Time to Jam: Why Rethinking Your Process Leads to Big Creative Payoffs
What does one do upon the introduction of a new component library into daily work practices? Set up a super fun, “Great British Bake Off”-style Creative Jam, of course! Come again? You may be thinking. That’s right. We decided to shake things up one day by taking an afternoon to create and learn together. Inspired by the Adobe Creative Jam that we attended earlier in 2018, we split up into four...
It’s Not Personal: The Art of the Design Critique
As an experienced design professional, part of my routine each day consists of giving and receiving design feedback. It’s such a regular part of my job, in fact, that it has become second nature to me. But that wasn’t always the case. As a young college student facing the prospect of hearing opinions about my work, I used to take critiques really personally. It wasn’t something I was used to, and...
To Manage Agency Life, Work Like a Chef
Before I was a producer and living the agency life, I worked my way through a few restaurant kitchens, and I now find myself relying on the skills I picked up along the way on a daily, if not hourly, basis. Cooking is a job that is well-known for being intense — requiring long hours under near-constant pressure — but one that mixes self-reliance with strong professional connections in a...