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by Ashley Morrison. One of the perks of being a freelancer is the ability to work from home. I love it. No arduous daily commute (and related expenses, obviously), no noisy work colleagues, and seriously good coffee on tap when I want it. But in...
Posted by: Creativepool
How did you get into the industry? My MA degree was the catalyst to fall in love with art and design. My project was about a fashion app and I had to do all the designs from branding to UX and UI. After my graduation I wanted to combine Marketing...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Social media is a lot of things. It’s a digital gateway drug for children, an advertiser’s parallel dream/nightmare and a tool for brands who want to get greater returns from minimal effort. That’s the cynic in me speaking, of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
How did you get into the industry? I honestly had no idea what I was going to do after university (studying a Fine Art BA), and panic email blasted pretty much every creative agency in Sussex. One agency came back to me in Brighton offering the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? You know, before I jumped ship to the corporate side, a former colleague of mine who'd moved between the studio and corporate worlds gave me a heads-up: it'd be quite a shock. And...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? I visited AFDA, a Film school in Johannesburg, South Africa, when I was scouting out colleges after High School. For some reason, the animation department really attracted me. It might have been because I was...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Gabrielle Ludzker is not just any CEO. The current head honcho at customer experience agency RAPP has spent her career breaking away from the traditional corporate CEO stereotype. and leads to inspire rule breakers. Gabby is an inspirational rule...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Julie Aguilera is Associate Director & Head of Consumer at Rooster. Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? I work part time and am in the office once a week. My one day in the office is inevitably filled with...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? From watching too many cartoons as a kid, honestly! As a teenager, I saved up for a Wacom tablet and started experimenting with making my own animation in Flash and Photoshop. Later, when I studied animation at the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Design agency Matter has collaborated with University of the Arts London to develop a concept for a bio-inspired sustainable earplug using the natural form of a helix to reduce material needed to efficiently block out sound. The concept takes...
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
Dave Anderson is an animator, illustrator and storyboard artist born in Wales, and currently based in Barcelona, who has for over a decade has been helping even the most uptight organisation find their funny. In recent years he’s directed...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? I’m Chief Creative Officer at Saffron, the global branding and design agency. I oversee the work of our global design team split between London, Madrid and Vienna, making...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? Hmm, so long ago now… I got into ‘editing stuff on a timeline to manipulate emotions’ from doing music production on an Amiga in my bedroom as a teenager and transferred that idea to video when...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
B2B marketing has been evolving, and you’ve probably noticed it. In the last few years, there’s been a shift towards the use of entertainment in B2B marketing. This is something that takes many forms: branded entertainment, branded content,...
Posted by: Novagram
FutureBrand - the brand-led business transformation company that has helped transform household names such as American Airlines, Sanofi, McDonald’s, NatWest and Barilla - has appointed Lauren Maynard as its new Global Chief Growth Officer. In...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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....
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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How did you get into the industry? It was actually by accident! Many years ago I was diagnosed with ME/CFS and found that I went from being an energetic person to one who was effectively ‘marooned’ at home. As I had always been artistic...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
TikTok, the short-form video platform, has taken the world by storm, with users seeking fame and fortune through the power of viral content. Whether you're an individual looking to build a personal brand or a business aiming to reach new customers...
Posted by: outbloom
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? I’m based in Boston, and I generally start my workday rather early, by checking in with our Zappi teams in Europe. We begin each day with a daily virtual stand-up in our...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? After Uni, I worked a bit as an editorial illustrator for some sports magazines in Milan, when illustrators were still painting with brushes on paper - but was not the ideal scenario for me as I have always been...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Imagine a world where learning isn't confined to the four walls of a classroom or the pages of a textbook. Where boundless knowledge awaits, just a simple scan away. In today's dynamic educational landscape, QR codes are transforming this vision into...
Posted by: Creativepool Partner
When working on college essays, students have to meet tens of demands; they have to cover issues they may not like, they have to meet academic writing standards, they have to hand in their projects on time, and they have to deliver the key points so...
Posted by: Creativepool Partner
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? My role as Director/Head of Production at Solarflare is very varied, so as cliche as it sounds no two days are the same. That said, I typically search for inspiration each...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? I graduated in 2010 with a degree in Industrial Design from BIAD when it seemed that every graduate job was as an unpaid internship in either a remote setting or central London. It was demoralising to have put so...
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How did you get into the industry? I never planned to go into copywriting, but I did a few internships in the writing and creative space through university, then after I graduated with a degree in English, I was a bit unsure of what was...
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With 20 years of experience leading innovative technology projects for companies like R/GA, Havas and Huge, teaching as adjunct professor at NYU and Parsons, and serving as jury president at the Cannes Lion International Festival of Creativity, Marc...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We’re three weeks into 2024, which means you have probably settled nicely into the new year and are making good progress with creative endeavours. Whether you’re busy with client work or broadening your horizons with personal projects, It’s...
Posted by: Novagram
According to research, the dairy alternatives market is worth $24 billion USD globally. With more and more brands to compete with, Alpro - a veteran of the category - has unveiled a global brand refresh from Elmwood London, which places a greater...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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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Back in the lockdown summer of 2020 we launched Earthtopia, a channel to help people ease eco-anxiety and highlight solutions to the climate crisis. As an specialist communications agency, we work with many sustainability-focused clients but we also...
Posted by: 33Seconds
Sarah Evans, Head of Digital at PR agency, Energy PR, offers her advice on using AI to assist with your marketing work, freeing your team up to focus on the areas where you can add the most value. AI is not new. However, the launch of platforms like...
Posted by: Energy PR
How did you get into the industry? I started making films when I was quite young, maybe 10 or 11 years old. A neighbour worked at an adult education centre in Peckham and could borrow a VHS camera they had there for me and a few other kids on the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A new year often brings with it a chance to sweep the slate clean and make healthier choices when it comes to the work we accept and the work we don’t. Indeed, it could be argued that the perpetual curse of the freelancer isn’t so much...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns