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How It Started: What Graduating During an Economic Crisis Taught Me

20 years ago I graduated with my bachelors degree in Graphic Design––exactly 8 months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It was a tense...

This Little Girl is Me

This little girl is me. My dad taught me that you can create anything you want, anytime you want, anywhere you want, and to never let...

Enough Already With Creative Burnout

When I first started working as a professional Graphic Designer 20 years ago, in the early 2000's, things were different. No one talked...

Top 8 Reasons I've Stayed in Unfulfilling Creative Roles

Attention Fellow Creatives: Allow me to introduce all the reasons I've stayed in unfulfilling creative roles over the past 20 years: 1. I...

How to Communicate Your Creative Value

Whenever my parents asked me about work when I was a Graphic Designer, they would inevitably become confused. And the more detailed my...

Job Searching: Your IRL Spinning Beach Ball of Death

Throughout my career, I always visualized my creative job searches as the spinning beach ball of death. You know, the rotating...

Creatives: Do This When You're Feeling Like Crap

If the current struggle in your creative career has broken you down, crushed your spirit, somehow made you assume you don’t have anything...

Getting the Right Portfolio Advice

How many times have you sat down to build or update your portfolio, and became filled with dread, anxiety, confusion. You want instant...

Been Ghosted? You'll Want to Read This.

The year was 2005. I was a few years into my career as a Graphic Designer, and actively applying for jobs in a city 3,000 miles away. I...

6 Ways to Take Control of Your Creative Career Development

Working in an organization with little regard for creative career development is a tough place to be. That’s why I've outlined these 6...

Creative Energy Waste is Definitely a Thing

Today is #energyefficiencyday and this got me thinking about how we as creatives waste our own energy every single day without realizing...

How It Started: Turning Down My First Design Job Offer

I turned down my very first professional full-time Graphic Design job offer almost 20 years ago, and I still remember the feeling....

Your Story is the Best Thing in Your Portfolio

Maybe you’re not in the creative position you want right now. Maybe you think your past experience is holding you back, keeping you from...