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Advice, insight and first-hand accounts of creative career journeys, aimed at helping you find your way in the industry.
Creative Lives
The National Trust’s head of creative, Matt Haigh: “Don’t overthink it. Take opportunities as they come”
Creative Lives
Games artist and illustrator Catherine Unger talks goblins, space rovers and haunted houses
Parts of the Process
Art director Alistair Hanson describes how the latest Printed Pages magazine came together
Creative Lives Podcast
Pentagram partner Naresh Ramchandani: “Never stop thinking about how to solve a brief better”
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Director Kibwe Tavares on his filmmaking journey, from learning on the fly to financing
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Stephanie Griggs’ super-sweet life as a licensing director at The Roald Dahl Story Company
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Reading-based illustrator Daniel Lambert on designing characters for some of the world’s biggest brands
Creative Lives Podcast
‘Doodlebomber’ Hattie Stewart: “Stick to your guns, even if people don’t get it”
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Swan-filled hot dogs and top-secret projects: life as Animade’s head of production, Laura Darby
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Animade’s senior creative Milo Targett on personal projects and maintaining an individual voice
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Frida Ek: From science, sales and a sewage plant to full-time designer at Animade
In the Studio With
Making things move with character: animation studio Animade
Creative Lives Podcast
Anna Lomax on making a career out of making things
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Breaking news and special projects: Meet art director at CNN, Sarah-Grace Mankarious
Parts of the Process
Benjamin Lole explains how he produced BBC One’s Christmas film ‘The Supporting Act’
Creative Lives Podcast
Raj Panjwani, service designer for the Ministry of Justice, on taking ego out of design
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Ronan McKenzie on dropping out of university and becoming a photographer on her own terms
First Hand
“I would churn out personal briefs to show more than university work” – designer James Shaw’s graduate journey
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“I couldn’t have imagined a job being so enjoyable” – Meet MTV UK’s senior designer Rosie Skinner
Creative Lives Podcast
Photographer Laura Pannack on the virtues of staying excited, brave and “a little bit scared”
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MTV production manager Marko Domazet: “Don’t be afraid to ask for help; you’re not meant to know it all”
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MTV UK’s promo producer James Green on thinking fast and the power of personal work
In the Studio With
Cutting promos and projecting onto City Hall with MTV’s London-based creative team
Creative Lives Podcast
Multitasking and making yourself indispensable: Meet creative director L.A. Ronayne