Become a Member
You are welcome to apply for membership if you are a professional or hobbyist of all creative disciplines. People who support creatives are welcome too! (e.g. project managers, accountants, contract writers, etc)
Our requirements are that you want to collaborate with the collective, and play well with others.
Our purpose is to connect you with work that lights you up or inspires your next big idea.
This can include:
learning about others’ creative journeys
receiving mentorship
receiving project or business feedback from other creatives
meeting creatives in many other disciplines
running your own JBMC projects
and more!
More specific member benefits are listed below
HOW IT WORKS:
After a short application, we’ll send you the link to the subscription sign-up. You’ll then be invited to the membership hub.
Membership is currently $20/month with membership tiers (lower and higher) coming soon. Membership fee is pooled to cover the cost of operation and finances are transparent to the members.
Membership is month-to-month and can be canceled at any time.
The first 20 members receive a 30 minute 1:1 intro call with the founder.
Member Benefits
By joining, you will receive:
Access to members-only hub where we share inspiration, project progress, feedback, resources and gig postings
Entry on website membership directory with links to your websites and social media pages
Social media feature post
30 minute welcome 1:1 intro call with founder (first 20 members)
Option to create blog posts featured on our website
Option to be a featured guest on the JBMC podcast
Collaboration, community and resource sharing with other creatives and supporters
Bring your personal or solo projects to the collective for workshop support, witnessing or critique / feedback
Potential Future Opportunities:
participate in paid projects and paid workshops from other members and new clients
stretch into new disciplines
receive referrals to jobs at other businesses
participate in JBMC destination retreats
participate in future JBMC mentorship program as mentor or mentee
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What to Expect
Our Collective meets monthly over Zoom and a few times a year in person in Portland, Oregon (for now- there may be other locations in the future, including the Netherlands, where our founder, Linda Lewis, currently resides).
The format of the meetings include a member spotlight - a pecha-kucha style presentation (see more about this presentation style here), and a group discussion about the topic of the month. We also share personal and internal projects progress and ideas. Members can share for input / critique, to ask for resource support or just to be seen. Follow our Instagram to keep up to date on the monthly theme and what to expect at the next meeting.
As we expand and grow our marketing and membership, we will be offering more paid services to clients. We get to know your skill sets and interests and what you’d like to be paid to do (whether it’s something you've been paid to do in the past or not!) Then we can match you with incoming projects and project teams
You do not need to want paid work to be a member. This is a collaborative hub to lend advice, feedback and wisdom in the monthly calls and occasional meetups if that is how you want to engage.
When we start paying members regularly for work, the membership will split into collaborators and contributors.
Collaborators will pay less than the current $20/mo. and contributors who get paid will pay in a little more.
All financials will be disclosed within our membership hub.
