid work, come grow your confidence, expand your network and see what’s possible.
🍕 Pizza and drinks provided
🎟️ Free to attend
Come along. Start conversations. Start your freelance journey.
Event Details
1-2PM: Roundtable conversations with experienced freelancers
2-3PM: Open Q&A panel — ask the questions you don’t get to ask in lectures
3-4PM: Networking with people at all stages of their freelancing journey (🍕 Pizza +🍹 Drinks)
Freelance Panel Guests
Judy brings nearly 20 years of experience in digital marketing and delivery, helping organisations grow, launch campaigns and deliver major projects. Alongside her career, she has also worked independently — using her marketing skills to support startups and new ventures.
Her journey is a great example of how skills in areas like marketing can open doors to freelance work, collaborations and startup opportunities.
Giuseppe is a PhD-qualified Mechanical Engineer who combines technical expertise with a passion for helping others build careers in STEM. Alongside his work in engineering and simulation, he founded Make It STEM — an initiative that supports students and early-career professionals through career guidance, educational content and online courses.
Through Make It STEM, Giuseppe creates resources that help aspiring engineers develop practical skills, understand industry pathways and navigate opportunities beyond traditional academic routes. His work shows how technical knowledge can also be turned into independent projects, educational platforms and entrepreneurial ventures.
Holly is a freelance translator and interpreter who works across French, Italian and Spanish, helping individuals, organisations and services communicate clearly across languages. Through her business, Holly France Language Solutions, she translates written content into English, interprets in professional and public service settings, and supports clients with proofreading and editing.
With a genuine passion for languages and connecting people, Holly’s work sits at the heart of international communication — turning ideas, conversations and written content into something that can be understood across cultures.
Tom is the founder of Huddle, a boutique consultancy he has run for over a decade, helping organisations design and build better digital products and services. With more than 20 years’ experience working with leaders responsible for websites, platforms and digital systems, Tom brings a rare mix of commercial thinking, technical expertise and user-centred design.
Alongside his consultancy work, Tom teaches coding and digital skills, creates electronic music, and explores the intersection between technology and creativity. His clients have ranged from new ventures to organisations such as the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, St John Ambulance, and the Royal Air Force.
Whether you’re freelancing already, exploring it as an option, or just curious about creative and flexible careers, this is a low-pressure space to connect, learn, and get honest insight from people who’ve been there.
Get the answers, the contacts, and the confidence to start.