Designers love a project that comes with an objective and clear milestones, so why don't we build one for ourselves? Direction & Milestones Get organized. Map out your project plan to meet your launch date. Inspiration Who makes you jelly? Find a few designers/templates/agencies to inspire you Digital Prep It's my least favorite part.
Fun/Romantic Design * Under Budget * 10% of Brain Power After my best friend and I decided to get engaged, I had a blast designing our wedding collateral. I bought Segol Typeface after crushing on it for years and a few premade eucalyptus vectors and ornate type elements. Designing the wedding landing page was an
Gantt Chart for Designers A creative’s currency is time. Gantt charts help me manage my team’s time by visualizing the cost of the ask. It helps me identify a realistic timeline for completion and outline dependencies. I highly recommend creatives grow these basic project management tools to enhance left brain thinking and better communicate
Creative Queue & Priorities Priority Level 1 (P1) Impacts revenue, is a dependency of revenue generating asset. Priority Level 2 (P2) Part of a planned campaign. About 90% of our assignments. Priority Level 3 (P3) Innovation which can take place between high priority projects. Our in-house department has an average of 600 creative tickets
I work with some fantastic creatives. When we have our weekly meetings, it's usually about efficiency updates or new new tools available. Leaning too much on working smarter not harder can start to silence the creative side. I wanted a quick group exercise that could alert the right side of our brain so I
How I Became a Landlord I spent my quarantine rehabbing a Chicago 3 flat and learning about property management. Met wonderful people along the way and had a blast! How it started A 3 flat in the Chicago suburbs, built by my grandfather, was left unattended for over a year by a family member.
A few years ago, I’m sitting in my new primary care physician’s office with an ache in my wrist. Just what I need when work is picking up. I know the drill; the questions which lead to no answers and a swarm of doctor’s bills and temporary solutions; super. I need to communicate to
Going overboard lands me in a wet mess. While it feels like I'm getting a lot accomplished, it comes at the cost of neglecting other things life. So I have to ask myself "is it worth it?" Since we all tend to do the things we love, most of the time what I am focusing
Adobe MAX went virtual this year to create a free event for creatives around the world. With over half a million attendees waiting to see the latest tricks and techniques, this was a great way to enhance your Creative Cloud skills. As a designer, we are responsible to create as fast as we can think. When
Revealing the magician's secret is never popular, but sharing "abstract" as a keyword that exists in many of my projects is an easy design trick which has helped me out. I have yet to meet a client that asks me to "maintain the principles of design" for a deliverable, nor should I expect them to do so.
