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
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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
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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”