Pros
- Free to come up with my own solutions to content challenges (that includes content type, strategy, style, organisation, and more) - Flexible set up, no rigid hierarchy (of course run things past the CEO and CTO were you need to) - Global work - producing content for many countries in several languages has been a fun challenge - The excitement of helping a start up / SME score its first wins in the market - Working with lots of departments that were new to me (data science, app developers, etc) who regularly improve our CMS solutions much faster than ever happens in a large + bureaucratic organisations - Highly satisfying to launch new content hubs for clients around the world - nothing quite like like seeing your own creative ideas go live!
Cons
- Early on there was an unsustainably big workload for a couple of projects, but my new content solutions were listened to and we prioritised accordingly - You may see a couple of negative reviews here but tbh I think most have been addressed now and I personally have no problems. I think it all depends on when you worked at ABAKA and what department you were in. I'm proud to have built the product content from the ground up and see the engagement and sales results I've helped achieve for clients. My experience and career development has been great! - I've just given 4 stars for culture + values because if you like regular socials with colleagues then this is hard in London because there's only a few of us and we're all remote for now (but if you're happy with remote work then its fine!)