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How do you redesign an entire brand portfolio to drive forward a 120-year-old business? Rawnet may have a few tips to share in that regard. Hornby Hobbies is a reputable business with a good 12 brands and 28 domains in total. Just like most brands...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Where do you get inspiration from? The typical answer here is to say ‘from everywhere’ but that’s really flipping unhelpful to those reading thinking, I really need some inspiration, where do I look. I was once in a meeting with...
Posted by: Simon Manchipp
Simon Corbett, CEO at Jargon PR and Adam Smith, Managing Director of Rawnet, discuss why legacy brands need to reconsider their digital strategies and reap the benefits, and how customer-centricity will be the key to a successful digital...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This is a new monthly article focusing on the most exciting new agencies opening up across ad land. If we've missed any you think deserve a mention, feel free to let us know in the comments below. Billion Dollar Boy hits the Big Apple London-based...
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For many of us, the pandemic catalysed a period of intense reflection, and we came out the other side of it as fundamentally different people, particularly where our life goals were concerned. The days when a stable job and a steady salary were THE...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror and wondered who that uninspired individual was starting back at you? This existential crisis is something I found myself experiencing on an almost daily basis since turning 35 and, as a professional...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
How did you first get into the industry? My journey into the creative industry was a natural evolution of my lifelong passion for art and creativity. Growing up, I always gravitated towards painting, drawing, and exploring various creative outlets....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How many times in your career have you been forced to choose between a lucrative gig that feeds your coffers but chips away at your soul and a low-payer or pro-bono gig that would make you feel like you’re contributing something positive to the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It’s ok to not be ok. This is an adage that has become something of a silent anthem in recent years, as more of us start to realise we’re “not the only ones struggling.” In the creative industries particularly, which tends to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? As a founder, there is never a typical day. My role has evolved as the business has grown over the past 10 years. I love having variety in my day, but I find most of my time is...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Amy Still is Founder & CEO at Whisk. With over 15 years of experience in digital and social-first advertising, she’s witnessed the shift from mass broadcast platforms to niche community-driven spaces, where people seek more authentic and...
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Continuous is a brand agency backed by 25 years of experience from parent company Uniform and it’s on a mission to help clients “adapt, thrive, and create a positive impact in a constantly changing world.” This week, we spoke to MD...
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Without stories what are we really? Storytelling is at the root of so much of our shared culture and it winds its barbs into everything from the stories we ingest actively (be it through books, TV, games or otherwise) to those we ingest passively...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The creative industries offer some of the most fulfilling yet rewarding careers going. I should know, having worked within them now for nearly 20 years. However, while a creative career can be deeply rewarding, it can come with some unique pressures...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This week, we caught up with Mark Baxter, Founder at Baggi, to discuss his young agency’s beginnings and optimistic future. How was your company born and where are you based? BAGGI were born in the middle of lockdown. It felt like the right...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Audience personas can provide the blueprint for your marketing campaigns. By taking the time to research and immerse yourself in understanding who you are trying to reach, can provide an invaluable framework for attaining great results. Everyone has...
Posted by: Think Design Manchester Ltd
How did you get into the industry? I had watched Ready Player One and adored the movie. That got me looking into VFX, which then subsequently got me into studying Game Art Animation. After finishing my degree, I did a short term contract working on...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Since the pandemic, our lives have completely changed, with remote learning and remote working much more common. But what does this do to our creative juices? Expanding on the knowledge and know-how design students and those working in design may...
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Flying Duck Studio Lab is an ethical and inclusive creative studio whose goal is to share positive and inspiring story-telling by bringing top-notch productions to the world and working towards changing the industry for the better. They specialise...
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Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? My role spans most client accounts at Cream, so I’m usually multi-tasking across campaigns - switching my mindset between brands, target audiences, messages, and...
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Artificial Intelligence is changing the way we in the creative industries work at every level. But rather than getting carried away with talk of machines replacing people, we’re finding the technology is taking human creativity to the next...
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By Lucie Pearce, Head of Marketing at fifty.io With the narrative of veganism changing over the last decade, plant-based diets are no longer solely the purview of vegans, as the ‘vegan-curious’ and ‘flexitarians’ continue to...
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SIREN are a small team of experienced and award winning producers & music supervisors who love music and are based in Central London. They collaborate with a global network of extremely talented composers and producers and our goal is to answer your...
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Andrew Trotman is CEO and Founder of KOMI Group, the award-winning social media marketing, talent and content licensing agency who, as well as providing exceptional service to clients, owns its own social media brands such as It’s Gone Viral....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
People use a new year as a fresh start, evaluating the past year with introspection and making goals for a better year ahead. Work-related new year’s resolutions for freelancers and business owners are created in this process. While many...
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Born and raised in Croydon, Kelly Oozageer is a graduate of the London College of Fashion that founded her own brand while studying and launched after graduating. Today, Cassine is a thriving fashion label that has been featured in exhibitions, shows...
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This week, we talk to Gregor Smith, Head of Global Advertising Sales at SmartFrame Technologies, to learn about his background, get his tips and advice for sales professionals, and discuss future trends in the digital advertising industry. Tell us a...
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A little story: My son is at art school here in Shrewsbury, where they’ve recently had their end-of-year exhibition. During the event, he managed to get a commission and a sale. When asked for a price, he froze for a few seconds and then...
Posted by: Tony Clarkson
A keen creative with over a decade in the industry, Jamie Watson believes that building a brand is not just about having a tagline, a logo or a webpage - It is the fundamental root from which all of these assets must stem. “It’s getting...
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Fernando Amaral, VP of Marketing at Landbot and host of the Ungated Marketing Podcast, tackles how we are shifting to a moment-based marketing approach with the bi-directional experience, building the next generation of marketing. Fernando is a...
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It’s not just brands that boost their juice by being ‘playful’. Any kind of interaction, from museums to retail to software to government can learn from the players out there who stay open to fresh ideas, exploration and...
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While we often hear from artists and designers here at the Creativepool #MemberSpotlight, it’s rare indeed to speak to an architect, particularly one as fascinating as Erik Blaho. The Slovakian architect began his career by focusing on the...
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Your mind is constantly jumping from one idea to another. You can barely focus on what you are doing now, as your side-projects seem to jump in from all angles. You struggle to complete one thing; and in the meantime, you get so inspired by other...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
We heard a great deal of talks about mental health, work-life balance and authenticity during the past year, and the push to remote work is certain to leave a long-lasting mark in the workforce - creative industry or otherwise. What was once...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
It makes sense for a lot of creative professionals to see themselves as builders or architects. Essentially, that is what we are doing: building narratives, telling stories, working with structures and raw materials to make something greater. This is...
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How do you usually feel on Sunday nights? Well, apart from when there’s a football match which fails to make history. If the answer is ‘awful,’ ‘anxious’ or anything in between, you might be looking at a case of Sunday...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo