24 Apr 2026
How do you juggle multiple projects?
When you're a freelancer, you often have to manage multiple projects at once. How do you manage your workload, and what's the best way to approach it?
Assembly
When you're a freelancer, you often have to manage multiple projects at once. How do you manage your workload, and what's the best way to approach it?
There's no single right model - what matters is knowing your own working style, building in contingency, and being honest with clients about timelines.
This week's Assembly asked
"How do you juggle multiple projects?"
We've gathered the key points and notes from the session, so you can refer back for future reference, or if you weren't able to join, learn from your fellow freelancers.
People in the room spanned the full range, from one big chunky project at a time to deliberately maintaining four or five simultaneously. What matters is whether the model fits how your brain works and what your type of work actually demands. Strategy and research tend to need deep immersion; content and copy can flex across more plates at once. The starting point is knowing which kind of work you do, and being honest about what that requires of you.
What looks like heads-down execution at the outset can quietly become client-facing consulting, stakeholder management, and end-of-day catch-ups before you've noticed the shift. When the brief expands but the bud
