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            <h1>Matthew Knight</h1>
            <p>I'm the founder of a number of projects including 
                freelancing.support, leapers.co, outsideperspective.co, manual of me and de-construct, and an independent strategist</p>
            <p>I'm a mental health advocate, and passionate about supporting freelancers and small business owners.</p>



            <h2>Current projects</h2>
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                    <a href="https://freelancing.support">
                        <h3>freelancing.support</h3>
                        <p>The independendent guide to independent work, including Flightplan - the copilot to the first years of freelancing.</p>
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                <li><a href="https://leapers.co">
                    <h3>leapers.co</h3>
                    <p>A research project investigating and supporting the mental health of the self-employed.</p>
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                <li><a href="https://outsideperspective.co">
                    <h3>outsideperspective.co</h3>
                    <p>The place for independent strategists.</p>
                </a></li>
                <li><a href="https://manualof.me">
                    <h3>manual of me</h3>
                    <p>Helping teams work better together.</p>
                </a></li>
                <li><a href="https://foxlark.co">
                    <h3>foxlark.co</h3>
                    <p>Independent strategic consultancy for brands such as ClearBank, Google, EY, Accenture, LEGO, Klarna and more.</p>
                </a></li>
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            <h2>Career</h2>
            <p>In my career, I've:</p>
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                <li>Ran an independent strategic consultancy, working with brands including ClearBank, Google, EY, Accenture, LEGO, Klarna, adidas, nike, HP, innocent drinks, Coke, P&G, Unilever and more.</li>
                <li>Founded in award winning digital agency called de-construct, acquired by aegia media in 2005.</li>
                <li>Ran strategy teams at Carat UK and The LEGO Agency.</li>
                <li>Have been interim head of digital for D&AD and interim head of technology for Endemol UK.</li>
                <li>Created a global photography project called "<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2012/01/10/144964488/take-a-picture-pass-it-on-the-disposable-memory-project">Disposable Memory Project</a>", distributing disposable cameras to people around the world to capture their memories.</li>
                <li>Collected a number of industry awards including D&AD pencils and YunoJuno Freelancer of the year.</li>
                <li>Have appeared on major news outlets, including Al Jazeera, Guardian, BBC, Bloomberg; and spoken at events including SXSW.</li>
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            <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/thinkplaymake">My full LinkedIn profile</a>


            <h2>Contact</h2>
            <p>You can contact me via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#adc5c8c1c1c2edcbc2d5c1ccdfc683cec2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef878a838380af898097838e9d84c18c80">[email&#160;protected]</span></a></p>


            
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