08 Creative Careers in Years: Aaron Skipper, 34, Co-founder & Creative Director of Explorers Club

Ambition to exhaustion; Award-winning & celebrated designer Aaron Skipper reflects on burnout, creative momentum, and starting his own studio, Explorers Club. For the first series of our podcast, we interview design leaders across a range of ages — to get their take on an aspect of diversity that will affect every single one of us. At just 34, Aaron Skipper has already lived a hell of a creative life; winning an Emmy Award, multiple Cannes Gold Lions, D&AD Yellow Pencils, and being named 7th in the Art Directors Club leaderboard in 2024 for Design! But this conversation isn’t just about accolades… Aaron shares the emotional toll of relentless ambition. Burnout reshaped his perspective, and the kind of creative culture he’s working to build today - one that balances health, energy, and fearless play. ----- Here's our website: https://www.itscraft.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/movewithcraft Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/movewithcraft YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@movewithcraft Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@movewithcraft