Creative Lives

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

Creative Lives
Designer Vicky Hardman on discovering Liverpool’s creative scene and a job she loves
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From band mate to one-man studio: How Peter Duffy got into sound design and composing
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Getting timing and sensitivity down to an art, with Yorkshire-based photographer Christopher Nunn
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Go low, slow, and make like a casserole: Insightful wisdom from Matthew the Horse
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Stay curious and interested: Meet freelance copywriter Luke Leighfield
Creative Lives
A window into the colourful, collaged world of graphic artist and director Jimmy Turrell
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Candid, magical, complex: We get to know photographer Alexander Coggin
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Illustrator Egle Zvirblyte talks mastering time management and travelling with work
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Focus on personal work and your audience will find you: Bristol illustrator Harriet Lee-Merrion
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The National Trust’s head of creative, Matt Haigh: “Don’t overthink it. Take opportunities as they come”
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Games artist and illustrator Catherine Unger talks goblins, space rovers and haunted houses
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Director Kibwe Tavares on his filmmaking journey, from learning on the fly to financing
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Stephanie Griggs’ super-sweet life as a licensing director at The Roald Dahl Story Company
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Reading-based illustrator Daniel Lambert on designing characters for some of the world’s biggest brands
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Swan-filled hot dogs and top-secret projects: life as Animade’s head of production, Laura Darby
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Animade’s senior creative Milo Targett on personal projects and maintaining an individual voice
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Frida Ek: From science, sales and a sewage plant to full-time designer at Animade
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Breaking news and special projects: Meet art director at CNN, Sarah-Grace Mankarious
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Ronan McKenzie on dropping out of university and becoming a photographer on her own terms
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“I couldn’t have imagined a job being so enjoyable” – Meet MTV UK’s senior designer Rosie Skinner
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MTV production manager Marko Domazet: “Don’t be afraid to ask for help; you’re not meant to know it all”
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MTV UK’s promo producer James Green on thinking fast and the power of personal work
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Leicester-based print and graphic designer, Karl Askill: “I was convinced that London was the centre of the design universe”
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“Working solo toughens you up” – Rose Pilkington on going it alone as a motion designer and visual artist