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May 16, 2022

Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams backs startup for creators

Contact offers a suite of booking and payment tools to help creatives take control of their creations


Maisie Williams and Reuben Selby

While the life of a makeup artist, photographer or model might look glamorous, most will assure you the day-to-day is not. Administrative tasks like booking appointments or chasing payments can eat into these creator's time. And when you’re a creator, time is money. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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