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e-ployment®

Combine self-employment with colleagues

e-ployment® combines the benefits of self-employment with the advantages of working as part of a close team in a single organisation. Our aim is to get the best of both worlds. UP THERE, EVERYWHERE pioneered this new model, wrote a book about it and even created our own software platform and  IT system that supports our business and members globally.

How did the idea come about?

Julian Stubbs, one of the founders of UP, explains:

"I’d been working on the development of a new corporate identity for the Hollywood movie brand, Technicolor. It was a really cool project to work on and I was lucky enough to spend a fair bit of time in Burbank, California, where Technicolor was headquartered. I got a tour one day of the vast sound stages at the studios, they were filming the US version of The Office while I was there, and the guy giving me the tour pointed out that all productions were made with a crew of independent creatives, which gave both the creatives and the studios much more flexibility in their work. The studio delivered the structure and support to make the whole thing gel. That idea struck me as really powerful, an idea that I felt could be developed much further. That idea eventually became e-ployment."