Articles
Advice, insight and first-hand accounts of creative career journeys, aimed at helping you find your way in the industry.
Creative Lives Podcast
From intern to agency co-founder in under a year: Meet Shannie Mears
Creative Lives
Freytag Anderson’s project director Sophie Brown: “Be assertive. Your ideas are as valid as anyone else’s”
Creative Lives
“Let the job be fun”: Brighton-based animator and designer, Laurie Rowan
Advice
Coralie Bickford-Smith on putting yourself out there as an introverted creative
Creative Lives
Creative Lives
We talk belonging and authenticity with creative director, stylist and casting director Charlotte James
Creative Lives
Freelance creative Peigh Asante on music, making documentaries and jump-starting his advertising career
Creative Lives
“The industry’s not a ladder, but a giant playground” – multidisciplinary creative Michael Lester
Creative Lives Podcast
Freelance brand strategist Joss Debae on openness, empathy and why having a network is invaluable
Creative Lives
“Believe in yourself – you aren’t nearly as bad as you think you are”: Animator Katy Wang on overcoming self-doubt
First Hand
Designer Stacie Woolsey on her decision to make her own Masters programme
Interview by
Marianne Hanoun
Advice
Reach out, don’t compare, learn from everything: Eight creatives on starting a career well
Creative Lives
Creative Lives Podcast
“The first job is the hardest”: Jonathan Barnbrook looks back on his journey from band logos to Bowie
Creative Lives
Moving in interesting directions, not just the ‘right’ one with Mother strategist, Shaun Murphy
Creative Lives
Creative Lisa Turner-Wray on the joy of collaboration, and finding inspiration in the weirdest places
In the Studio With
Iconic ads, communal working and fierce independence: We meet the team at Mother London
Creative Lives Podcast
Producer Brian Kaczynski on Netflix, freelance paranoia, and being a good ‘fixer’
First Hand
Why visibility and representation matter: Vanessa Whyte on co-founding a platform for female cinematographers
Interview by
Indi Davies
Creative Lives
Talent, perseverance and luck: R Fresson on the art of freelance illustration
Creative Lives
Emily Maguire’s unlikely route into becoming a freelance information and data visualisation designer
Creative Lives
Wales-based illustrator and typographer Adam Hayes on early mistakes and experimenting with process
Creative Lives Podcast
“Be humble, but be powerful.” We meet Mr. President co-founder Laura Jordan-Bambach
Parts of the Process
How Jake Dow-Smith created a radical new website for Torque Editions
Creative Lives
Uniform’s senior front end developer Oliver Smith on patience, problem-solving and life in Liverpool
Creative Lives
How to “make things for the internet”, with freelance designer and developer Dan Powell