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Advice, insight and first-hand accounts of creative career journeys, aimed at helping you find your way in the industry.

Creative Lives
A day in the life of AI personality designer, broadcaster and journalist, Georgia Lewis Anderson
Creative Lives Podcast
Creative technologist Dan Adeyemi on why his role is like a sudoku puzzle
Creative Lives
The Great British Bake Off illustrator Tom Hovey on money, style and drawing food all day
Creative Lives
“Nothing beats the experience of doing the role itself”: Sky production coordinator Iman Kassar
In the Studio With
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Inside The Pipe, Ogilvy’s unconventional creative internship programme
Creative Lives Podcast
Staff writer at It’s Nice That, Jyni Ong, on unexpectedly working with words
Advice

Emily Prior-Such on the things no one tells you before graduating

Interview by Indi Davies
Advice

Want to design our next wall planner?

Written by Creative Lives in Progress
First Hand

Age is not a timeline for success: Tori West on making money and battling self-pressure

Interview by Indi Davies and
Advice

3x3: Advice on great storytelling from pros in photography and filmmaking

Written by Indi Davies
First Hand

D’oh! How to laugh at and learn from creative mistakes

Written by Fiona Martin
First Hand

Allow yourself some downtime! Conor Nolan on battling creative frustration

Written by Conor Nolan
Creative Lives
Be open to all possibilities: Edit_Brand digital designer, Samantha Wilkinson
Creative Lives Podcast
“Don’t take the obvious route in anything you do” – Paul Smith on innovation and balance
First Hand

What illustrator Michael Driver learnt from a rollercoaster ride with money

Interview by Indi Davies and
Advice

Use your feed as an online portfolio: Helen Parker on social media and self-promotion

Creative Lives
Creative Lives
Leah Chandler discusses working life as a creative within Sky Creative Agency
Creative Lives Podcast
Rubber chickens and a train set in a suitcase: A special podcast with Paul Smith
Creative Lives
From music teacher to exhibiting at the National Portrait Gallery: Meet photographer Max Miechowski
Advice

When’s the best time to send an email? Advice on starting out from Charlotte Heal

Creative Lives
First Hand

What it means to be a photographer today: Gem Fletcher on the ‘messy truth’ of the industry

Written by Gem Fletcher
Insight

What’s the current state of industry and university collaboration?

Creative Lives
Creative Lives Podcast
Jo Ham on building a brand, growing a business and the importance of perspective
First Hand

Following design activism from Holland to the Maldives: Charlotte Allen’s first year out of uni

Written by Charlotte Allen