Lessons learned from an Art Director

Don’t walk into a project with a “known” difficult team member cloud your judgement in how to deal with the team and assignment as a whole.

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When to walk away from a client…

I have been dealing with web design & development for well over 12 years. Needless to say in that time, regardless of the position I held within the project team structure, I have encountered all types of clients. There are those clients who respect and understand the reason they hired you – therefore give you the opportunity to play your [...]

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Producer Rant | Choosing The Right Partner

Over the last five years I have been lucky, blessed almost, when it comes to selecting vendors to help me complete digital projects for our clients. I think I reached a point where I almost expect everything to run smooth from a production standpoint and the toughest challenges I have faced are satisfying our internal creative vision and the managing [...]

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The Beginning & End of a Project

Wait till the project is over before you start patting yourself on the back!

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Project Planning – Less Planning

I found a great article this morning from FastCompany – when it comes to project planning sometimes interactive strategiest, account managers and producers can get bogged down with this phase… then when it comes to looping in the creative team – the momentum is gone… great article – makes me think about doing everything we can as producers to lean [...]

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My Father…
When It Rains

Hearts break, time moves at an incredible speed… before you know it the most important person in your life goes away, leaving behind unanswered questions. 17 years ago this morning my father died, I was only 16 at the time… 16 years I spent with him, providing nothing but failure & disappointment. In fact the only thing I thing I [...]

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Applying Agile to Digital Production
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Finding a project management methodology that works best in the world of digital production continues to evolve… its a challenge to find a system that works for everyone — whether its the client, or the account team, or the creative and technical team… everyone has a system they feel comfortable with, and like everything in life, change is bad… I [...]

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Web Development for the iPhone & iPad
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Having produced several iPhone apps in my career, and wanting to produce and be a part of more – its a new medium… I have collected several links & tutorials that have helped me. I recently came across this one from our friends at Smashing Magazine, great article – definetly worth bookmarking: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/05/28/web-development-for-the-iphone-and-ipad-getting-started/

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Project Responsibilities
Project Responsibilities

So the account manager comes to you (Producer) to acclimate you as much as possible with a new project that came through the company doors. New business has done their part; promises have been made; now the transition begins. You get the 30,000 foot view of the project (i.e. New product – immersive experience, you have 4 weeks and here [...]

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Site Storyboarding & Design
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I frequently pick up Web Designer Magazine from my local bookstore, even though it costs $15+ (I’m close to doing the monthly subscription to save a couple bucks). Anyways this has been one of my favorite articles they have written in regards to story boarding and design: TAKE A STRUCTURED APPROACH TO DESIGNING YOUR WEBSITES AND YOU WILL END UP [...]

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