Articles
Advice, insight and first-hand accounts of creative career journeys, aimed at helping you find your way in the industry.
Advice
Four creative warm-ups to help you get projects off to a good start
Written by
Francesca Elisia
Parts of the Process
From university project to a premiere at the BFI: The making of short film, Uki
Creative Lives Podcast
F*ck Being Humble: Stefanie Sword-Williams on changing perceptions of self-promotion
First Hand
How Comuzi is paving the way for emerging technologists and future founders of colour
Interview by
Indi Davies
and
First Hand
Illustrator Aleesha Nandhra’s five rules for using Instagram in a useful, healthy way
Creative Lives
Creative Lives
gal-dem’s deputy editor Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff: “You become a journalist when you write your first story”
Parts of the Process
The three-hour brief: Michelle Thompson on creating an illustration for Broadly
Creative Lives Podcast
We talk magazines and creating ‘Good Trouble’ with writer and creative director Rod Stanley
Creative Lives
Experience designer Samuel Mensah on working for the ‘holy grail’ of companies, McKinsey
First Hand
To rent a desk space or work from home? Rose Pilkington on her quest for freelance space
Written by
Rose Pilkington
Resources
The New-Starter Glossary: Get to know your office jargon from your tax terminology
Creative Lives
First Hand
How to establish a creative career outside of the city
Written by
Karen Rosenkranz
Creative Lives Podcast
Creative director Matt Ipcar talks working on the Obama campaign and inspiring change
Advice
How to attract, maintain and build the right kind of client relationships
Creative Lives
Advice
Get productive: Introducing the 2018–19 Lecture in Progress Year Planner
Interview by
Indi Davies
and
Creative Lives
Illustrator and animator Yukai Du on moving to London, and finding her style
First Hand
Breaking into industry without selling out: Animade’s Lana Simanenkova
Creative Lives
Creative Lives Podcast
We talk music and design with Island Records’ art director Charlie Drinkwater
Advice
Creative Lives
First Hand
Pitch editor Sherry Collins on prioritising integrity and increasing inclusivity in the industry
Interview by
Indi Davies
and
Parts of the Process
Animation studio The Line on injecting Gucci’s SS18 campaign with extra magic
Creative Lives Podcast
Leyya Sattar talks unlikely TV role models and challenging inequality in the industry
First Hand
How French animator Kévin Gemin taught himself to animate on the Nintendo DS
Written by
Kévin Gemin
Parts of the Process
17 years in the making: Frédéric Lagrange’s photography book, Mongolia