“I used to wait around until someone else said the thing I was thinking in order to validate it. Don’t wait to speak on the things you believe in.”
Read More5 Portfolio Takeaways from Apple, Netflix, & Vans Animator Keenon Ferrell
So how can an Animator showcase their designs in a way that both works with the artistry and intent behind them, and demonstrates their one-of-a-kind style and thinking? We got together with Keenon Ferrell, a digital animator and illustrator based in NYC, to talk about just that.
Read MoreIllustration by WNW Member Vrinda Zaveri
5 Tips to Find Work, Collaborators, and Community on Working Not Working
Want to know how you can find work? Want to know how to get noticed? The WNW team has your back. Take a look at some quick steps below.
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Talent Talk with Kim Lovell, Creative Talent Manager at VMLY&R
After a year stint as a Creative Recruiter at the Creative Circle, Lovell’s brought her talents to VMLY&R and constantly works to fill its staff with the greatest creative minds that she can. Here’s her process and perspective on finding talent.
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Visuals by Kayla Homenok
Creativity & Well-Being: Shifting the Way We Think About Work
The culture of overwork has brought many of us to a point where burnout is becoming very real and to a point of defining our full identity and sense of self by what we have achieved in our work or careers.
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Creative Director Edward Yeung Prioritizes Representation in Their Work, a “Beautiful Crusade for Good”
The award-winning non-binary interdisciplinary creative is an Associate Creative Director at Spotify, where they’ve worked on different rollouts for artists such as Billie Eilish, BLACKPINK, and Maluma. Along with their role as a Co-Founder of the brand Crushed Tonic, Yeung’s hands are full as they continue to realize the full extent of their creative abilities.
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Felix Richter’s Decade at Droga5 Proves a Mastery Of Creative
Felix Richter is the Co-Chief Creative Officer for one of the most well-known agencies in the world. His executive-level creative decisions have left his gargantuan fingerprints on some of the industry’s most well-known campaigns. He’s an inspiration to creatives everywhere — not just for his work in the industry, but also for his approach to being creative altogether.
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Illustration by WNW Member Lu Zhang
5 Ways Freelancers Can Become Financially Confident This Year
If you’re a freelancer struggling to understand your finances, you’re not alone. 72% of Americans report that their money stresses them out, yet talking about money remains taboo. Let’s make 2021 the year we change that.
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Asking Not Asking #34: Into the Unknown
Over the course of writing the past 33 columns, one of the most prevalent, recurring themes has been the question of how we deal with the unknown. Ambiguity, uncertainty, surprise, and the unexpected dot our careers as creatives, sometimes momentarily and sometimes for seasons.
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4 Takeaways from Working Not Working’s Recruiter Roundtable
Working Not Working hosted a roundtable conversation with two senior recruiters from highly-celebrated companies Wieden+Kennedy and Squarespace. Our digital audience of creatives left the conversation feeling better educated on the thoughts and considerations of those who bring them work. Here are some highlights.
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21 Years, 21 Lessons: About Success & Failure as a Creative Immigrant
Us immigrants, we tend to shy away from voicing our stories because we are afraid of how it will effect our status. Here’s to hoping that telling my story will help someone else like me in their journey.
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Overshare Podcast: Charlie Engle Ran Across the Sahara and He Isn't Stopping
In this episode, you will learn how you are capable of so much more than you even know, and that there’s never the perfect time for anything. You just need to make a decision to commit and then figure out how to do it, which Charlie has done time and time again.
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Illustration by WNW Member James Clapham
Drawing Under Quarantine: Fostered Skills & Advice for Newcomers
These tips for professionals and amateurs alike can provide some attainable goals or challenges to those in search of motivation, especially now that freelance creatives are under the whims of unstable budgets.
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Asking Not Asking #33: All or Nothing
Over the past year, art has been calling out to me again in a way I can’t ignore. Her pleas have been getting stronger, more urgent—and more disappointed in my lack of resolve to commit more time to her—time I simply don’t have right now.
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Animated illustration by Emily Parsons
Creative Turns: Matt Welch–From Journalism to Advertising
Matt Welch, a program director at Wolff Olins, started his career as a page designer and copy editor at The New York Times Company. See how his time in journalism along with a healthy dose of determination and curiosity led to an unexpected––yet informed––pivot to his current position in advertising.
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Craig Black
Surviving the Coronavirus Crisis as an Independent Creative
“What I am about to share with you is actionable steps that I have taken to ensure my business and my mental well being will survive through these challenging times. I really hope that this insight can provide value to the community.”
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Asking Not Asking #32: Questioning Next Steps
“I think freelance life has shifted my focus from doing what I love to worrying too much about money and business. That makes me feel like something is not working. I want to be excited about what I do again.”
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Asking Not Asking #31: Ready for Creative Expansion
As I work on my plan for the next five years I'm craving an expansion while holding onto my mastery. How do I expand to take on a bigger creative role, while keeping the market's trust in what I do very well?
Read MoreCreative Director Job Descriptions: Template, Tear-Downs, and More
Ready to hire a creative director? If you’ve been in the creative world for a while, you’ll know that’s not a simple task. “Creative director” isn’t a cookie-cutter job. Your job description needs to be specific enough to illustrate what YOU define a creative director to be.
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