Make & Break Podcast: D&AD New Blood Make & Break Podcast: D&AD New Blood

Where can your hard work take you? When does it become “Success”? Sometimes the more senior people get the harder it is to see from the outside how they got there. We interrogate the definition of success and how it changes based on where you are in your creative journey, talking to Stuart Radford, ECD at Superunion, and Academy 2019 Alumni Sophia Luu.

Everyone talks about them, some people seem to have 1000 of them, but do we all need one? We speak to Founder of creative network Power Suit Social and Marketer Lauren Ingram take a closer look at what side hustles are, how they work, how they can benefit you and how to balance yours alongside your day-to-day schedule.

You’re just starting out, is it ok to challenge the brief you’ve been set? It’s tricky enough to navigate working life at the best of times, so how do we ensure we stand by our values as we do? In this episode, we talk to Leyya Sataar, Co-Founder of The Other Box, and part of Forbes 100 women Founders, about sticking to your guns and standing by what you are passionate about.

Creative inspiration can be our best friend and yet sometimes it feels like it’s avoiding us, or playing hard to get, and best friends don’t do that right? In this episode, we speak to copywriter James Parker about the Burger King tweet response he wrote to Kanye that broke the internet and ways to get inspired when you’re struggling.

Creating your own personal brand can be challenging when first starting out. So we’ll be talking to Caterina Bianchini, Founder of her own studio and ex-Boiler Room, about some ways you can develop, broadcast and showcase your individual talents and interests, and help get yourself noticed.

You see yourself in the creative industry, but how do you get there? In Episode 1 we chat to Aime Snow and Yolanta Boti, Co-founders of WPP Roots and creatives at Ogilvy UK. In this conversation, we will try to demystify the creative agency world with tips on how to get started, how to network, and how to get that all-important foot in the door.