Top 5 Portfolio Tips
Your portfolio could be working against you if you aren’t paying attention to your analytics. That’s why I took a dive into mine and came up with 5 things I found which could help as you develop/redevelop your book.
Criticize your inner critic
As a writer, our inner critics will berate us worse than anyone out there. It’s like these voices in our head are mentally preparing us for the worst to be said yet paralyzing us with crippling fear at the same time.
What You Do is Not Who You Are
I am so disheartened by the huge swaths of people losing their jobs on our feeds. Not just big tech layoffs, every lay off, from individuals who work in small businesses to mid-size firms and entrepreneurs who have had to shutter their doors.
Accent Pride
“Your accent might impede you from getting a job.” – pretentious law school ignoramus.
Art Without Direction: An art director’s reflection on an endless job hunt
Tomorrow is an anniversary I am not looking forward to. A year ago, after getting home from work, my phone started ringing. It was a call from our CCO. I knew what was about to happen: I was getting laid off.
Read Random Shit
Originally published on LinkedIn in August, 2020. Quick tip to junior creatives that I wish I’d been told in ad school: read about random shit… like constantly. Your value as a creative is how many new ideas you can bring to the table at any given moment. The more you read about and/or experience different […]
Congratulations, you’ve been laid off.
Originally published on LinkedIn on July 21, 2020. Congratulations, you’ve been laid off! If it’s any consolation, please know that your previous employer will better be able to fiscally withstand the current economic climate without you. Remember, it wasn’t personal—it’s just business. Yeah, OK. About 13 months ago, I walked into my office after my […]
