Illustration by WNW Member Simon Flöter
“Van Gogh’s story is a typical case of a self-conscious creative with no marketing skills floundering in an artists’ market. He sold a product to a small community that didn’t value him and couldn’t patron him longterm.”
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Jonathan Hyla is on a mission to demystify ADD, explore the nuances and (yes) even the benefits of having ADD. I spoke with Hyla to learn more about his documentary film project and the corresponding book he’s writing, as well as some advice for those of us who struggle to focus when our very jobs depend on it.
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Illustration by WNW Member Michelle Mruk
As Vicki Saunders famously said, 'Everything’s broken, what a great time to be alive.' So make a dream brief out of what bothers you. Build the thing you wish you had (a little bird told me that’s how Working Not Working came to be). Be the change you’d like to see.
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Illustration by WNW Member Miriam Persand
We independent artists love to complain, especially about vague feedback and bizarre requests, without considering the source of these concerns form in the mouths of other artists. After all, in-house creative teams are the messengers, attempting to unite talent they love with budgets that work.
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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 MoreReady 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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The Working Not Working team is heading to Austin. While we’re there, we want to spend some time with the Austin creative community, enjoying good conversations and mezcal drinks that will only make the conversations more creative.
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Booking Escapes Prototype for Booking.com by WNW Member Brandon Burns
See the exact, step-by-step process you can take to search through the WNW database, connect with and follow UX designers whose work you love, and create a short job post to attract UX designers.
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We've built a tool that allows creatives to share their Top 3 Companies list not only on the WNW platform but on social media as well. When you list a company in your Top 3 on the platform, we notify hirers on WNW who work at that company.
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Illustration by WNW Member Miriam Persand
The inner workings of the large companies that hire me, an independent artist, are a mystery…I reached out to an anonymous art director friend at a large corporation to gain clarity. We discussed the mood boarding process for a global campaign, where things go awry, and when a company decides to make pre-emptive restitution.
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Simon discusses dream projects, what scares him most about a creative career, why it’s good to stay inside your comfort zone (as long as you’re expanding what fits inside it), and why at this point he might be addicted to the feedback loop.
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Our creative community wrote down more than 4,000 names. Here are the fifty agencies, brands, publications, services, stations, studios, tech giants, and more that made the cut, ranked in order.
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Where do you go for meaningful conversations with fellow creatives? Work? Community events? Your coworking space? Now there’s a new place to meet—announcing WNW Virtual Huddles, a monthly online conversation with creatives led by me, Coach Tina Essmaker.
Read MoreWe want you to bet on yourself and we’re here to help. While the ADC Awards are highly competitive, winning one can quickly take your creative career to the next level. So we spoke with past winners, a current judge, and the ADC team to gather helpful tips for entering your work and best positioning yourself to win
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Join forces with Partnership for America's Children and the Census Open Innovation Labs for the nation's first-ever creative workshop to reach families with kids under five leading up to the 2020 Census.
Read MoreIn this piece, we cover common knowledge gaps of film editing, the qualifications and skills that all great film editors have, what editors cost, and what a great editing portfolio looks like.
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I know my work will be better and I’ll be able to focus more if I take time for myself. How can I start to say yes to myself more, not just during this time of year, but on a more regular basis?
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We want to thank the more than 2,000 people who came out to our annual New York party last week. It was by far our biggest event yet, and we can’t imagine a better way to have celebrated the end of the decade and the start of a new one with our creative community.
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