Creative Lives

Meet the creatives making the industry thrive, covering early beginnings to what a typical working day looks like.

Creative Lives
Oliver Sin on working in Cheltenham and balancing work as an animator, director and illustrator
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Stick to doing you: casting director David Steven Wilton on fashion talent and taking your time
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Photographer Suki Dhanda: “It’s a continuous journey; there is no fixed path”
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Freytag Anderson’s project director Sophie Brown: “Be assertive. Your ideas are as valid as anyone else’s”
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“Let the job be fun”: Brighton-based animator and designer, Laurie Rowan
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We talk belonging and authenticity with creative director, stylist and casting director Charlotte James
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Freelance creative Peigh Asante on music, making documentaries and jump-starting his advertising career
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“The industry’s not a ladder, but a giant playground” – multidisciplinary creative Michael Lester
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“Believe in yourself – you aren’t nearly as bad as you think you are”: Animator Katy Wang on overcoming self-doubt
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Moving in interesting directions, not just the ‘right’ one with Mother strategist, Shaun Murphy
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Creative Lisa Turner-Wray on the joy of collaboration, and finding inspiration in the weirdest places
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Talent, perseverance and luck: R Fresson on the art of freelance illustration
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Emily Maguire’s unlikely route into becoming a freelance information and data visualisation designer
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Wales-based illustrator and typographer Adam Hayes on early mistakes and experimenting with process
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Uniform’s senior front end developer Oliver Smith on patience, problem-solving and life in Liverpool
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How to “make things for the internet”, with freelance designer and developer Dan Powell
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Developer Rifke Sadleir on her first website, coding’s gender issues and being mathematically-minded
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Rehat Kathuria on juggling work as both an iOS developer and photographer
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Myles Palmer, Future Corp's senior digital art director on how coding informs his design practice
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Apply your skill set to more than one thing: Digital designer Yuli Serfaty
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Follow your own interests, not just trends: Digital art director Gemma Copeland
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Developer and designer Jack Wild on managing stress and freelancing at Future Corp
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Meet SB Studio’s resident ‘fixer’ and business director, Nicola Holroyd
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“Factory work made me want to succeed in a creative career” Meet SB Studio’s head of digital, Stephen West