About Alex Mills

I charge based on the scope of the project as well as things like short, medium or long-term agreements where discounts can apply. That said, I can agree to simple hourly consulting packages for various tasks if the full level of support remains tbc.

Agencies are great – I split my time between working part-time within agencies, I remain close friends with many of my past employers and have delivered some of my best work within the agency environment. Many of you reading might need the support of an agency team with a client service lead, copywriter, producer, designer and more.

The fundamental difference is cost. I am a one-man band I can seamlessly juggle strategy, production and creative tasks. I don’t have overhead costs or shareholder profits to consider, so I can charge a competitive rate. You also benefit from senior expertise handling the day-to-day tasks that agencies often delegate to junior members, and someone with a sharp focus on platform best-practises, which can sometimes be overshadowed by agency leads’ operational priorities.

Would I deliver the same quality as a full agency team? I doubt it. Would I be better value for money? I’m confident I would be.

I’d say more like a King of most trades who doesn’t put himself into a particular box. I’ve embraced the term ‘swiss army knife’ that my agencies have often called me.

I usually agree to a set number of days / hours a week for a specific period. My focus is generally creative strategy, project management or social media production. I’ve been client-facing and ran social media accounts for agency clients, or I’ve been a behind-the-scenes fly on the wall guiding agencies on how to elevate their current offerings or find efficiencies with key accounts. Whatever works best for you.

No. With paid social, my skills are in creative strategy and I normally work with media specialists when it comes to the practicalities of execution, running and optimising.

If this is something you’re interested in, we would partner up and engage you as a collective, charging our services to you separately but approaching as a collective team, just like you would a media agency and creative agency working together.

Technically I can, but I’d recommend finding an Art Director to do this, or if your budgets are tight you could easily find a junior designer on Upwork.