Help with a Job title on my CV 😅

[CurvydesifromDE]

Hey guys ,

I am new to this forum and would love to have your help with something. So I have been a cam model while studying at university. I am finally about to graduate this year and will soon start sending out my CV to companies for a full time job . This might be unconventional but I would like to add my camming background as a job experience since I did do it for 5 years on and off , mostly 20-40 hours every week of work . I have noticed that my pay stubs from Boleyn Models states the work as “sales” so I was wondering how can I put it professionally on my CV. Has any one of you done this before ? Any little help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much

 

[Vixxen81]

Unless you're applying for jobs within the industry, why would you want to do this?

 

[cbhours]

Hey guys ,

I am new to this forum and would love to have your help with something. So I have been a cam model while studying at university. I am finally about to graduate this year and will soon start sending out my CV to companies for a full time job . This might be unconventional but I would like to add my camming background as a job experience since I did do it for 5 years on and off , mostly 20-40 hours every week of work . I have noticed that my pay stubs from Boleyn Models states the work as “sales” so I was wondering how can I put it professionally on my CV. Has any one of you done this before ? Any little help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much

My understanding of your request is that you want to put something on there for the last 5 years but dont want to say camming right? so...

Freelance Affiliate Marketer | Self-Employed | 2020 - 2025

• Operated a successful, independent marketing business in partnership with various digital platforms, specializing in converting user traffic into revenue.
• Developed proprietary client engagement strategies that consistently maximized conversion rates and commission-based earnings.
• Managed the full marketing lifecycle, from initial user acquisition to fostering long-term client relationships that generated significant repeat business.
• Analyzed performance data to refine marketing funnels and optimize profitability, consistently exceeding platform revenue targets.
• Demonstrated exceptional entrepreneurial drive by building this business to successfully self-fund a full-time university education.

If they ask a "how" related question:

My strategy was a multi-channel digital marketing funnel. I started by focusing on organic marketing, building a strong community on social media platforms like Twitter. By creating engaging content and interacting directly with my audience, I built a loyal following that drove a consistent baseline of traffic.

As my revenue grew, I scaled the business by investing in paid advertising. I ran targeted PPC campaigns on relevant niche platforms, managing the budget, A/B testing ads, and optimizing for return on ad spend.

This dual approach of a strong organic foundation combined with strategic paid growth allowed me to build a highly effective and profitable customer acquisition engine.






(I used AI to help make the bs i was putting down sound more professional)

 

[KingMarti]

I would say it depends on what skills you learned while camming. If you created your own traffic funnels then affiliate would work well. If you created videos, then video editor or freelance content creator would work. There's a lot of skills in camming and not everyone leverages the same ones to get the result they want, so there's no 1 size fits all, but whatever you put down you'll want to make sure you can actually do it. I also wouldnt mention you BM payslips on your CV or in an interview.

Either way anything you put down you'll need to build some kind of portfolio of work to show you can actually do what you said you were self employed doing.

 

[Slapstick]

Either way anything you put down you'll need to build some kind of portfolio of work to show you can actually do what you said you were self employed doing.

This.

How will you answer follow up questions like, "I see you developed proprietary client engagement strategies. Tell me about your most successful strategy, how you implemented it, and what was the outcome." If you claim to have done stuff on social media an interviewer will likely ask to see it, particularly if Google can't find it for them... "You claim to have created a strong community on Twitter that drove a consistent baseline of traffic; why can't we find it? Can you show us your Twitter feed?" Etc.

It is one thing to embellish your resume and another to misrepresent your work experience. Since you were studying at university this period won't look like a work hole in your resume so I would not even mention it, unless as Vixxen said, you are applying for jobs in the industry.

 

[cbhours]

If you claim to have done stuff on social media an interviewer will likely ask to see it

thats actually highly unlikely, I have never been asked to show an interviewer any of the previous businesses I have managed. Perhaps if she's applying for a position running the social media of a company or something maybe? But no generally they don't ask.

If shes applying for something like web designer, post production assistant, designer, etc etc then yeah asking for a portfolio is normal.

 

[Maxi]

thats actually highly unlikely, I have never been asked to show an interviewer any of the previous businesses I have managed. Perhaps if she's applying for a position running the social media of a company or something maybe? But no generally they don't ask.

If shes applying for something like web designer, post production assistant, designer, etc etc then yeah asking for a portfolio is normal.

I’d have to disagree - as an interviewer working in digital I’d ask to see some examples of success during that 5-year spell as a Freelance Affiliate Marketer.

Which marketing companies did you work for?

What did success look like? Can you show some examples of proven data-driven results?

What were the KPIs and how did they change over the campaigns?

Etc, etc.

It’s all bullshit but normal questions for any digital marketing interview.

 

[KingMarti]

thats actually highly unlikely, I have never been asked to show an interviewer any of the previous businesses I have managed. Perhaps if she's applying for a position running the social media of a company or something maybe? But no generally they don't ask.

If shes applying for something like web designer, post production assistant, designer, etc etc then yeah asking for a portfolio is normal.

I have, I applied for a job as a webmaster for a wheelchair sales company, they asked to see a bunch of my sites, sales funnels, conversion rates etc. Although tbf, they then followed up with questions like "how would you use adwords to get more sales", and other pretty specific questions that with a little tape would have given them a complete marketing plan didnt get the job, but did find out they used the marketing plan I basically laid out for them in the interview... lessons were learned

The only time I wouldnt expect to be asked for a portfilio or proof of being able to do what I said I can do would be in a commision only role.

 

[Maxi]

I have, I applied for a job as a webmaster for a wheelchair sales company, they asked to see a bunch of my sites, sales funnels, conversion rates etc. Although tbf, they then followed up with questions like "how would you use adwords to get more sales", and other pretty specific questions that with a little tape would have given them a complete marketing plan didnt get the job, but did find out they used the marketing plan I basically laid out for them in the interview... lessons were learned

The only time I wouldnt expect to be asked for a portfilio or proof of being able to do what I said I can do would be in a commision only role.

I’ve pitched for work, lost it, and they’ve done exactly the same thing with a cheaper agency: lesson learned 100%.

OP - I’d go for ‘Digital Content Creator’, if you really want to put it on your resume. As @Vixxen81 said - it really depends on whether it’s an industry job you’re going for.

You must have tonnes of experience across the board after five years which must relate back to vanilla jobs. It’s just how you frame it

 

[cbhours]

I’d have to disagree - as an interviewer working in digital I’d ask to see some examples of success during that 5-year spell as a Freelance Affiliate Marketer.

Which marketing companies did you work for?

What did success look like? Can you show some examples of proven data-driven results?

What were the KPIs and how did they change over the campaigns?

Etc, etc.

It’s all bullshit but normal questions for any digital marketing interview.

Doubt ops intend is to apply for a marketing position. If they did they wouldn't ask to see some examples of success but they would ask questions for sure.

 

[cbhours]

I applied for a job as a webmaster for a wheelchair sales company, they asked to see a bunch of my sites, sales funnels, conversion rates etc. Although tbf, they then followed up with questions like "how would you use adwords to get more sales",

They wanted an e-commerce specialist were they going to pay you like one? Well I guess we already know the answer to that one.

 

[KingMarti]

They wanted an e-commerce specialist were they going to pay you like one? Well I guess we already know the answer to that one.

They wanted someone to optimize the purchasing experience (they had a 5 page checkout, product photos were bad, descriptions were bad etc), run the affiliate program, set up all their marketing funnels, write their marketing plan, run the ad campaigns, basically anything that involved getting someone to the site and getting them to place an order.

Salary they said was open to offers, and imo I priced myself way lower than I should have. Longest interview I have ever had (it was like 3 hours), it was basically giving a course in how to do display marketing, setting up funnels, why I use the creatives I used, why the landing pages were the way they were, what a/b testing is, followed up with "So what changes would you make to our site to increase the conversion rates" (the site was trash, 2 line descriptions on 10k wheel chairs, badly light product photos, some didnt have photos, 7 page checkout). When I left I was like "Should have charged them a consultancy fee for my interview". Pretty sure they wernt looking to actually higher anyone but were using interviews to get a bunch of free consultancy sessions with different people... sneaky fuckers

 

[Smoothie]

I have, I applied for a job as a webmaster for a wheelchair sales company, they asked to see a bunch of my sites, sales funnels, conversion rates etc. Although tbf, they then followed up with questions like "how would you use adwords to get more sales", and other pretty specific questions that with a little tape would have given them a complete marketing plan didnt get the job, but did find out they used the marketing plan I basically laid out for them in the interview... lessons were learned

The only time I wouldnt expect to be asked for a portfilio or proof of being able to do what I said I can do would be in a commision only role.

I was going to say, as soon as they asked you for advice on how to do things, I’d have found a friendly way to tell them that advice comes with a consulting fee (or a full-time job).

I do job interviews for my company, and I try not to phrase questions in a way that might come across as soliciting free expertise from them. Especially if they’re coming from another company, where detailed info like that is often confidential.

But I’m sure a lot of interviewers use the occasion to try and get free consulting.

 

[KingMarti]

I was going to say, as soon as they asked you for advice on how to do things, I’d have found a friendly way to tell them that advice comes with a consulting fee (or a full-time job).

I do job interviews for my company, and I try not to phrase questions in a way that might come across as soliciting free expertise from them. Especially if they’re coming from another company, where detailed info like that is often confidential.

But I’m sure a lot of interviewers use the occasion to try and get free consulting.

I'm pretty sure what they were doing, I was just too young / naive to realize it at the time, until I left, and I was thinking about how strange of an interview it was. The way the posed the question was more like someone would ask you to solve a coding problem than asking for advice, like a way for them to gauge understanding of the job... but if they understood the job they wouldn't need to hire someone for the job because they would already have someone there to do it

Anyway, to relate everything back to OP. Being able to have something to show you can do the thing is good. Explaining to them in detail how you do the thing is bad

 

[Maxi]

Tech bros… taking over a thread…

 

[tothemoon]

Hey, welcome to the forum and congrats on graduating soon! I totally get what you mean, camming teaches a ton of valuable skills. If you want to keep it professional but simple, you could go with something like "Freelance Digital Sales & Content Creator" or even just "Online Sales & Client Engagement".

 

[Slapstick]

thats actually highly unlikely, I have never been asked to show an interviewer any of the previous businesses I have managed.

It depends on the position we are interviewing for, but anyone interviewing for anything above an entry level position will be asked to show examples of their prior work simply to weed out the people lying on their resumes.

 

[cbhours]

It depends on the position we are interviewing for, but anyone interviewing for anything above an entry level position will be asked to show examples of their prior work simply to weed out the people lying on their resumes.

How you think it works is how it should be and for some professions (programming, design, etc) it is but for most its not. I don't apply for entry level positions. Asking questions yes absolutely, asking to give verbal examples yes, asking to show examples is super rare.

Edit: i mean I can only go by my experience and i have lived in south carolina most of my life so perhaps we are just backwards here, I wish people tested me with scenarios and asked for proof...well no because i'd be in a completely different line of work and I enjoy this one.