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Inspiration

Why is animation so effective for emotional storytelling?

Karl Doran, founder and creative director of Flow Creative - the Manchester based agency behind BBC Children in Need’s 2022 animated video campaign - discusses why video animation is so effective for communicating emotive yet positive and...

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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Features

Queen Elizabeth II – Why she was and always will be our media Queen

When Queen Elizabeth II took the throne, even my parents had yet to be born. She was the longest serving monarch in history and it appears unlikely that will ever again be contested so when the news stuck yesterday evening, a definite shockwave was...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Workshop

How we ate our own dog food and turned it into magic | #CreativeCaseStudy

The greatest creative departments are filled with exceptional talent. We use AI to match creative minds with the best briefs in the business - which is why our Chairman Sir John Hegarty observed that Genie could possibly be the greatest creative...

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Leaders

#GettingToKnow former RadioTimes journalist Gregor Smith

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...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow the special ops man born with mischief in his blood

Paul Mallon is a man who feels he was always a perfect fit for Lucky Generals as it’s an agency, like him, “born with mischief in their blood.” He came to LG after working at Paddy Power, who were the agency’s first client...

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Features

News to me - What does the news really need to look like anyway?

In ‘hold the front page’ news, the pundits on BBC Radio 4 offered that the race to choose this country’s next leader might well be decided by an electorate whose primary source of news - and so opinion - is still newspapers. That...

Posted by: Richard
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow the Ted Lasso of sports advertising - Josh Green

Josh Green is the Boston-born, London-based Executive Creative Director at sports + culture agency Octagon and sister agency FRUKT. He leads the agency’s creative output across six European offices in London, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Frankfurt...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

The V&A explores the transformative power of creativity | #BehindTheIdea 

Back in April, the V&A Museum launched a campaign created by adam&eveDDB to champion the belief that creativity is what makes us human. The campaign promoted the V&A’s permanent collection and encouraged the public to explore the abundance of...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Industry

Annual 2022- Who will see your work this year?

Will my work gets seen by the "right" people is a key question when deciding on whether or not to enter any award. As a part of our commitment to making The Annual the "Most" Award, we make sure that your entries are delivered to and downloaded by,...

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Inspiration

Blockbuster video - Shining the #CompanySpotlight on Swhype

Swhype is a UK-based company that declares itself an “end-to-end” video agency - a video production company, animation studio and creative agency rolled into one. That’s a lot of hats to manage and we want know how they balance...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Why bold design is good business

Design is a great differentiator. It can stop people in their tracks. Make them laugh. Bring them to tears. And even set your brand apart from the competition - if you dare to be bold. It’s important to understand what we mean by design. Too...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Industry

The best places to work in the UK as a creative

The creative industry continues to retain its reputation as a vibrant sector that has demonstrated immense fortitude against the ever-evolving challenges of the pandemic. But there is a reason why so many creatives continue to flock to the big cities...

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Inspiration

Making the ultimate positive drinking choice | #BehindTheIdea

While it was once fashionable to snub the non-alcoholic booze market, the last few years have seen the sector revolutionised by brands that actually know what they’re doing and who their target audience is. Seedlip, one such brand, recently...

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Features

Jobfishing - The fake design agency that catfished 52 creatives

Everyone loves a good con story. You only have to see the success of the recent Anna Sorokin drama and Tinder Swindler documentary on Netflix to see how infatuated we all are with the seedy inner-workings of a good long con. But the latest big con...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

Other Pot Noodle brands are not available

Last week, Peter 'Snakebite' Wright sensationally won the PDC World Darts Championship title for the second time in an epic comeback. With his iconic hair, Wright is a real character, so it may not come as a complete surprise that instead of cracking...

Posted by: The 10 Group
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Job Description: Lighting Designer 

The lighting designer coordinates heavily with the director and artistic director to determine what sort of lighting-related visuals will craft the desired result on stage. This can include anything from deciding what sort of lighting will create a...

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Features

Stop saying TV and print are dead

For some curious reason, we humans tend to get excited with novelty pretty quickly. We struggle to see past the innovation, and the most progressive of us (a lot of creative people are, to be fair) get carried away with some doomsday comments aimed...

Posted by: Antonino Lupo
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Leaders

Mentorship can make the difference between wasting and fuelling potential

If you have been lucky enough to receive mentorship throughout your career, you know how priceless it was. A mentor is someone who believes in you and your skills. They are someone who isn't afraid of investing time in you, valuing your ambition and...

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Features

What we can learn from the success of the shorter work week in Iceland

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
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Industry

Annual 2021: who will see your work this year?

Time is ticking! With the standard submissions deadline now out of the way, we are little more than two weeks away from the Annual 2021 final submissions deadline, on Thursday 10th June. The Annual is the Most Distributed creative industry award....

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

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