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How ambitious are you? If the answer is very, keep reading. 👩🎤 Do you know the difference between good design and world-class creativity? 🕺 Do you have an ambitious attitude, a positive personality, and consultative credentials? 🏄♀️ Do you have what it takes to recruit teams that transform studios, define businesses and move categories forward? We’ve got big plans and we’re ambitious - it’s time to grow the Craft team. If you’re a Senior Recruiter with a genuine interest in the New York design scene, we want to hear from you. Speak to Dan Crowder or email iwanttowork@craftagency.co.uk. #hiring #dreamteam #companygrowth #design #designrecruitment #recruitment #experts #dreamjob #designjobs

Are you a people manager in a design team? The responsibilities of hiring and firing are hard. In design, developing people is complicated by many factors; technical aptitude, confidence, attitude, ambition, and subjective perceptions of talent. This is only going to get harder to navigate, as the age of your team is broadening. For the first time in history, there are five generations in the workplace - so there are going to be differences in values, attitudes and mindset across those you collaborate with. In our Design Next>> survey, we look to explore the question: How can we best empower the attitudes, skills and mindsets of different generations in design teams? To add your insight, and be in for the chance to win vouchers, take our survey >> https://lnkd.in/en8yjcGX #design #designteam #designrecruitment #management #designmanagement #design #strategy #clientservices #designstudio

Bye-bye oysters, cya later champagne. When it comes to sexy food, the new entry is… butter. Spread it. 🍑 Entering the category with a bang, BUTT ignores the subtlety of tone you might usually associate with all-natural ingredients. Key messages include “So good you’ll eat it naked” “Churn baby churn” and, well, “Lick it, spread it, eat it.” Launching soon, the brand is rejecting processed food and already stirring up the Tiktok crowd with anticipation. 🍆 Butter is a men’s sexual wellness brand that delivers “masculine, but without the machismo” thanks to agency Something Else. Brand assets include a single-minded colour palette and Grecian bust imagery, creating a modern appeal that is strong but not intimidating. But the name is the star for us; evoking all of the smoothness, deliciousness and provocation this product range is looking for. 🐄 Not overtly sexy as a brand, but the boudoir-esque poses this illustrated cow is serving means it deserves a spot on this round-up. Having secured £2.2m in funding this year, All Things Butter is going from strength to strength, no doubt thanks to branding by The Loft Agency, with illustrations by Eliza Robinson. And if you had a drink for every sexy butter pun in this post, it might be time to log off for the day. #butter #packaging #design #packagingdesign #designagency #designrecruitment #designteam 

That’s a wrap! A huge thank you to the 230 attendees at our first Common Interest event in Manchester. A diverse design crowd, united by interest, inspiration, optimism, kawaii, AI, discovery, rap and lots of laughter. Thank you to our fantastic speakers; Dan Witchell of Koto, and Mr Bingo. We also received excellent feedback... ‘Would you attend another Common Interest event?’ scored 4.8 out of 5. 👉 Next up, London. Mark your diaries for 13th November and we’ll be sharing news and speakers very soon. #design #designevent #designrecruitment #designstudio #koto #mrbingo #inspiration 📸 Fiona Finchett ❤️

Tonight's the night! 🤔 What's Common Interest all about? If you want to be interesting, you have to be interested. This series of events connects a diverse design crowd, united by inspiration and shared thoughts. Think design leadership, thought-provoking inspiration, culture, vision, independent storytelling, future and creativity. 👉 It's our job to highlight and celebrate the most incredible design talent the world has to offer. So it’s only right that we give those people a platform by hosting our own events. We’re delighted to welcome Dan Witchell from Koto and Mr Bingo to the stage for Common Interest #1 - see you tonight, Manchester! #design #designevent #branding #creativity #storytelling #graphicdesign #community #designcommunity #commoninterest

How can you innovate the shape of your design team? In the week of their Innovation Festival, Craft Founder Dan features in Fast Company about how to strategically refresh your team with freelance talent. Continuous movement is healthy, and doesn’t need to interfere with staff retention if you use freelancers to boost your business. The benefits of a flexible team are countless, allowing you to reset your team composition as priorities and projects change at pace. ⏩ With 1.5 billion freelancers active right now, it’s something you need to consider for the future of your business. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eTfEn_nr #freelance #designstudio #freelancers #designtalent #designrecruitment #studio #designbusiness

Have you ever been told you’re too old to ‘get it’, or had your opinion dismissed for being too young? Our latest newsletter shines a light on ageism in the design industry. A core component of a well-rounded business is a diverse team, but one attribute that’s often overlooked is age. We could talk about this topic for days, but we’ve highlighted some pointy actions to implement in your studio right away. 👉 Revisit your benefits package to make sure it’s suitable for different life stages: does your retirement package stand up to your new parent perks? 👉 Train your whole team. Offer the same training and development opportunities to everybody in the same role. Recruiting new skills makes sense, but make sure you don’t leave experienced employees behind. 👉 Offer fairly paid internships that encourage entry into the design industry. Great examples include: 🔸 BBC Sounds Lab: https://lnkd.in/edwqyqqv 🔸 Channel 4 Content Creatives: https://lnkd.in/ecn9CiJb 🔸 Kurt Geiger Business by Design Academy: https://lnkd.in/egHKpYhh 👉 Implement Reverse Mentoring. Pairing different generations to mentor one another, encouraging understanding across your business, functional collaboration and skills sharing. A Creative Director has a lot to learn from a Junior Producer, and vice versa. 👉 Include mixed ages of people in your recruitment process. They’ll perceive different traits and measure against different priorities, making for more insightful and valuable interviews. Have you made these moves already? Source of this stat: https://lnkd.in/edMVSrph #ageism #design #designindustry #studio #designstudio #talent

Crafters doing what Crafters do best: 🤝 Enhancing the design industry by building new connections. Last week was a blast with portfolio review sessions in person and online, for Creative Lives in Progress and Process Events 🤗 Reviewing portfolios is hands-down one of our favourite parts of what we do. Every day we assess the capabilities of designers, strategists, writers, visionaries and creative people the world over. It's a finely tuned skill for our team, that relies on empathy and shared understanding, and we had some wonderful feedback from the free sessions we offered last week. #portfolio #portfolioreview #design #designevent #talent #designrecruitment #recruiter

One week to go! Our tickets for Common Interest #1 sold out much quicker than we expected! 70% of tickets were purchased by people working in an agency, and the rest went to in-house studios and freelancers. We've certainly found our people 🤗 We're keeping the momentum going; we've already booked incredible speakers for our next London and Manchester events. Dates coming soon. Bring on the interest 🧠 🔥 🏄♀️ #commoninterest #designevent #event

Love design but don’t want to be a designer? We speak to world-class designers and talented creatives day in, day out. It’s our job to match people with their dream jobs in agencies across the world. If you have a keen eye for creativity, an ambitious nature, and you’re keen to make progress in the design industry, you could be our next Recruiter. 👀 We’re looking for two people at this level: 🔵 Design Recruiter - somebody who pairs talented designers, art directors, digital designers and creative directors with their dream agency roles. 🔵 Client Services Recruiter - matching agencies with expert account managers, project managers, producers, studio managers and account directors. Join a diverse team of talented individuals who love the design scene. Our HQ is in Manchester so we’re looking for somebody who can be in our office at least two days a week. Speak to Dan Crowder or email iwanttowork@craftagency.co.uk.