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Creative gifts for your holiday shopping list

The Colossal Shop’s 2025 Gift Guide: Gift Like an Artist This year's Colossal Gift Guide highlights some of our favorite art and design products.

Tuesday Tips from Creative Boom: How to do motion-first branding better

How to do motion-first branding better In a landmark webinar hosted by Frontify, Mitch Paone and Simon Chong explain how movement has evolved from a decorative element to a strategic necessity. In an attention-starved digital landscape...

Building a high-performing creative team isn’t just about hiring talented individuals; it’s about finding the right people at the right time, aligning skillsets with strategy, and retaining top performers. A strategic partnership with smartdept. can make all the difference. Elevate your next hire from good to game-changing.

Read more in our latest blog: https://thesmartdept.com/2025/11/why-great-hiring-managers-partner-with-creative-recruiters/

Tuesday Tips via Dice: How to Research a Potential Employer in Minutes (+ Prompt)

How to Research a Potential Employer in Minutes (+ Prompt) A guide to researching potential employers before interviews using AI tools, forums, and LinkedIn—plus tips on how to apply insights during the hiring process.

Lunchtime read via Creative Boom: 'Have I missed the boat at 40?' Tips on dealing with ageism in creative jobs

'Have I missed the boat at 40?' Tips on dealing with ageism in creative jobs When you're young, they say you lack experience. When you're older, it feels like they're looking for someone younger. So what's the reality, and what's the best way to respond to ageism in your cr...

If you’ve never worked with a creative recruiter before, you might picture someone cold emailing about roles that aren’t a fit or forwarding resumes without context. However, the reality, when done correctly, is quite different. A great creative recruiter, like smartdept., is more than a middleman between job seeker and job poster; they’re a matchmaker, a translator, and often, a career partner or team-building advisor.

So what is it actually like to work with smartdept.? Find out in our latest blog:

What It’s Really Like to Work with smartdept. As a Candidate and a Hiring Manager | smartdept. If you’ve never worked with a creative recruiter before, you might picture someone cold emailing about roles that aren’t a fit or forwarding resumes without context. However, the reality, when done correctly, is quite different. A great creative recruiter, like smartdept., is more than a middlem...

Need some new creative inspiration? Creative Boom has some alternative platforms to help spark your imagination:

Bored of Pinterest? 8 alternatives to try for design inspiration Got stuck in a Pinterest rut? Here are some other options. Founded in 2010, Pinterest has revolutionised the way people discover, collect and share ideas through its virtual pinboards. For million...

Lunchtime read via Medium: How to make a bigger impact with content design — even without hiring more

How to make a bigger impact with content design — even without hiring more Stop stretching your content designers thin and start making room for projects that count

Lunchtime read via Forbes: How To Turn Career Upheaval Into Breakthrough Momentum

How To Turn Career Upheaval Into Breakthrough Momentum While external circumstances may be beyond our control, we can shape our mindset, responses, and actions to create breakthrough outcomes, even in turbulent times.

Over the past year, we’ve seen a troubling rise in job scams targeting creative professionals that are happening through text and email. These scams are becoming more sophisticated, harder to detect, and sadly, more common.

We want to break down not only how these scams operate, but also why they’re happening, and what we can all do to protect ourselves and our communities.

Read more in our latest blog: https://ow.ly/KIqT50XaMFZ

Lunchtime read via It's Nice That: Are client briefs getting worse?

POV: Are client briefs getting worse? As briefing documents become longer, more collaborative and more ambitious, it’s unclear whether they’re functioning as more blueprint or blindfold for creative teams.

Afternoon read from Creative Boom: How to market yourself without feeling gross

How to market yourself without feeling gross Self-promotion doesn't have to make you feel sleazy. Here's how to share your work with those who matter, without ever feeling cringe about it. Ah, self-promotion. That horrible mix of nerves, awk...