Toowoomba business Muse EA and Creative Teleah Brydon started freelance admin career during Covid-19

A Toowoomba woman who watched her partner working 50 hour weeks after becoming bogged down in paperwork, was inspired to start a freelancing gig with the hope of helping others. Here’s how she did it.

After watching her partner work 50 hour weeks and arrive home only to start his paperwork, it inspired Teleah Brydon to help business owners reduce their workload.

For years she worked in the real estate and education industries and had also struggled to achieve a healthy work-life balance.

After watching her partner who runs a business, struggling to fit work into one day, Teleah Brydon was inspired to start her own business Muse EA and Creative. Picture: Contributed

So when the pandemic meant many employees were required to work from home, the 25-year-old decided to resign and start her own freelance business – Muse EA and Creative.

Offering businesses assistance with general administration duties, as well as email, diary, social media and project management, Teleah signed her first client, who just happened to be her partner Kieran.

“He’s a chippy who runs his own business but he’s definitely a tradie who prefers to work on the tools,” she said.

“I could see how drained he was, so I started thinking of ways I could help him get back to focusing on parts of the business he enjoys … he really was my main muse.”

Passionate about helping other businesses flourish and owners to achieve a work-life balance, the freelancer said her support had already made an impact on clients.

After watching her partner who runs a business, struggling to fit work into one day, Teleah Brydon was inspired to start her own business Muse EA and Creative. Picture: Contributed

Since launching less than two months ago, Teleah has secured five clients with plans to hire her own team next year.

“Progress has been made but we still have a long way to go in supporting women in the corporate world and in my experience, I was almost made to feel like I had to fit into a box,” Ms Brydon said.

“I’ve met countless young women who feel like they’re destined for something more or want to have their voices heard, so one day I want to be the boss I always wished I had.”

While the new business owner said a trend had emerged since Covid, with others offering similar freelance services, she believed there was a lot of demand for the services and online careers had become very sustainable.