July 8, 2013

An Inspiring List

Check out the fun list I created for an article on inspiration.  These are life experience-type ideas that don’t take as much time or commitment as the usual examples of traveling, skydiving, learning a language or taking an art class.  Give some of these a
September 20, 2012

The Top 5 People Who Can Get You Hired As An Advertising Creative

Do you know the top five people who can get you hired as an advertising art director, copywriter or graphic designer? Often advertising creatives find themselves repeatedly applying to job postings or e-mailing the careers@theirdreamagency.com address with little-to-no response.  If you want a response, if
July 31, 2012

Creative Deadlines – Jack White Uses Them

The Music It was mid-March 2011 and Austin, Texas, was already sticky hot.  My friend and I travelled from San Diego to enjoy the music of South by Southwest.  Many of my advertising creative friends attended the interactive week of SXSW and left merely hours before we
July 19, 2012

Invest in Yourself

“School is never out for the pros.” This last weekend I was at a conference south of LA.  This weekend it was in the low 80’s with an ideal slight breeze.  The conference was minutes away from Huntington Beach; I could have happily lounged the
June 9, 2012

Creative Week 2012 Highlights

Enjoying the company of my long-time friends who also happen to be recruiters was a personal highlight during Creative Week 2012. Here we are the final night of Creative Week at The One Show Interactive Awards. Creative Week 2012 was a whirlwind, an incredible whirlwind.  Each day