If you've just graduated or are just new to the creative industry, the world of freelancing and pitching for jobs or projects can feel quite intimidating. What should a good pitch look like? Should you ask any questions? Should you be making up your mind about something that is outside of your comfort zone so […]

If you've ever done SEO, you know how good it feels when your rankings go up. You put a lot of hard work into getting up the SERPs and it is finally paying off. But then the unexpected happens. Your leaderboards are falling. Few things in search engine optimization are more daunting than falling in […]

It can be confusing figuring out what to charge customers. Even seasoned creatives often struggle with costing their jobs, and some prefer to leave discussions about fees and budgets to their agents. However, if you want to avoid undercutting your skills or losing a job because you've overcharged, it helps to have a good idea […]

For his new visual album, Hyperspace, Beck hired the NASA JPL team to curate mission images that were transformed into "hyperspace" using AI, a term popular in Star Wars that refers to a higher dimension, faster travel than light enables speed. The AI ​​and the direction were taken over by OSK, a studio specializing in […]

Although Shona Speres has just graduated from Falmouth University with a degree in graphic design, she has already proven herself to be multihyphenated. Her visual storytelling takes a variety of forms, whether it be using sculptures to inform brand visualizations, bringing her personal photography and graphics to life through editorial design, or making short films […]

Whether I screwed up at work or reacted badly at home (hypothetically of course), I often need a fresh start. Why? Because I am human and have a tendency to get into trouble. Sometimes my ruts are based on bad habits or wrong beliefs. Speaking of habits and beliefs, these are also the sources of […]

Welcome to my weekly roundup of the best of the latest leadership and communication blog posts I've seen over the past week. Given the current business situation today and how much has changed as a result COVID-19 I continue to advocate racial justice and continue to use the weekly round-up as a place to share […]

The pandemic may have saved people from immersing themselves in real data, but dating apps are using the embargo period as an opportunity to nurture our virtual love life. CR explores the unstoppable rise of digital dating The minefield of modern dating has changed dramatically in recent years. As recently as a decade ago, it […]

In this series, we ask leading creatives to talk about which projects or events have boosted their careers. Here the illustrator Sophy Hollington tells how she turned her childhood fear of asteroids into a folklore zine that shaped her artistic practice Tan & Loose Press contacted me in 2016 while I was still working part […]

Arseniy Neskhodimov's self-portrait series Prozac earned him first place in the Wellcome Photography Prize 2020 and the winner in the Series category. This year's award focused on the theme of mental health to "challenge prejudice and stereotypes and take a more authentic look at people's experiences with mental health". Neskhodimov was born in Uzbekistan and […]