#BuildingBinoBooks (July 12, 2021) — How we hired our first freelance illustrator

Now, this is the story all about how. My life got flipped, turned upside down. And I’​d like to take a minute just sit right there. I’ll tell you how…

We hired our first freelance illustrator 🤩

That’s right, folks we hired our first freelance illustrator who is working hard to create the designs for our first book to be sold to the public.

It’s a first for us, to say the least. But we wanted to break it down and tell you our overall process from planning to hire. Also, to shout out some of the amazing people who have helped provide guidance along the way.

Our condensed hiring timeline:

• Realized we weren’t professional illustrators.
• Asked our network for advice on the illustration and freelance hiring process.
• Documentation, documentation & more documentation. You name it, job description, contract, social media posts and financing.
• Hesitation, revisions and re-revisions of the above documentation.
• Posted that we’re hiring.
• Built an applicant tracking system (since we had over 100 applications within the span of one week).
• Determined interview questions for our candidates.
• Round 1 interviews, and round 2 interviews.
• A long hard conversation on who we wanted to hire.

Now, here we are, and we couldn’t be more excited, because this means our idea is officially getting closer and closer to becoming a full-blown business.

Thank you to everyone who helped us along the way, DDQIC, QBLC, Jason Thompson and Angela Lyon of Queen’s Partnership & Innovation. Also, a huge thanks to all the illustrators who put themselves out there to be a part of this journey!

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