Creative Staffing Insights & Hiring Intelligence
Insights from icreatives on hiring graphic designers, UX professionals, marketing talent, and building high-performing creative teams. Explore trends in creative staffing, employer branding, remote work, and portfolio hiring.
October 25 2021
Some creatives use a paintbrush while others use musical instruments or coding software. Even with the same tools, ideas can take shape in radically different ways depending on who holds the tools. Creativity takes many forms. Understanding how ideas can manifest themselves is key to successfully combining creatives on projects and teams. Taking the time…
October 22 2021
Staffing changes are an inevitable part of business. Ensuring employees integrate with the existing team and company structure is vital for a successful entry. New hires need to be welcomed and exiting employees seen off amicably each and every time. Although onboarding is an automatic assumption because new hires need to be trained before they…
October 18 2021
Information is practically currency in the UX world. It’s not only user data that companies covet to make better products. Users are also searching for information of some kind whenever they access the internet or use one of the countless apps or software products that rely on it. Websites and apps need to have their…
October 14 2021
Exit interviews are given far less consideration than traditional job interviews. For many employees and managers, the exit interview is little more than a formality on the way out the door. Glaring mistakes might be pointed out, but it’s more likely that people on both sides of the exchange will be politely complimentary about the…
October 7 2021
The exact source of creative ideas has mystified people for eons. Myths and superstitions are frequently used to explain how and why people feel the need to express themselves with creative endeavors. Because so many find originality enchanting, the myths we attribute to artists and other creatives are rarely based on any sort of facts. …
September 28 2021
Waking up in the morning can be a challenge. Everything goes smoothly as your brain realizes where it is and takes in the light of day. Then, plans for the day start to flood in - breakfast, chores, and most of all work. The way you prepare for your day can either set you up…
September 24 2021
Advertising is all around us. From the smallest start-up to legacy Fortune 500 companies, everyone is competing to get their message out in the world where prospective customers can see it and engage with it. With their being so ubiquitous, are traditional marketing and advertising methods still effective? People have gotten savvier about the internet…
September 21 2021
The rise in remote work has blurred the line between working and non-working hours for many people. Companies adjusting to various events in the last several years have - purposefully or not - stacked the responsibilities of several jobs on the shoulders of a single remote worker. It’s not always possible to hold a firm…
September 13 2021
Services provide a user experience just as much as traditional goods do. The line between the two has been blurring in recent decades because of new combinations of internet services and concrete goods. For example, a food delivery app is providing a transportation service but the food being delivered is a significant part of the…
September 7 2021
Unprecedented changes in the last two years completely changed the way we look at work and work arrangements. At some points, this happened with little or no warning. The push toward remote work has been one of the most pressing initiatives for businesses in every industry and creatives were at the forefront. Since most of…