As Senior Director, Creative and Branding, David serves as brand steward for McGraw-Hill Education, and is responsible for the overall brand vision and creative direction. Prior to his current position, David was the creative director for the print and digital publishing unit of McGraw-Hill Professional, where he led a team of 12 designers in print, digital, and trade show design.

David has held creative positions in several agencies, worked as a freelance designer, and was Art Director, Advertising and Promotions, at John Wiley & Sons. He has won several design awards, as well as judged design awards. David holds a bachelor’s degree in visual communications from the University of Bridgeport, an MBA from Adelphi University, and is currently working towards a certificate in Brand Management from NYU. [This content is protected for registered InSource members only. Please log in, or register as a member. Registration is free.]

InSource’s member and leader profile series lets you get a glimpse into other in-house operations. Do you think you or another in-house creative leader you know would make a great addition to InSource’s Leader Profile series? Email us your contact’s name, company, email address, and job title, and you may see his or her profile in an upcoming feature.

For information about how Cella can add value to your business through consulting, coaching, and training, please email cella@cellaconsulting.com. This article was written by Cella Consultant Susan Hunnicutt.

Metrics are all-important tools for making the case to upper management for additional staffing or other resources. Get valuable benchmarks from your in-house industry peers by downloading the free the 2013 In-House Creative Services Industry Report.

Description: Mirko Ilić has a reputation as a rebel, but his iconoclasm is matched with tremendous gifts as an illustrator, a designer, and an educator. Ilić is a visionary and a leading voice of visual culture across disciplines and continents.

This visual biography of one of the most prolific and distinguished designers of the last half century traces Ilić’s formative years as a precocious youth in Yugoslavia during the Communist-bloc era; his early illustrations for comic books and magazines; and his eventual move to the United States, where he quickly achieved notoriety as the art director of Time magazine’s international edition and The New York Times’ op-ed pages. As a designer, Ilić has constantly pushed his craft to new limits, experimenting and reinventing himself at every turn.

Throughout his illustrious career, Ilić has collaborated with design luminaries like Steven Heller and Milton Glaser. He has designed album covers for Rage Against the Machine, created film titles for You’ve Got Mail, and written or designed a number of books, including Genius Moves, The Design of Dissent, The Anatomy of Design, and Stop Think Go Do.

He has taught advanced design classes at Cooper Union with Milton Glaser and now teaches illustration at the School of Visual Arts. His studio, Mirko Ilić Corp., has received awards from the Society of Illustrators, the Society of Publication Designers, the Art Directors Club, I.D., Print, and HOW.

About the Author: Dejan Krsic is a graphic designer, an author, a publicist, and an assistant professor in the Department of Visual Communications Design at the University of Split’s Academy of Arts.

View sample pages from Mirko Ilić [381k PDF]

Mirko Ilić by Dejan Krsic is available at My Design Shop.

Attracting top talent to work in-house can be a challenge – often due to misperceptions that in-house environments are less creative or too rigid. Another obstacle can be job titles. Corporate titles are often at odds with industry-standard creative titles, resulting in “made up” titles and muddy role clarity. Let us know if job titles are an issue at your company.

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Learn from your colleagues around the corner, and across the country.

The next roundtable in this series is just around the corner. Register now for the one nearest you by following the links below.

InSource is dedicated to bringing together in-house creative business leaders to share best practices, network with colleagues, and elevate the value of in-house creative organizations everywhere. InSource’s roundtables are open discussions focusing on a single topic.

Discussions during our roundtable events hit on topics relating to real-life challenges and best business practices, which have always been at the heart of InSource. We have expanded to reach thousands of creative professionals around the world through online channels and local events.

The topic for our 2013 regional roundtable series is “The In-house/Outside Agency Relationship: Challenges and Best Practices for Creative Partnership”, and continues the discussions started at InSource’s premier events with Paula Scher on October of 2012 and Massimo Vignelli on April of 2013 on the same subject. To register for a roundtable event, click the link below:

June 23: San Francisco
Location: HOW Design Live/InHOWse Managers Conference
Facilitator: Andy Brenits, InSource President
Register for the San Francisco roundtable at the HOW Design Live conference 

July 10: Raleigh, NC
1pm-4pm EST
Location: ElectriCities
Facilitator: Kevin Kearns, InSource Director of Marketing
Click here to Register for the Raleigh Roundtable

Connecticut
September
Facilitator: Cynthia Saccoman, InSource Director of Social Media

Chicago
November

Austin
TBD
Facilitator: Kim Kiser, InSource Director of Member Engagement

Value of the InSource Network

The real value of InSource is in the shared experiences of our members. InSource is the medium where your ideas can germinate. We serve as the platform for aggregating best practices in the art of managing and leading inhouse creative teams. Nowhere else is there a resource solely for creative leaders and business managers. It’s no longer lonely at the top. Now you can network with others who share your passion for excellence and have walked a mile in your shoes.

1. Win a ticket to the InHOWse Managers Conference.
InSource is hosting a raffle for a ticket to the InHOWse Managers Conference in June. For every $15 donated to InSource, you’re entered for one chance to win one Individual Full-Conference Registration to the 2013 In-Howse Managers Conference OR 2013 HOW Design Conference (valued at $1,295.00), donated by F+W Media. Learn more about the conferences at www.HOWDesignLive.com. Enter for a chance to win by [This content is protected for registered InSource members only. Please log in, or register as a member. Registration is free.]

2. Special discount on any HOW conference registration for ALL members.
Any InSource member can use the promo code [This content is protected for registered InSource members only. Please log in, or register as a member. Registration is free.]for a $100 discount on registration for the InHOWse Managers Conference, HOW Design Conference, or Dieline Package Design Conference, or a $50 discount to the Creative Freelancer Conference. Register now and enter the discount code when prompted, and don’t forget to also sign up for InSource’s lunchtime Roundtable on Sunday during the InHOWse Managers Conference!

Remember, membership to InSource is free, and you can join by clicking here or using the link in the righthand column.

Read more about HOW Design Live and the InHOWse Managers Conference.

From Left to Right: Ed Roberts, Jeph Blanchard, and Daryl Drabinsky

Ed Roberts, Jeph Blanchard, and Daryl Drabinsky have joined the InSource Board as Key Contributors.

Ed will serve on our communications team, led by Kim Kiser, as we work towards improving our newsletter and communications.

Daryl will serve on our digital team, led by Cynthia Saccoman, maximizing our use of social media.

Jeph will serve on both the digital team and our brand & design team, lead by Kevin Kearns, as we look ahead to what is next for the InSource brand.

All of us at InSource welcome Ed, Jeph, and Daryl as they share their time and talents to help InSource move forward.

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For information about how Cella can add value to your business through consulting, coaching, and training, please email cella@cellaconsulting.com. This article was written by Cella Vice President and General Manger Jackie Schaffer.

When the legendary Massimo Vignelli speaks, in-house creative professionals listen. Massimo shared his insights and showed many examples of the power of design from his extraordinary work over the past 60 years with the crowd of nearly 100 people who came together for “An Evening With Massimo Vignelli” in  New York City on April 25, 2013, at FIT.

With opening remarks by InSource President Andy Brenits, this InSource event provided a provocative perspective on the far-reaching impact and longevity of good design.

Kicking off the event was a premier public viewing of Mohawk’s, “What Will  You Make Today?” This 10-minute animated video narrated by Massimo describes his grid-centric approach to book design, noting that “the grid is the underwear of the book.” He explains that “it’s not something that you see. It’s just like underwear:  You wear it, but it’s not to be exposed.” This video can be viewed via Mohawk Live, a new, free mobile app.

Download a printable PDF of highlights from the event here: [This content is protected for registered InSource members only. Please log in, or register as a member. Registration is free.]

Some feedback from participants of this InSource event included:

• “Hearing Vignelli speak for 90 minutes was like having a workshop in how to design thoughtfully, strive professionally and love deeply. He is inspirational, on so many levels.”
• “I learned the major difference between a designer and stylist. I completely agree that designers are like doctors. Massimo has been a great inspiration to me all my life.”
• “It was a great event and a dream come true for some of us.”
• “It was an incredibly inspiring evening.”
• “The Massimo Vignelli talk was fascinating.  The consistency of his minimalist vision across so many different disciplines and his focus on ‘intellectual elegance’ was truly inspiring.”
• “Massimo was awesome and inspiring!  Thanks for putting on such a wonderful event.”

Special thanks to our Global Partners, Event Sponsors and Supporters for this event:

InSource extends its heartfelt appreciation to Massimo Vignelli for his generous donation of time, talent, and interest in InSource!

InSource also greatly appreciates the assistance of the staff at the Fashion Institute of Technology for their fabulous meeting space for this event, as well as the exquisite refreshments catered by Aramark.

We thank Adobe (adobe.com), Brilliant Graphics (brilliant-graphics.com), FunctionFox  (functionfox.com), GDUSA (gdusa.com),  HOW (howdesign.com), Mohawk (mohawkconnects.com), Neenah Paper (neenahpaper.com),  Shutterstock (Shutterstock.com),  Lisa Tanner (lisatannerphotography.com), and Utopia (appletoncoated.com) for their generous donation of sponsorships, materials, and services to support the work of InSource!

Keep the Conversation Going!

Discuss this event and connect with your creative peers from around the globe by joining InSource’s LinkedIn group. And if you couldn’t make this event, don’t worry: InSource has just announced several more events planned in 2013!

Gallery of Event Photos:

From top left back, to bottom right front: Andy Brenits, Andre Paquin, Marty Shova, Glenn Arnowitz, and Andy Epstein.

The 5 past and present InSource Presidents recently got together to talk about their experiences leading InSource, and reminisce about how hey came to join the organization. The two-hour conversation lead to brainstorming, and reminiscing, and will be the topic of an article written by Glenn Arnowitz celebrating InSource’s 10 year anniversary.