Articles
Advice, insight and first-hand accounts of creative career journeys, aimed at helping you find your way in the industry.
Advice
Anthony Burrill’s advice on self-promotion and presenting your work online
Creative Lives
Creative Lives Podcast
Set your standards high: We meet royal photographer Samir Hussein
In the Studio With
Inside G . F Smith’s Hull-based factory: A tour of their most desirable paper services
Advice
Why mental health at work matters and how Sanctus can help
Interview by
Marianne Hanoun
Advice
How to maintain balance, manage stress and avoid burnout at work
Creative Lives
Creative Lives
Illustrator Conner Perry: Don’t ever feel guilty for having to support yourself
Creative Lives Podcast
Author and broadcaster Emma Gannon on what it means to live a multi-hyphenate life
First Hand
How to go after what you want: NID student and graphic designer Simoul Alva
Written by
Simoul Alva
Creative Lives
We talk portfolios and big breaks with Harrogate-based photographer, Matthew Lloyd
Creative Lives Podcast
How to tell stories using objects: Natalie Kane, curator of digital design at the V&A
Advice
The 2018 Lecture in Progress Alternative Reading List
Creative Lives
Parts of the Process
Designer Matthew Clark on creating the unexpected graphics for BBC hit, Bodyguard
Creative Lives Podcast
Jules Young discusses the rise of food styling and her role as an agent
First Hand
Writer Sarah Trounce on why pursuing change is always a good idea
Written by
Sarah Trounce
Creative Lives
Creating ‘social gold’ with social media creative director David Levin
Insight
Why illustration is booming: The AOI’s membership manager, Lou Bones
Interview by
Laura Snoad
and
Creative Lives
Mahaneela: “The idea of being good at one thing is redundant now”
Creative Lives
From wedding photography to football fans: Birmingham photographer Emma Case
Creative Lives Podcast
Make yourself known: Photographer Cait Oppermann
Advice
A beginner’s guide to copywriting: 6 essential reads to get you started
Written by
Vikki Ross
First Hand
How a student year abroad inspired award-winning magazine ‘Peep’
Written by
Adam Morton-Delaney
Creative Lives
Taking content seriously with content strategist at Dare, Gemma Germains
Creative Lives
Train your brain to see things differently: We meet designer Carl Godfrey
Creative Lives Podcast
TV director Jan Genesis: “You have to be thick-skinned”