Whether you’re ready to hire a business manager or are just starting your creative journey, knowing the basics of self-employment is critical. How should you pay yourself? How do you separate your personal and business lives? Do you need an LLC or an S-corp (or neither)? How do taxes work? What do you need to know to manage professional partners?

Jill James, CEO and Founder of The Jill James, will lead this timely and important session about the part of an artist’s life that very few enjoy discussing: finances. Sharing five things every self-employed creative needs to know, Jill will use her years of experience to answer your questions about business or personal finance. Never been sure who (or what) to ask? This is the session for you.
 
About the instructor

Jill James is the CEO and Founder of The Jill James, where she serves as an operating partner to self-funded founders ready to grow without compromising what makes their businesses their own. With deep experience across finance, product, and growth in both Wall Street firms and tech startups, she helps entrepreneurs simplify complex decisions and build aligned, profitable companies. She holds a BA and MBA from the University of Chicago and lives in Los Angeles with her kiddo.
 

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Film Independent is committed to hosting events that are accessible. For inquiries regarding accessibility, or to request an accommodation, please contact us at accessibility@filmindependent.org or 323 556 9305.