Articles
Advice, insight and first-hand accounts of creative career journeys, aimed at helping you find your way in the industry.
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
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
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
Creative Lives
From illustration student to assistant producer: Meet Sky Creative Agency’s Lucy Hewetson-Smith