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jelly London launch award-winning director Effie Pappa

This week, jelly London welcome award-winning animator, Effie Pappa, to their exclusive team of directors. Effie specialises in all ranges of Stop Motion as well as 2D animation. She is best known for her short film “My Stuffed Granny”,...

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5 minutes with... Mark Ferguson -Director at Very Own Studio

"Very Own Studio is a small independent practice specialising in identity and graphic design for print and screen. It was formed by Mark Ferguson in 2009 in Manchester but is currently based in sunny Brighton." What do you actually do? I'm a...

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5 Minutes With... Steven Walls - Creative Director at Tomorrow People

"We listen, we create, we engage, we transform, we grow." What do you actually do? I am a creative director with over 10 years' experience of running a successful, digital and marketing agency. I'm someone who thrives on the challenge of a new...

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5 minutes with... Scott Bedford - Creative Director at Jigsaw

What do you actually do? My main focus at the moment is driving innovation and creativity within the business - so a lot of creative and strategic thinking, and an awful lot of pitches, especially for the North American market. Jigsaw is a very...

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Crayon Creatures. Realise your children's wildest imaginings in 3D

by Jessica Hazel. Every proud parent's fridge is covered in as many sugar-paper masterpieces as can possibly be blue-tacked onto it. The only problem with this is that they get increasingly dog-eared with each slam of the kitchen door and eventually...

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Toy Story remade

by Jessica Hazel. A long long time ago, when I was about 12 years old, I decided to copy out my favourite book on my typewriter, trace all the illustrations and put it back together in a lever arch file. The book was 'A Teenage Worriers Guide To...

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Are creative people undervalued?

by John Fountain. Welcome to 2013 and to the same old furies. Have you seen the survey on industry salaries published last week in Creative Review? What gets my goat is the findings. Particularly with the question "Are you earning the right...

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5 minutes with... Dave Dye - DHM

Dave Dye is the Commissioning Editor for DHM, a new fangled multi-disciplinary-designy-advertisingy-digitaly-stunty-strategicy-communications shop, hence the pretentious title. They've produced tv ads, t-shirts, social networking solutions, logos,...

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Spotlight - Mike Watkins - Freelance Graphic Designer

- View Mike's Creativepool profile ‘Don't just hold out for the cool ad or design agencies - there are thousands of other companies out there that have marketing/design departments' Describe your work in one sentence. Creative pixel...

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Workshop

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Written by Toby Thwaites, Director, Purple Consultancy - Specialists in creative recruitment Toby Thwaites and Paul Wood founded Purple in June 2000. Purple provides recruitment consultancy to advertising, design, integrated marketing, publishing,...

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5 minutes with... James Temple - R/GA

Tell us what you do for a living and who you work for? I'm the Executive Creative Director at R/GA in London. With the team, I create digital experiences. What does that involve? Leading, Learning, Understanding, Inspiring and Executing. I'm...

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Skill shortages in the creative and digital markets

Written by Toby Thwaites, Director, Purple Consultancy - Specialists in creative recruitment As recruiters for the creative industries, including the digital industry, we are naturally very aware of the constant need for the sourcing of fresh talent...

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The one thing you must do right to have any chance of landing a job.

by Michael Tomes. Or the alternative heading "Read this and you might just get the job you want". It has been a while since I have written to the candidates on Creativepool other than when I produce the Hot Jobs bulletin each week, and include a...

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CP Loves... "Scrapheap Symphony" by Chris Cairns

by Jessica Hazel. You might think that glitchy dial-up modems and clunky printers are a thing of the past and that their rightful place is rotting away in a landfill somewhere. However the thing is that modern, quieter technology just doesn't cut...

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Spotlight: Alex Donne-Johnson

Alex Donne-Johnson is a multidisciplinary creative living and working in London. His work has been featured in numerous magazines and books. Computer Arts magazine named him a 'Leading creative' and he's been hired directly by clients such as adidas,...

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Opinions - Who cares what you think, Mr. Freelancer?

by Ashley Morrison There are a great many perks to being a freelancer (if you’re regularly employed, obviously). A lot of variety, regular change of scene if you work on site for multiple clients, working days to suit your personal schedule,...

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CP Loves... Genius of the mainstream. Tony Scott remembered.

by Magnus Shaw A little over a day ago, Tony Scott - the renowned film and advertisement director - jumped to his death from a bridge in Los Angeles. The details remain unclear but he may have been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. Scott...

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5 minutes with... Graham Pugh - Teamspirit

Tell us what you do for a living and who you work for? I'm Executive Creative Director of Teamspirit. What does that involve? Managing a department of creative teams, designers, artworkers and digital people, writing ads and mailshots and online...

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Meet Theo Delaney

Theo Delaney is a multi award-winning director of advertising commercials. His work is predominantly comedy based and his love of football is a major influence on his work. He is a lifelong supporter of Tottenham Hotspur and regularly appears on The...

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Inspiration

#MemberSpotlight on freelance writer and director Katerina Sfaellou

How did you get into the industry? I started on the corporate side of things many years ago, working on events and marketing activation campaigns. But I always wanted to be hands-on and combine my communications degree with the more creative side of...

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Leaders

#GettingToKnow Joanne Lucy, Managing Director @ Major Players

Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? In one word: Hectic! I’m the Managing Director for Majar Group - a talent solutions business in the creative, digital, and tech space, formed from the merger of Major Players...

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#MemberSpotlight on commercial director and filmmaker Martin Edwards

How did you get into the industry? I was living the dream of being an indie filmmaker in New York-in other words, struggling to pay the rent and eating a lot of iffy cheeseburgers-when a friend hooked me up with a gig at a SoHo ad agency....

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#MemberSpotlight on Creative Director John-Louis West

With a background in print design and advertising, John-Louis West has over 20 years of experience as a design consultant, which places him at the intersection of business, digital, graphic design, and motion graphics. We caught up with him this week...

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Industry

#MemberSpotlight on Creative Director Marc Posch

How did you get into the industry? Design has always held a strong allure for me. Early on, I recognized its magical potential as a craft that profoundly influences people's perceptions of products and services. I found this to be very powerful, and...

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#GettingToKnow Louisa O’Connor, Managing Director at Seen Presents

Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? As the head of a brand experience agency, it's a blend of jumping into new business meetings, hashing out creative strategies for ongoing projects, and throwing in some...

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#MemberSpotlight on design director Wes Trumble

How did you get into the industry? Ever since I can remember art has always been my passion. Initially I studied a foundation course in Eastbourne which covered a broad range of subjects and then progressed onto a higher level course in Barnet....

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#GettingToKnow Graham Sturt, Creative Director @ Monotype

Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? I haven’t been at Monotype long enough yet to form an exact idea of what a ‘typical’ day is. So far, I’ve been undertaking a very well-structured and...

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#MemberSpotlight on UX/UI Designer & Art Director Emilio Cid

How did you get into the industry? My journey into this exciting industry began as a freelance Storyboard artist for an advertising agency. Armed with a degree in Advertising and Marketing, I was eager to make my mark. Back in 1996, online...

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#MemberSpotlight on Creative Director, Paul Leon

How did you get into the industry? I’ve been drawing since I was 4. I love drawing, coming up with new ideas and solving problems. I always knew I was going to go into something creative. By the time I was 13 my art teacher at secondary...

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#MemberSpotlight on Obelisk Agency Creative Director, Silvia Bosoiu

A creative director with over a decade of experience, Silvia is a fascinating individual that loves to experiment with ideas and let her mind run wild. As Co-Founder and CD at the Obelisk Agency, she has worked for everyone from tiny startups to...

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