There’s been a surge on freelance work opportunities nowadays because of the new normal that’s been keeping most at home. Many local offices have shifted to work-from-home arrangements, where most have become more in charge of their time, finances, and work hours with the freedom to keep a confidential working discipline alone in their rooms or living spaces. For some, it opens the opportunity to work on side jobs to earn extra on the side. Others find the switch more suited for them therefore shifting from regular jobs to freelance jobs. However, there’s also a rise in unemployment and those affected are more than inclined to take on any opportunity for work.

The Indierectory: Manila’s Directory of Ad Independents is an initiative by independent ideas agency GIGIL, to establish a platform for ad independents and creatives to showcase their work, get projects, and even get hired. With the shift in today’s workforce and disciplines, its goal is to come up with a comprehensive list of ad independents and help freelancers this 2020. 

Currently, it has 12 categories that are primary positions in the advertising industry including: Account Managers, Art Directors, Copywriters, Film Directors, Illustrators, Motion Graphics Designers, Music & Radio Producers, Photographers, Production Designers, Strategists & Planners, Video Editors, Web Developers, and 1 Others category for some general jobs. So, most are creative tasks, therefore you can directly display your skills for agencies and companies to find easily.

Signing up is easy with just a few details and then wait for your submission to be added to their directory. Inside every category, you can input details of community members with a photo, contact, and portfolio link displayed. So, it’s quick and easy and its platform design is clean and artistic therefore very befitting of its cause.

They also hold several events to connect its community such as their recent LET’S RAKET: The Indierectory Networking Night, which was conducted through a Zoom conference; along with live webinars such as Nurturing Creativity for a Curious Future, where creative individuals from different industries such as illustrator-designer Robert Alejandro of Papemelroti, artist Patrick Cabral, interior designer Chelsea Yambao of Arcanum Design Studio, and Architect Arts Serrano of One/zero get to talk about the future of creativity.

So, if you’re a fresh graduate or a student creative looking for a chance to find career opportunities or maybe just find like-minded individuals that foster creativity in the ad industry to be inspired, visit and join The Indierectory.