managing a creative team
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Build a great team, and a great experience for your fellow co-workers. Help and nurture a great working situation, and foster growth.
- autoflavour0
sleep with the cleaner
- autoflavour0
i find creative types work best when you stand over their shoulders the whole time, constantly giving criticism and occasionally grabbing the mouse to demonstrate what you mean.
this type of "hands on" approach is usually made more effective if you refer to the creative as "champ" or "bud", or if you are lucky enough to have a female working for you, "darling", "sweetie" or the classic "sugar tits" are always good options.
It is important also to smoke heavily and drink coffee during your frequent breaks, the strong aroma on your breath helps motivate your creative.
Always tell them that whatever they are working on, just isnt working for you, even when it is. The constant pressure to impress you will push them to create better work, and develop a deeper respect for your input. In the end, revert back to their second idea..
this demonstrates a trust in their work and a flexibility on your behalf as a manager.- also pointing at things on the screen with your fingers is good, but better if you are eating corn chips at the timeautoflavour
- autoflavour0
also schedule meetings at times which are outside normal work hours.. 7:30am on a monday morning or 8:30pm on a friday night are often peak times for creative types..
maximize your creatives potential by creative scheduling.
give unrealistic deadlines.. and then change your mind endlessly.
in the end, if they client is happy, blame the creative. that is why you get paid the big dollars.
- hiatus0
I'm Hot Potato Kingpin!
Fucking meetings. I hate fucking speaking in groups. Fucking chatting them - fuck that. I'll lock the confremce and play a fucking fav youtube channel for 30min. haha :-D