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Diary of an intern – Emily Lofts on how agency life compares to Uni

Emily Lofts joined us in August as a paid design intern, after she wowed us in one of our portfolio review programmes. Halfway through her internship, we asked Emily to reflect on what she’s learnt so far, what students might find useful to...

Posted by: StormBrands
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Inspiration

Flicker, Flash & Flare - Is TikTok right for every brand?

TikTok is one of today’s fastest growing apps. It dominates the social media sphere. For anyone over the age of 30 (just kidding), it’s an innovative and free-to-use app which lets users produce bite-sized content. Its latest genius...

Posted by: BrandOpus
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Workshop

How to hire a great motion graphics designer

The profession of motion graphics design is relatively new on the design front. Technology-enabled design professions are growing. And there are so many different types of designers out there, it’s tricky to keep them all straight! There are...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Engaging new audiences with a modern royal rebrand

When we speak about the royal family, we don't necessarily think of it as a commercial brand that generates significant annual earnings, but the figures prove otherwise. For example, between 2019 and 2020, ticket revenues from heritage sites reached...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Putting the POP in pop culture with Hannah Gillingham | #MemberSpotlight

Hannah Gillingham is a UK based freelance digital illustrator and artist. Working with a conceptual approach to illustration, she creates painterly illustrations of her favourite characters from pop culture and design illustrated posters, exploring...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Lost and found - Rediscovering the sound of smiling

I’m a bit OCD, so I have specific pockets for everything: keys, wallet, phone, gloves, notes, tissues. And I think losing things is a bad omen. Which is why the last time I lost my keys I refused to go on holiday the next day. My wife,...

Posted by: Chris Turner
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Industry

Under the microscope: Lessons learned from iconic British ads

TV is a huge part of everyday life, with iconic British soaps like Coronation Street and Eastenders still going strong today. Alongside these shows, certain British adverts have made a lasting impression on viewers. We all have memories of particular...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

How to choose a branding agency

For many businesses, choosing a branding agency might be one of the most profound decisions to consider. Not only will this agency help define how the world views your business but how it views itself. They will help transform your business into a...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Preparing for the creative journey and #GettingToKnow Carsten Glock

It takes quite a lot of confidence to name an agency after yourself. But GLOCK founder and CEO Carsten Glock certainly doesn’t come across as arrogant. Indeed, he never even set out to create an agency at all. But how did he get there and where...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

You want my advice? No. Neither do I.

The thing is, we’re encouraged to seek advice. To check in that we’re on the right track, and haven’t checked-out to some other destination or direction on the project. Getting up and going and asking for some objectivity it is a good thing to...

Posted by: Richard
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Inspiration

The power of handwriting

You’ll likely have seen the news pan in on one of our country’s ex-Cabinet minister’s resignation letter, and it bears scrutiny as, unlike the protocol of these offices - where a careful word-processed and printed text is submitted (I’m...

Posted by: Richard
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Inspiration

The kinetic visual compositions of VJ Jamie Shaw | #MemberSpotlight

Jamie Shaw is a freelance Motion Designer with a background in Fine Art, specifically abstract painting and drawing but his passion has always been in VJing. Working initially within the events industry, he developed a specialism in projection...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

How to Enhance Brand Awareness with Digital Marketing

Did you know that 46% of consumers in the US only buy from businesses they can trust? Only after they do research and read reviews to get familiar with the company do they consider buying. The first step in all this is finding out about your brand....

Posted by: Alina Tytarenko
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Inspiration

The circular economy that never moves forward

A question for you. Don’t panic, its not one of those ‘which of these options’ quiz-check-button-traps. This is more rhetorical. I don’t expect you to decide how to answer right now. So, how much of your time is spent going...

Posted by: Richard
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Workshop

How much should I charge as a freelance branding designer?

In a rapidly competitive environment, every brand looks to set themselves apart. They want to create an unmistakable image to achieve the highest possible brand recognition among consumers. A branding designer or brand manager is responsible not...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

How to hire a great content manager

Content is king. This is an adage we’re probably all sick of by now, but it still rings true in many ways. What is the internet without content, after all? This is why content managers remain one of the most important individuals for many...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Enter the tetrachromatic world of Ida Hay | #MemberSpotlight

Ida Hay is aSwedish/Norwegian illustrator and visual designer based in British Columbia, Canada who started drawing as soon as she was old enough to hold a pen. She has always been colour sensitive, already as a young child her family noticed her...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Making brands impossible to ignore with White Bear | #CompanySpotlight

For this week’s company spotlight, we’re talking to Kelly Mackenzie, Founder and CD of White Bear. She founded White Bear seven years ago after working on global Cornetto rebrand at Carter Wong. White Bear was founded based on her passion...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

Building workplace connections with neurodiversity | #MentalHealthMonth

To coincide with ADHD Awareness Month and Dyspraxia Week, Blessing Buraimoh, JLL’s Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Work Dynamics, writes about the challenges faced in the workplace by those who are neurodivergent in today’s...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Top 10 most exciting branding designers on Creativepool

What is a brand? It’s far more than just a colour scheme and a few catchy phrases. Indeed, it’s more suitable to think of a brand as an identity - it’s what the company stands for, what it hopes to achieve and how it wants to be...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

The break from ads is over - How to save streaming

Here’s a surprising fact: the CW’s average viewer is 58 years old. If you’ve ever seen any of the network’s content - shows like Arrow or The 100 - you would be forgiven for finding this surprising. Nonetheless, the statistic...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

How to choose a web design agency

While social media might have become an incredibly important tool, nobody is going to take your business seriously without a website. Designing that website is a key task as it needs to find a perfect balance between form and function. It’s a...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

Just off to Munch & Sippers, can I get you anything?

A while back I had a go at asking a venerable UK retail institution if they thought I could help at all (well, in a very specific way) with what appeared to be a terminal decline in fortunes. Of course, nothing came of that ask and the company shut...

Posted by: Richard
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Inspiration

What are you, autarkic or something?

Am Reading Orlando Figes magnum opus ‘A People's Tragedy’ (our bookshelves are a groaning legacy of leftovers, now the children have all left and left behind piles of stuff they’ve no room for - but it does leave a treasure trove of random...

Posted by: Richard
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Workshop

Cracking Prime Day 2.0 with Creative Ads

For brands looking to make a splash this October during Amazon Prime Day, creative mobile campaigns are key. In this article, Paul Coggins, CEO of Adludio, argues that the ad industry has sat on its creative laurels for too long. If the...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

Best NFT markets 2022 - The top 3 to watch

After releasing the first non-fungible tokens (so-called NFT) the world of cryptocurrency but also art are not the same. It completely changed how we look at pieces of art, collectibles, and many popular culture assets, like investments or memes on...

Posted by: Creativepool Partner
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Leaders

Top 10 most exciting copywriters on Creativepool

The written word is a funny thing. It’s something `almost all of us have a basic understanding of and use every day to reply to emails, forward distracting memes to our co-workers and message our significant others about dinner. But how often...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

How to hire a great branding designer – 5 top tips

What is a brand? It’s far more than just a colour scheme and a few catchy phrases. Indeed, it’s more suitable to think of a brand as an identity - it’s what the company stands for, what it hopes to achieve and how it wants to be...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Industry

Why cloud-based tech will help SMEs prepare for a recession

As the United Kingdom enters a recession, SMEs need to look into putting systems into place that get them through the recession. Damian Hanson, Co-Founder & Director of CircleLoop, a business focused on communication systems, explores why cloud-based...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

How much should I charge as a freelance events designer?

Now that the pandemic has gently receded into the background hum of everyday life, the events sector has finally started to come back to life. Indeed, we recently celebrated a pretty spectacular event ourselves with our 2022 Annual launch earlier...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

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