Every week, we comb through news and resources for the in-house marketing and design world to bring you best practices, trends, tips, and tools to make your work day more productive and creative. Here are this week’s stand-outs:
32 Productivity Tips from the World’s Top Designers
Designers from Google, Sagmeister+Walsh, Argo, and more share how they stay focused and keep innovating. A lot of them actively make time for creativity, brainstorming, and research – or at least they want to. Read more at FastCo Design.
The Top Ten Cities for Creatives
Which cities present the best opportunities for today’s creative workers? To answer that question, SmartAsset compared the cost of living in major U.S. cities to the concentration of creative workers in those cities. Read more at the Huffington Post.
Perfectionism vs. Improvisation
Which cities present the best opportunities for today’s creative workers? To answer that question, SmartAsset compared the cost of living in major U.S. cities to the concentration of creative workers in those cities. Read more at the Cella Consulting Blog.
6 Reasons Marketing is Moving In-House
A new research report from the Society of Digital Agencies finds that in the past year there has been a dramatic spike in the number of companies who no longer work with outside marketing agencies. Read more at Harvard Business Review.
How to Overcome the Challenges of Designing for Culture
Designers for Culture are constantly faced with the deadline of the next game, concert, or episode. This presents a unique challenge: the necessity for new design to be created for customers – aka fans – in the blink of an eye. So how do Designers for Culture manage these challenges? Here are some tips that will help. Read more at the inMotion Work Management Blog.
Check back next week for our next Weekly Workflow Booster.