‘Never work with animals and children…’ does that extend to friends? How about one of your best friends?
Is there anything more flattering than someone close to you asking you to collaborate on a project with them, especially when it’s actually for them? Then the imposter syndrome creeps in, ‘what if I don’t capture what they are after’, ‘what if I don’t do it justice’…
I have a secret… I love designing pitches!
I always have. Back when I was a fresh young graduate, was in-house and we delivered a pitch carried by an eagle, through to having my marketing designers hat on and sending our phone number to The Wanted on a pair of knickers (there’s a photo under portfolio if you are interested… ) right up to last week when 3 landed on my desk in quick succession.
She has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors and has written 185 books (probably many more since I wrote this post!) has 9 kids and is a huge Downton Abbey fan.
Autumn 2019 was a bumper season of marketing campaigns here at BC and with my marketing hat firmly on I was project managing 3 campaigns for Pan Mac in the run up to Christmas.
David Croft, or Crofty if you’d prefer, can be heard at every Formula 1™ Grand Prix commentating for Sky Sports F1. Alongside Martin Brundle, Crofty has covered every single session for Sky since their debut in the sport in 2012, having been the BBC Radio F1 Commentator for six years previously.
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what sets the dreamers apart from the doers. Gary Vaynerchuk talks about maximising our time and not using being time poor as an excuse - what could we all actually get done if we swapped sofa surfing (one of my guilty pleasures) for building a new venture?
Well… you could start a new gin company.